…the grandson just started hollering just now. Seems he got some ice cream in his eye.<\/p>\n
My response? “Of course they call it EYE SCREAM because he SCREAMS when you put it in his EYE.”<\/p>\n
I was thinking of this before the explanation came from my daughter’s mouth.<\/p>\n
Bad Dad Joke Power to the rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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