October 15, 2008
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Beware the hypothetical part? A reminiscing…
Ben and I were reminiscing about this the other day so I thought I would dig it out and share it. That is one of the great things about keeping a blog, having the record!
This is from October 2006.
The kids came home from school today and we all squeezed into the Jeep to head downtown to the local game store/joke shop, Hocus Pocus. Charlie and Isabelle have been wanting to get a game called Munchikin and had decided to pool some of their money and get it. When we arrived they were disappointed to find that it was sold out. The store carried several other versions though and so the negotiations began. Charlie wanted Munchikin Bites, werewolves and vampires, Isabelle wanted Super Munchikin, superheroes. I don’t have to worry about Isabelle, like a little woman she said “Listen, we’re using more of my money. I want Supermunchikin. So if we don’t get the one I want, we’re not getting one.” To which Charlie’s response was “Okay.” Boy, she’s a little mercenary.
We’re in the car on the way home and Ben is reading the game cards out loud. One of which is- Free Invisible Monkey Sidekick. I said “Yea, just what I’ve always wanted a monkey sidekick… well not really. What kind of sidekick would you guys want?” Without pause to consider Charlie pipes up with “I want a giant talking pelican so I could climb into his mouth and yell ’To the sky! ’” I could just picture it, him in the mouth pouch of a giant pelican with his little head sticking out, arm and fist thrust towards the sky. “You’ve thought about this before?” I said to which he said “Yeah!” Like it was stupid that I hadn’t…
Can I just say I’m so happy my life amuses me.
Now I know you see it coming… What kind of sidekick would you want? I know we’ve all thought about what super power we would want. Invisibility and flying of course. You haven’t? Oh come on! I know you have. But I’ve never really thought about who I’d want at my side, much to my sons chagrin. So again… What kind of sidekick would you have? or who?
Comments (37)
Jessica Simpson. At my beck and call. 24/7.
I’d have Jesus as my sidekick. A little bit of a predictable one – but I can’t think of anyone better to build me up when I am feeling down, to not kick me while I AM down, and to fight my fights with and for me. What an awesome thing that would be. But wait, He already IS my sidekick. Now let me go off and rejoice in that little fact!
(((HUGS))) Missing you Angi, have an awesome day!
O come on,you know that you are my side kick.
But for an imaginary one that I get to pick….I will go with Rhoda Morganstern.
great post!
so I would like to fly for sure. my sidekick would have to be fisherhuntertrapper boy. he would do all the grunt work for me like packing fishing gear, setting up decoys, and carrying my traps.
Haha! Cute picture!
I’d have Matthew as my sidekick. (I guess he already kinda is, huh!?!)
I like this post, Angi! Such a cute story.
My sidekick would be my beau.
Yeah, really simple, but true. There’s no one else on earth I wanna be with! 
Psst… You are DEFINITELY a friend I care about. *Hugs* Love you!
my sister…
gotta admit I never thought about the giant pelican thing…
Mornin Glorie….. a giant pelican….great answer…it’s to early for me to pick a side kick, like you said, I’ve not thought of it before….I’ll get back to ya…
My brother is a cartoonist, and his pinnacle is a funny Superhero he created called Super Mighty Man. He is a dunce disguised as a super hero. Anyway, he has a side kick, Weenie Boy. And Weenie Boy cracks me up. (Brad wants me to do the voice of Weenie Boy if he ever gets this published as a cartoon.) I’d have to say, just for the novelty of it, I’d want Weenie Boy.
That is the best story. That is awesome. I really haven’t thought about a side kick, besides my husband and my kid. But if were going to get hypothetical, I am going to say Fozzie Bear. We’d ride around in his studebaker. It’ be hysterical. For a little while anyway…
Hiro Nakamura.
Haha, I cool wish!
I don’t if that is a sidekick but I always wanted all the sweets I ever ate back.
I always want to know more about what other people are saying and doing….yeah, I’m nosy. So, I think my perfect sidekick would be Barry Bee from The Bee Movie….he could swoop right down into the middle of a conversation, hover, and return with the scoop!!!
LOL a pelican! That’s creative.
I think I would want a murder of crows. So I could point and yell, “ATTACK, MY MINIONS!” Actually, I’ve always wanted to stand in a field and put out my arms and have crows land on me because it would look kind of sinister. Something the total opposite of myself. LOL
I think my superhero sidekick would have to be my camera; only, it can talk, and offer suggestions to me with a bit of a snarky personality but never mean. It would probably demand to have silver studs pierced through the case and a metal chain for the neck strap, but I’d be able to deal with that.
That is a mighty cute story! I travel solo, so no sidekicks for me. Heh.
No side kicks… just the power to make annoying people disappear like in a Woody Allen movie. You’re kids are pretty enchanting so your life should amuse you.
I have Dave
Jesus!
Doug!
Donny Osmond!
Well, I’d sure get a kick out of having DonkeyGuy as my sidekick!
megnetical power; i would be the sidekick…….
since that is not a very good power according to most people…………………….
Hmmm… Good question!
Donkey Guy for President! I wonder who I should choose for a running mate? Any ideas?
It would throw a force field up so I wouldn’t have to hear or see anything I don’t want to, as I get older the selective hearing isn’t working as good as it used to.
RYC: Thanks Angi! You really are missed on here! (((HUGS)))
Kids are so funny! A pelican? Oh my!
Hmm… I don’t think that I have ever thought about having a sidekick. I’ll have to ponder that.
I am not sure to have a correct answer .
but I liked the memory you relate .
Love
Michel
I love reading my past blogs, it tells me so much of where I was at that time and how much has changed since now. Or how much hasn’t. Couple of months ago I stumbled upon one of my blogs as I was googling. It happened to be about being single and having a hard time in the dating realm. It was posted a year prior. Yea, that part hasn’t changed…
I would like a super maid. I need all the help I can get cleaning and picking up after 2 dogs and 2 men. I swear I think they all are worse then kids. But I wouldn’t get rid of anyone of them!
OK, if I am going to have a side kick they are going to be rich. (because I am greedy) and fast so that they can get all the work done that I am not getting done as I read your fantastik blogs! so who is rich and fast. Gee you could take that a lot of ways, so don’t come back with Paris Hilton because she would be the last sidekick I would want.
Mornin Glorie…..o.k. I’ve thought all night and I don’t have anyone or thing in mind but this is what I came up with…..for a sidekick:
Mirror Mirror on the wall
Make him rich and
Make him tall
Does that count?
@finfam2 - Great minds think alike huh
@mlbncsga - absolutely!
I have absolutely no idea?Hmmmmm?Thinking real hard here.
Tell Charlie to get used to it, not the game but the “yes dear” aspect of the whole thing.
maybe my cat or dog or both….but more harmonized and smarter so they could come everywhere with me
LOL! Wonder Women of course!
My sidekick? One of those Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders would be pretty cool….uh er… I mean my beautiful wife!