Weirdest Birth Announcement Ever…
Posted by Charlie, under SNAPSHOTS
My brother and I were rummaging through one of the 20 boxes of photos he’s been laboring over, scanning them to digital files when we came across this…
Anyone notice my 36 HOUR LABOR with forceps & a prayer? Nowadays, they’d have just cut me out.
How about that first paragraph? Coming out of the crazy 1970’s didn’t seem to slow anybody down. Is anyone having a flashback right now just thinking about it? Learn more about my radio DJ father here: Bay Area Radio Museum
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42 Responses to “Weirdest Birth Announcement Ever…”
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Dave Higgs-Vis @ Folkabout Baby says: July 22, 2011 at 4:25 am
Thanks for the laughs! This is awesome.
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 7:54 am
Thanks Dave! I was surprised to find it. The first thing I said to my brother when we found it: “This HAS to go on How To Be A Dad. It’s like it was written for us.”
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Dave Higgs-Vis @ Folkabout Baby says: July 22, 2011 at 8:49 am
I’m definitely going to pull a stunt like that for my next one!
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 9:42 am
It’s kind of inspired, isn’t it? Or maybe have a really nice picture of you and your wife, then be holding a honey badger or a chinchilla. I think #2 would appreciate it.
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Novac says: April 10, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Well that’s because it WAS written for you!
I felt like there should be a “This isn’t photoshopped, honestly!” disclaimer in the article. Or maybe the lack of one is better?Reply
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Amit says: July 22, 2011 at 7:41 am
As long as they spell your name right.. (oh, more important: and as long as they got the color of your eyes right..)
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 7:57 am
Yeah, that would’ve been uncomfortable if Charles Chapern had brown eyes. But honestly, people mess up my name all the time. I’m used to it. Versions of my name that I’ve heard so far:
-Charlie Chapen
-Cherry Kappen
-Charley Caper
-Chairey Capin
-Gnarly ShapingOk, that last one is not true.
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andy says: July 22, 2011 at 10:54 am
Ha ha ha ha! I’m going to call you Cherry from now on! Ha ha ha ha! Or Gnarly, because that’s just rad.
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aleksey tsalolikhin says: August 22, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Could be worse.
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Amit says: July 22, 2011 at 8:02 am
So it’s Charley Chaplin – right?
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 8:07 am
That’s the other one.
Also, name people are NOT allowed to call me:
-Raul
-Chuck
-Chaz or ChazboAll three are reserved for very specific people in my life.
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Amit says: July 22, 2011 at 8:37 am
I used one of my nicknames as my main social network name (amitos), now ppl that don’t know me are calling me in this super personal name.. it’s a risk you need to take
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 9:17 am
Yeah, when people start calling me MONKEYPANTSDOODLEFACE, I know I’m in trouble.
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andy says: July 22, 2011 at 10:55 am
Charlie Norris
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John Pseudonymous says: July 22, 2011 at 8:20 am
Wow, that’s pretty epic. To my knowledge, I have never been in danger of exploding, but that’s probably just because my mom kept a close eye on my dad.
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 9:18 am
See, while it is entertaining, How To Be A Dad actually provides a public service and warns parents of the dangers of overfilling their inflatable babies.
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John Pseudonymous says: July 22, 2011 at 9:21 am
Right. Anything above 44 PSI and the baby’s a ticking time-bomb.
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 9:34 am
This one might be a bit more:
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Travis says: July 22, 2011 at 8:34 am
Okay, it wouldn’t occur to me to call you Chazbo, but now that you’ve brought it up, I don’t think I can resist.
Chazbo.
Chazbo.
Chazbo.
Kinda rolls of the tongue, doesn’t it? It’s almost Shakespearean in nature. I think a film needs to be written with the main character named Chazbo.
Travis
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 9:18 am
If it’s going to be Shakespearean, I think “Chazbeaux” is probably the correct spelling..
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Skippy says: July 22, 2011 at 10:47 am
MILF sighting.
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 10:51 am
You’ve hit a sore subject for me. There will be none of that. You shut your mouth.
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Kimberly says: July 22, 2011 at 3:54 pm
So funny! But don’t assume they’d cut you out nowadays. My first labor was longer than that BEFORE they induced me, and I labored for 15 more hours after I got the Pitocin… But I pushed for less than 3 minutes. Trade-offs, I suppose.
And that is a really cute article! I wish more newspapers still did this. Heck, I wish more people still utilized newspapers.
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Maybe it’s just here Los Angeles. I feel like doctors down here have crazy schedules and firm desires to get home before dinner, and won’t wait.
Our doctor was so awesome. So patient.
But I’ve just heard horror stories of medical staff pressuring women to get c-sec’s to save time…
I wish they would too. Pretty fun stuff.
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Mike says: July 22, 2011 at 5:46 pm
That is bad, but I leave that stuff to the wife. Except when it comes down to price! She has a back for spending ridiculous amounts of cash on those things and then people throw them out!
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charlie says: July 22, 2011 at 8:20 pm
I completely agree with you. Wait, I have no idea what you meant. ::falls asleep standing up::
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