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{ 2009 10 28 }

Decibel levels

Scene: Pushing Lila’s stroller one cold autumn day, on the way to see the pediatrician
Lila: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Translation: Dammit! I was sleeping! And now I’m cold! I hate my stupid stroller! What’s with all the cobblestones? Ouch! I said, careful!
Decibel level: 85dB (comparable to noise of city traffic from inside a car)

Scene: Lying on the doctor’s table while doctor and mother struggle to keep her from squirming in order to administer her vaccine
Lila: WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Translation: Bloody pirates, the pair of you! Just wait till I’m big enough to stick needles into YOUR goddam arms… let’s see how you’ll like it… I hate you all!
Decibel level: 100dB (comparable to noise of a snowmobile, motorcycle)

Scene: At the pharmacy, mother a ball of taut nerves, standing in line with a million other people who politely try to ignore the sound coming from the red stroller
Lila: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Translation: After the witch who poked at my arm, you have the nerve to bring me HERE? I don’t LIKE it here! I didn’t ask to BE here! I SAID, let’s go, I’m bored! And cold! I want milk!
Decibel level: 115 dB (comparable to noise of sandblasting, or a loud rock concert)

Scene: On the way back home
Lila: WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!
Translation: Are we there yet?
Decibel level: 90dB (comparable to train whistle at 500′, or truck traffic)

Scene: Back home, while exhausted mother removes her shoes and tries to nurse her pounding headache
Lila: WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Translation: I’ll never forgive you for waking me up from my nap to get my arm poked. You’ll regret this, Mommy, believe me. I want milk!
Decibel level: 194dB (comparable to Loudest Sound Possible)

Currently listening to:
Idaho
The Lone Gunman

Posted by kala on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at 5:54 am. Filed under I rant, My Little Surrealist. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment, but trackbacks are closed.

{ 12 } Comments

  1. Mik | October 28, 2009 at 7:34 am | Permalink

    LOL she sounds (hehe) like a handful! Are earplugs going to be a useful christmas present? HUGS.

  2. kala | October 28, 2009 at 8:19 am | Permalink

    Mik, earpugs tried and tested and the result — FAIL. I start to hear her crying even when she isn’t. It’s total psy-war!

  3. jessi | October 28, 2009 at 10:34 am | Permalink

    I’ll visit you any time later, ok? LOL

    send you strength!!! ;-)

  4. kala | October 28, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

    Oh Jessi, you should come only after Jul and I find the volume button on this little monster, or else you risk having no sleep at all!

  5. Loraine | October 28, 2009 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

    Ha.ha.ha.

  6. jessi | October 29, 2009 at 9:20 am | Permalink

    let me know when you think you will find the button soon, I’ll check plane times then ;-)

  7. Anthony Shelley | October 30, 2009 at 11:40 am | Permalink

    This post was truly hilarious. Thank you for the wonderful translation and congratulations on surviving the vaccination shots. :)

  8. Anthony Shelley | October 30, 2009 at 11:45 am | Permalink

    P.S. Great taste in music.

  9. apol | November 2, 2009 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

    Congratulations on the baby girl, Kala!

    An aside: My baby, born 29 Aug, is named Lilou. Her “best friend,” born to my friend two months earlier, is Lilia. And your kid is Lila. Hello, little “L”s!

  10. kala | November 2, 2009 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    Loraine> I can laugh about it now, but I really hope she starts toning down the volume.

    Hi Anthony, thanks for the visit! And yay, seems like we listen to the same bands :)

    Apol> the L’s of 2009 club!

  11. jessi | November 2, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    what I see just now: JKL – sticks together! :-D

  12. kala | November 2, 2009 at 5:28 pm | Permalink

    Jessi, oh yeah, hahaha, I didn’t realise that!

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