Parenting hotline
Received this by email from my friend.I thought it was hilarious.Ok,another reason is I've been too busy to post anything else(Lol)I hate forwards in emails because that is what people send when they are way too busy to sit down and type something more meaningful.But hey this one you will enjoy I promise:)
“Welcome to the Parent Help Line. Dial one for our automated menu options. Para el espaƱol, marcar por favor dos. Dial three at any time to speak to an operator. Dial four to speak to an operator who has children and knows what she’s talking about. Dial five for an operator who moonlights as a babysitter on New Year’s Eve.
You’ve dialed one. Welcome to the Parent Help Line Automated Menu.
Are you currently pregnant?
Dial one for yes and planned, dial two for yes but unplanned, dial three for yes, unplanned, learning to
accept it but spouse is still hostile, dial four for no, thank God.
You’ve dialed four. You are not currently pregnant. Is this correct? Dial one if this is correct, dial two if you’re a complete idiot.
You’ve dialed one. Do you have children?
Dial one for yes, dial two for no but you’re just trying to be helpful/annoying to someone who does, dial three if you’re a mother-in-law looking for guilt trip material to lay on your clueless daughter-in-law who knows nothing about raising your grandchildren.
You’ve dialed one. How many children do you have?
Dial one for one child, dial two for two, dial three for three, dial four for four, dial five if you have unintentionally adopted the neighbor’s kid who shows up every night at dinnertime, dial six if you’ve never heard of birth control, dial seven for the number of a good urologist who performs quickie vasectomies.
You’ve dialed three. You have three children. Is this correct? Dial one if it’s correct, dial two if you’re still in denial. 
You’ve dialed one. You have three children. Accept it. Are all of your children still living at home?
Dial one for yes, dial two for no, dial three for one or all living in the basement even though they’re over thirty, dial four if they’ve moved out but still come home on weekends to do their laundry and store their crap in your attic.
You’ve pressed one. All of your children are still living at home. Are you okay with this?
Dial one if you’re okay with it because they are all under the age of eighteen, dial two if you’re not okay with it even though they are all under the age of eighteen, dial three if you’re okay with it at naptime and bedtime but not dinnertime.
You’ve dialed one. Is the nature of your inquiry related to health, education, behavior, or something else? Dial one for health concerns, dial two for education, dial three for behavior, dial four if something else, dial five for all of the above, dial six for a listing of the liquor stores within your zip code.
You’ve dialed four. Your inquiry relates to something else.
Dial one if your inquiry relates to the Nintendo vs. PlayStation question, dial two if it relates to Barbie Dream House assembly confusion, dial three if it’s about your husband absentmindedly using your frozen breast milk baggies to ice his sore knee after he runs, dial four if you are feeling unloved and unappreciated, dial five if you can’t find your child’s library book and it’s due today, dial six if you’re out of cold cuts and there’s nothing to pack for school lunches, dial seven if you want to avoid getting the puppy your kids are begging for, dial eight if you’re a breastfeeding mother who isn’t experiencing the religious ecstasy everyone told you that you would as you nurse, dial nine if you still can’t figure out the goddamned car seat, and dial zero for more
options.
You’ve dialed five…you can’t find your child’s library book. 
Have you tried the back of the minivan under the Derek Jeter Super Pro T-Ball Trainer Set? Dial one for yes but didn’t find it, dial two for no, didn’t look there yet.
You’ve dialed one. Well then, how about the playroom?
Dial one for yes, of course you did, dial two if you don’t have a playroom, dial three if your playroom consists of your entire house/apartment, dial four if you just realized your child returned the book three weeks ago.
You’ve dialed one. OK, smartypants, have you looked under the couch cushions? In the kitty litter box? The deli drawer in the fridge? The roof? Under the mattresses?
Dial one if you’ve looked everywhere, dial two if you haven’t, and dial three if you are ready to say screw it and just pay the fine.
You’ve dialed three. Good choice. Problem solved.
Is there anything else we can help you with today?
Dial one for yes, dial two for no, dial three if you want to run away from home. 
You’ve dialed two. There is nothing more we can help you with at this time. You think you’ve got it all under control then, dontcha, lady? Well, you’ll be back! MWAHAHAHA!
Please assist us with a few more questions to help us serve you better.
Do you realize that your children have set fire to the living room sheers while you were on the phone?
Dial one for OMIGOD! HOLY SHIT! Dial nine-one-one for the fire department.
Wait! Wait! Thank you for using the Parent Helpline Automated Menu!"





14 comments:
Nice. I particularly enjoyed the frozen breast milk baggie, because it reminds me of a time we were moving. Friends were helping us move a fridge, and we forgot to empty the freezer. It opened, and a bunch of breast milk baggies fell out.
LOL Fuzzy... Now that's the way I want to receive forwarded mail. I felt like you were standing there telling me the story. You did a great job. I appreciated it because I am a Father of three daughters. Now, I get to watch my middle daughter, the one who gave us all the crapola when she was a kid, raise children and laugh at her as she tries to control things.
I have been gone. It is good to be back. I missed some of your other posts. Maybe I'll just pick up from here and move forward.
Thanks for the chuckle.
Thank you for the laugh this Monday morning.
It's so great to find somebody that has a sense of humor in this world...and yours is in top notch shape!!
BWAAHAAAHAAA!!
Found you via TUA.
LOL, it's surprising that there wasn't the option to sign up for an annual contract. In the early 90's I called a suicide hotline to find out what I should do about a friend who wouldn't stop crying & was talking about suicide. Unbeleivably, they told me to call back on Monday when operators were available....I was like, umm, suicide is a 24/7 thing, right? LOL, obviously my girlfriend pulled through
This was hilariously long...he he. This was indeed very funny email. I should refer to it in 3 years :o
Reminded me of my Insurance Co - helpline...it leaves me soooo frustrated - for God's sake can a human not talk to me - and help me out. But then who says the human will have any brains to help me out???
Dorky dad-I hope you didn't have to explain to your friends about the baggies.I have had friends(ofcourse the ones who are yet to have kids) recoil just by the mere mention of a breast pump:)
Spadoman-Good to have you back with us,you were missed!And its true now that we are parents I realise how demanding parenting can be.Now when I whine with my parents about my kid my mom always reminds me all those stories of how I troubled them.I was such a brat!Glad you enjoyed that:)
Sanjay-See wasn't that a nice way to kick those monday blues to the curb and begin the week with a laugh?:)
TFWS-TY and thanks for dropping by,hope to see you around often.
Pam-Thanks for coming by,glad that made you laugh:)I will be visiting you shortly.
SLB-You were so missed around here!That suicide hotline about your friend was funny but I'm so glad your friend didn't go through with that!These hotlines really irritate me,I had to call a poison hotline once because one of my niece had consumed some tablets of my grandmother and that lady instead of giving me the necessary info wanted to know my address and occupation and wanted to fill out a damn survey first,needless to say I kept the phone down and took her to a nearby clinic ASAP.Thankfully it wasn't anything at all but the hotline definetly left me hot in the head!
Ricky-I know it was a bit long but the laugh was worth it wasn't it?
You can keep these for future references as and when it happens!Trust me parenting can go a whole lot smoother if you can laugh about it:)
Something to say-I hate the automated ones too.But even the ones whom I can manage to reach after having to listen endlessly to some boring music interlude most of the times don't get what you are trying to ask.I avoid as much as possible to do these things on phone.Why do they call it a helpline when all they do is anything but help I wonder!Hope you had a great weekend.
ha ha ... thanks for the laughs
Fuzzy -
I needed this number the other night while I was out on the town! Drunk dialing would end with this one!
ITW-You are welcome!glad you enjoyed that.
Baron-Lol,you probably needed the cowboy in the city helpline or perhaps the cowboy's martini helpline.I'm glad however you had a great nightout.You deserved the break.
rofl...god...am not even gonna say anything...lol...i wish they actually had smthg like this for our clients...err..no offense clients..but yea...
plush-I can understand,do you work in the software field?I think this was inspired by one such telehelp line:)Thanks for coming by
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