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Oh man, moms, you guys. The best. I love moms. Hi, mom! I love you! Hi, everyone else’s mom! I love you, too! Not as much as I love my mom, but I love you a little bit! “But, Gabe, this video is funny enough, I guess, or whatever, and you are not lying when you say that Mother’s Day is coming this Sunday, but we’re not idiots, we know that already, and besides, we already wore ourselves out having an intense and sensitive mom discussion in that other thread.” Well, have another one. She’s your mom! She’s not worth two Internet comment threads a year? She is. And this is the best way to honor her. Probably. Good morning!
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I saw this on E_I_T earlier, and I was trying to figure out what this possibly could have been filmed for? It’s not as cheesy or over-the-top as their normal fair, but it feels like it could have been on 20/20 or something. What I’m saying is: this video poses more questions than it answers.
How can you be a Foo Fighter? By eating Footos, of course.
Naughty Naughty Bostons? Butter and Ezra? Huh? Nine Inch Wales? -Moms
A friend of mine and her sister LOVED Nine Inch Nails back in high school. Christmastime and their mom wanted to get them the new CD.
Went into the record shop and asked for “Nani Chanels”. The record store people had no idea (is it world music? Classical?) so mom went through literally EVERY SECTION OF THE STORE looking for this artist.
<3 <3 <3 Moms! They are adorable!!!!
Oh, yes, they have a whole heap of fun. These guys know what I’m talking about.
Maybe she should take a big #2, instead of calling her child that, in public.
Monsters, sorry this has nothing to do with moms and is actually kind of gross when associated with moms but I have an important reminder about a holiday happening now:
Today is No Pants Day! You know what that means.
http://www.nopantsday.com/
My office has a strict “Pants-On” policy
not today it doesn’t – do it for Mom!
Can you come to the parking garage with me for a minute? This is not about the no pants thing.
mom, is that you?
I’m wearing a skirt. Phew!
My office (coffee shop, today!) requires pants. I wonder if it will count if I just stretch them from my head to the computer screen kinda like this:
SSB*
*sorry so big**
**twss***
***terrible wishes shouldn’t surprise
This is my favorite part:
“Did you know that in Britain “pants” means underwear? Shouldn’t it be No Trousers Day instead?
Hmmm.. this holiday could be extremely interesting in Britain, then. But seriously, No Pants Day just sounds catchier, doesn’t it? And besides, this gives British people something to mention when you bring up the holiday around them. They laugh and say, “In Britain, ‘pants’ means….” etc, etc, and they feel good for being the center of attention. So bully for them!”
In Britain they call pants lorries, etc., etc.
man, and i thought my mom was crazy. thanks for the perspective, gabe!
I’d like to go on record and say that I love my Mom. For a long time she was a single mother of four, including two pre-mature twins, and she always took good care of us. Happy Mother’s Day MOM!
And to all the Mom Monsters and Moms of Monsters–Great Work Being Great!
yay moms! my mom told me about videogum! which is probably about as nice as giving birth to me!
Your mom is so cool. Seriously, my mom just figured out email. Once tried to have her read a Word document ton my computer and she didn’t know how to scroll up and down. Plus she is always coming into my room and doesn’t get that Edward is the one for me. But that is a whole other story entirely. Wow that anecdote really spiraled out of control quickly.
My mom doesn’t know how to google search. She immediately tries to click on the ad links on the right.
My mom once sent me an email and the entire message was in the subject line. She also signed it off with “Cyber Mom”.
“there’s a chance and there”s not a chance.”
#thingsthatwillbesaidatmyworktoday(byme)
HAPPY YO MOMMA DAY
Unrelated: Can a UK Monster please explain to me what happens with your election now? Also, is David Cameron a douche or not? #politicalgum
I guess I’m a UK monster as I just voted in my first UK election(having previously voted in Hong Kong..woohooo for puppet democracies)
David Cameron definitely appears to be a bit of a douche its tough to tell how much of one exactly as he has been so vague through the whole campaign, he has however been openly and stupidly xenophobic…boooo
As no party has a majority they will have to form a coalition government, the Conservatives and Lib Dems would be the most obvious two parties to do so as they are the only two capable of forming a outright majority. But the Lib Dems will want to push for voting reform as a condition for coalition which the Tories will not go for so the Lib Dems might resort to trying to form a coalition with Labour and a couple of miscellaneous parties (Green, Scottish Nationals). This however is hindered by the fact that Britain has collectively decided that it hates Gordon Brown(poor Gordon)
I don’t think any of this matters all that much because whoever does eventually get to be PM(almost certainly Cameron) will just call an another election within the next year to try and get a proper mandate.
lecturegum is over now..sorry for the stupidly long post
Not stupidly long at all! I appreciate the clarification, I was curious if the LibDems and Labour could form a coalition but have Nick Clegg lead since, as you said, everyone seems to be upset with GB. My guess is that this couldn’t happen, but I’m a dumb American so what do I know.
Yeah that almost certainly won’t happen but it is technically possible. If Labour and the LibDems did form a coalition it would probably be more likely that Brown would resign and the Labour MPs would elect a new leader who would then be forced by public pressure to hold another election almost immediately.
But judging by recent developments it looks like Clegg is gonna go with the Tories because he made a promise during the campaign to back whichever party got the biggest popular vote. Which is good because he seems to be a politician who holds his word even though its not in his interest but sad because Conservatives aren’t as desperate for LibDem support as Labour which means LibDems wont have as much of a say in the new gov(I voted LibDem)
In England they don’t call them parliaments, they call them ugh, nevermind. I don’t have the Monster cred to do this joke.
“… they call them Tories”
is that where you were going?
All this waiting for the Queen to be activated, and coalitions to be decided are making me sad and depressed. And that’s just before we find out who said coalition will be?
Gabe, can we please please have a UK elections/cute animals cuddling different animals open thread?
Seriously, though, what happened to Turner?
He’s 2 or 3 miles away.
Why doesn’t she just have less kids?
She’s going for the full Roy G. Biv.
These guys know what you’re talking about.
Coincidentally, I broke out ‘Music has the Right to Children’ yesterday at work and it was just as amazing as I had forgotten it being.
“You’re NOT Mr. Purple…Somebody from another job’s Mr. Purple. You’re Mr. PINK!”
Jane Lynch?
My mom has always liked my brother more. She denies it, but that’s ok, because what else are you going to do?
My mom always treated my brother better than me, but it was for the best. Now, he’s a 34 year old divorced, jort-wearer who still lives ant home. While I’ve been independent since I turned 18 and only wear jorts “ironically”.
You win.
Facts about my mom:
1) She knows too many of the words to Nelly’s “Country Grammar”
2) She ate two whole airborne tablets before reading the directions and learning you have to dissolve them in water
3) She’s THE BEST
Facts about my mom Chris Trash edition:
1)Shes a former black belt.
2)She has like 400 Facebook friends
3)She’s alright Guess.
Ugh, umbrellas are the worst! They are so awkward to carry in the first place and then you inevitably forget them on the subway and end up getting wet anyway!
To sum up: moms good, umbrellas bad.
My mom is also the best. She survived two different scary infections where her chances were less than 10% and spent months at a time in the hospital. I’m thankful everyday she’s still around to tell me about her crushes on Ryan Seacrest, Clay Aiken, and Adam Lambert. Oh yeah, she’s a big American Idol fan too. Love you mom!
My mom refers to Myrtle Beach, SC as “Myrtle Bell”. She has known all of my friends for over 8 years yet still calls Weston, “Wendle” and Danae, “Dalaney”. She thinks that statuses on Facebook are personal messages to her and she keeps commenting on them saying “what does this mean?? why are you telling me this?!” However, despite her shortcomings, she is my mama and I love her like Gary Busey loves Luke Busey. I mean….maybe more than that.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/72442/saturday-night-live-mom-translator
I love this bit. Rabbi Ronaldo or Champ Crawdaddy?
“Joe Geronimo” is may FAVE
My mom, the other day:
Mom, in a thick southern accent: Boots*, I’m kinda upset, I just went through the Wendy’s drive-thru and I didn’t get any wiffy
Me: Wiffy?
Mom: They advertised it on the sign! They said, ‘we now have free wiffy’
Me: (thinking)…. wait, do you mean Wi-Fi?
Mom: I’m pretty sure it said ‘wiffy’–I looked in my bag, and there wasn’t any wiffy. Should I go back?
fin.
I love my mom.
*real name redacted
hey everyone, this is turner (#2 from the video). they did eventually find me….drats!
what the video does not show is the slave labor aspect of our life with mom.
dad, who’s also known as #0, is a frail and beaten shell of the man he was before she came along.
my mom says to tell the cops we are fine!
we are very fine. wonderful in fact. don’t (please do) tell the authorities.
My mom died when I was in college. Mothers’ Day makes me feel nostalgic. Also I hate the barrage of Mothers’ Day merchandise and commercials. It (the barrage) just seems really tacky most of the time.
I feel the same exact way. My mom died when I was 16 a WEEK before Mother’s Day (see my post on the other mother’s day thread, I’m lazy). It’s a constant reminder of your exclusion and your grief that you may or may not be over.
Also, I wanted to say to nakedpainter but I got to the thread too late and it seems pertinent here. No one can ever replace or be a better mother than your own mother. NO ONE. I have a stepmom and I don’t call her “mom,” I call her “Betty.” I would rather die in a fire than call her ‘mom.’ This doesn’t mean I don’t like her, we get along fine (most of the time).
You were wondering if your son could find a better mother than you. Never. My stepmom is a better fit for my dad, she is better at managing the household, and she is more responsible than my mother, but her name is BETTY not MOM and it will always be that way.
I have had lots and lots of time to think and you are absolutely right. MY parents are divorced and I just put myself in my son’s shoes and think if one of my parents were to remarry THERE IS NO WAY that one or the other could be replaced.
Besides, my brother showed up later that day and we talked and talked. Not only could NO ONE ever replace me as a mother to my son, NO ONE could ever replace me as a sister and an aunt to my brother’s children.
Please don’t feel left out on Mother’s Day. Your mom will always be your mom. Just look at your belly button and remember that you have a LITERAL reminder of your connection to her. I know that sounds cheesy and dumb, but it IS true. She fed you and gave you life….. and her special brand of mom love when and after you were born that can never be erased. Mother’s Day is just as much for your mom today as it is for my mom who is still alive. Your mom shall always be honored and cherished on Mom’s Day. Buy a bouquet of her favorite flowers or something to celebrate the great mom she will always be.
Just a really great job blurring out the Eddie Bauer sign, this video’s editor. I didn’t know even know it was an Eddie Bauer sign until I read Eddie’s blog in which he talks about how he doesn’t want to be associated with moms.
Yesterday my mum wanted to know “Who invented being gangster?” She is also very excited about Iron Man 2. The best!
Things I learned about Moms from Videogum comments:
1. They don’t understand anything about the Internet.
2. Yet they somehow have 400 facebook friends.
3. They can’t pronounce any word, ever.
4. They are hilarious.
5. They get sick a lot, sometimes cancer.
6. We love them.
My mom’s the best cause she just sent me a mother’s day card from my cat.
Classic Mom.
Off topic:
When I read your comment I looked for this in my pc because i thought it was a cat writing a letter to his mom. But it’s just a dog writing a letter to Santy Claws. Fail.
Not off topic…animals writing letters is never a FAIL.
NO NO NO that dog was probably murdered for that picture! Old-tymey photos like that were taken by killing the animals, then taxidermy-ing them and posing them all “cute.”
Also OMG Cat is probably screaming in pain. It’s the saddest story. Lindsay told me on the internet!
OH NOES Meaverly don’t tell me the horrible truth behind the cute stories! Next you’ll be saying Santy Claws isn’t real.
That’s sad if it’s true, but owning a cat and posting funny cat photos on the internet does not an expert make. Maybe someone could ask, oh I don’t know, a veterinarian?
I don’t know why EIT decided to edit out the part of the video featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and her kids. That was the best part of whatever this mom documentary was!
This brings back such memories. Growing up I was assigned blue, and my parents refered to me as “number 4″. This never really made sense to me though, because I was an only child. But that’s why they’re the moms, right?
My mom’s actual response to this video: “Moms rock it hard.”
Today, my Mom called to remind me to get my car tires checked so I don’t die in a fiery crash, and also suggested I may need some “help” with my housekeeping. But I love her and appreciate her attempts to help me not die/be featured on Hoarders!
Also, I recommend postcardsfromyomomma.com for funny stories of Moms being Moms.
MOM STORY! YAY!
My mom is an ICU nurse and one morning (she works second shift) she came up to my sister and I, looking kinda all shifty eyed and said, “Last night we had a girl come in and she had SHAVED PUBIC HAIR”. Andrea (my sister) and I looked at each other and said almost in unison, “I shave my pubes, too, Mom”. And then she was clearly disturbed and asked, “Is that what young girls do nowadays?”.
YAY! AWKWARD PUBE/MOM MOMENT! Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! We love you and your unshaved pubes.
UGH.
*didijustsaythatgum