In order for you to get the full impact of this story, you need to picture my daughter…the 5′ 3″, 105 lb high school freshman.
Me: “So…how was detention?”
Caolinn: “There was a small incident.”
Me: “Ummmm?”
Caolinn: “I was in the back, getting my biology homework done, and this huge Mexican kid…I think he’s a junior…comes and sits behind me, and starts saying all this obscene stuff about me in Spanish to the kid sitting next to him.”
Me: “Uh oh. What did you do?”
Caolinn: (In Spanish) “Next time you start talking about someone’s boobs, make sure they haven’t been taking Spanish since Pre-K, you stupid little bitch.”
Me: “What did he do!?”
Caolinn: “He looked so scared; he got up and sat by the teacher.”
Me: “I shouldn’t…oh, my, God…” (laughing uncontrollably)
Fisticuffs and Shenanigans 
I’ll say it again. You’ve got one awesome girl there.
She looks completely harmless…that’s the funny part. lol
for all us would-be parents, would you please, please, give us a step by step rundown on how you raised this amazing kid of yours?
(i am assuming that i will want to have kids someday, hence the self description of “would be parents”..better to have all bases covered..ahaha..)
Hilariously, I never cursed in her presence until recently, but she seems to be fluent regardless…I blame the other kids. *cough* She’s sort of amazing. I didn’t always know we’d get where we are, especially this young, but she makes me proud every day. The very fact that you want your daughters to be strong, tells me that you will make it so. 🙂
Just awesome. 🙂
🙂 Thanks, Rach!
Dying!! That was awesome! Sounds like a response MY daughter would have given. I live in TX and there are a lot of “Spanish speaking folk” around here. So most (not all) watch what they say because you never know who might understand you. BUT… sometimes I really wish I knew how to speak Vietnamese then I would know what those girls in the salon were saying! LOL! 😀
HA! Did you ever see the Seinfeld where Elaine took George’s dad. because he could speak Korean? It was hilarious.
No…never saw that. I bet it was funny. Also…my daughter is about the same size as yours. She ain’t afraid of nuthin! LMAO!
Watch the wee ones. Lol
Yeah….her boyfriend always says, “Short people are MEAN!!” ha ha ha ha ha!!
Truth!!!
Hahahaha! Don’t those stupid cabrones know that Spanish is the 2nd official language of the US?? Good one!
Seriously, it’s Arizona…everyone at least understands some. Such a pendejo, that guy. lol
Hysterical! She’s great! Very rewarding to know that your kids can hold their own.
She tolerates no undo crap…thank God.
THAT IS AWESOME. I love when young women can demonstrate sticking up for themselves and doing it with humor. I’ve had so many situations in my life where I’m the only woman and not exactly treated with respect…I usually take the humor route and find it still gets me what I want, but in a way that gets me respect.
She’s small but mighty, that one. Lol
Appropriate.
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HI-LARIOUS!
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That happened to the daughter of a friend of mine, only in Japanese. (Not the crudeness though). Talking on the phone in line at Starbucks apparently doesn’t offer immunity, no matter what language you’re trying to get away with. Turns out they got married and now have a 1 year old daughter.
Lol! Nice.
So proud of her! Go girl!
I was so inappropriately proud of her, too. Lol
This is fantastic.
🙂 Thanks, AD!
HAHAHA! Morrigan (first grade) is very into learning Spanish, and I encourage her as much as possible. She’s a native Arizonan; it’s necessary. I can totally see her doing something similar. Your daughter is AWESOME. 🙂
Just wait…you’re just eight years from her threatening men four times her size. 🙂
That’s ok. Sounds like he was asking for it. 😉
SHE’S MY HERO!!!!!!!
Lol…she’s available for hire to scare Spanish speaking people, if you need.
High five her way!
🙂 she high fives you back.
Rock on, Caolinn, rock on!
She only allows you to talk about her parts in dead languages…lol
Quite impressive. It’s the type of thing you imagine yourself doing but don’t… or wish you had. –Curt
Should I be scared that she’s learning German now?
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This exact thing happened to me on the bus when I was a teenager. LOL! Kids were talking about me in Spanish not knowing that I am native speaker. Good for your daughter. 🙂
Lol…I love that this happened to you, too! So rude that people do this!
Most pubescent boys aren’t too sly when talking about boobs in any language. You may warn her to learn the words for boobs and little bitches in German from the get go as well!
I might throw in French and Italian, just for kicks.
Your daughter is awesome. lol
She’s a keeper. 🙂
Why did SHE get detention? For the other kid’s safety?
Tardies…she takes FOREVER to get ready. 🙂
Oh I get it, this happened IN detention. I can be a little slow sometimes.
Mehhhh, she was being slow, too…that’s how she got the tardies. 🙂
Y por eso adoro a Caolinn. No importa the size of the body… it’s the sharpness of the tongue that matters! I wonder WHO she inherited that one from??
It had to be from the cuckoo who dropped the egg into my unsuspecting nest. *cough* Yeah…that’s it. 🙂
Suuuuure… with that kind of explanation, there was a cuckoo involved, alright…
haha I love when that happens. In London it happened to me a couple of times, when I was sitting next to some Polish people on a bus. So much fun when they realise that you can understand them.
I will confess this might be the only reason I want to be fluent in every language…to screw with people…
Love this! Good for her!
🙂 RIGHT!?
OMG I just reread this and I lolled. Go you. Go your daughter.
LOL…I totally forgot about this!