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pulling a ….

Filed under: General,Oops! Not Really At All About Running — beverly at 2:43 pm on Sunday, June 12, 2005

In my family, like in many others, we use the “pulling a _______” phrase a lot. Like if someone is “pulling an Uncle Roy”, it means they’re being kind of scatterbrained. (Hey, this guy has actually videoed the wrong wedding; he completely earned that!)

I thought of the “pulling a” phrase in terms of the RBF world today, when I pulled a … Mia!!!! Yep, today, while teaching my son’s “kid’s church” group, I completely pulled a Mia.

Are you formulating your guess?

Yep, you’ve probably got it figured out.

I was wearing a slightly, yet not really overly-so, scoop-neck top. When I leaned down to demonstrate these cards to a group of 7-8 year old boys … one boy says in a totally-appropriate-for-stage voice: “HEY! MY MOM HAS A FANCY BRA LIKE THAT!!!!!”

I don’t think my face turned to it’s regular shade until about 2 hours later.

I giggled a lot of Mia’s account of her story, and now I have lived it. Now, of course, “pulling a Mia” could also mean lots of other things like re-organizing your home at superhero pace; or demonstrating amazing persistence and self-awareness, etc., etc. ….. (Disclaimer: I am NOT minimizing all of the many wonderful things about Mia by saying she’s about flashing boobs. Thank-you.)

So …. what does “pulling a (insert your name or another RBFer here)” mean?

10 Comments

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Comment by Mia

Monday June 13, 2005 @ 10:07 am

B – Ha! I was wondering where you could be going with that – “pulled a Mia”… fell on your face? Gained 7 pounds in 8 days? But, no, the worst of all – flashing the kiddies! Parents of the world, take note. Nobody is safe from the boobies, even at bible study and grammar school.

I think in the future I’d like to pull a David – or be able to run as fast and as far as a teenage boy! I’d like to pull a Jack, too – “accidentally” run farther than I had planned to! And I also look forward to pulling a Brent – running surrounded by hot looking people!

I’m ready to stop pulling “mias” myself. :)

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Comment by beverly

Monday June 13, 2005 @ 12:44 pm

testing, testing…

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Comment by jeff

Monday June 13, 2005 @ 12:53 pm

pulling a jeff = typing in all lower case =)

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Comment by jank

Monday June 13, 2005 @ 1:08 pm

Pulling a jank – using three words where one would do.

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Comment by mia

Monday June 13, 2005 @ 3:37 pm

B – This was so funny…I kept wondering where you were going with this. Pulled a “mia”? What? Fell on your face? Gained 7 pounds in 8 days? Ah, no, the worrisome “flashing the kiddies”. Parents of the world, take note, your children are not safe from the boobies, even at bible study and grammar school. :)

In the future? I’d like to pull a “David” – be able to run as fast and as far as a group of teen-aged boys. I’d also like to pull a “Jack” – “accidentally” run farther and faster than I meant to. I wouldn’t mind pulling a “Brent” – running while surrounded by hot looking runners.

Hope you’ve recovered – I’m looking forward to not pulling any other “mias” myself!
xoxo
Mia

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Comment by David

Monday June 13, 2005 @ 7:35 pm

Pulling a Jon = writing something incredibly funny to everybody you know – in one night.

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Comment by Jon in Michigan

Tuesday June 14, 2005 @ 11:57 am

Heh, heh. Pulling a Jon – whining as much as possible before a race (just wait til the marathon!)

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Comment by BD

Tuesday June 14, 2005 @ 10:24 pm

Pulling a BD. Making no sense whatsoever in a comment due to exhaustion.

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Comment by frolicking filly

Tuesday June 14, 2005 @ 10:34 pm

Ohh we have to pick on Jon
Pulling a Jon…….DOH!! my shin #%*&&##^%@%%%

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Comment by kirsten

Friday June 17, 2005 @ 11:38 am

pulling a Jon…and tempting everyone with chocolate.

Why does everyone pick on Jon???

kirsten

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