Apparently, I need to get out a little more often. Today I made banana bread and The Governor, a big carbohydrate fan, throws his arms in the air and hollers, "Banana bread! I say 'Whoot' to banana bread!"
Whoot? I'd never heard the expression before. So before writing this, I Googled the word. Aside from being featured prominently in a song called, "Silly Ho" by TLC, (and I assume that's not where the lad discovered it)the word seems to be a modern replacement for "Awesome!" or such similar exclamations.
I'd feel a bit peeved about having a toddler reinforce just how un-hip I am, but it'll come back to haunt him later. When he's in high school, and his buddies come over, I'll throw a "Whoot" or two into the conversation, and he'll die of shame because that was soooo 2005.
The other big thing I missed today was hearing that Senator Mark Dayton has decided against running for re-election in 2006. Everyone else has covered it, so I don't have anything to add.
Except, perhaps..."Whoot!"
Posted by Cathy at February 9, 2005 08:32 PMNo loss to the Senate or Minnesota.
Saw one of your compatriots on the highway yesterday - he didn't look at all happy, but being stuck in traffic for thirty plus minutes does that to a person.
Posted by: aelfheld at February 10, 2005 10:55 AMAt the on-line game I play, it is WOOT! no "h".
Posted by: Loren at February 10, 2005 12:41 PMLoren...just further proof of how un-hip I am. I can't even spell slang correctly.
Posted by: Cathy at February 10, 2005 04:05 PMI think that Mark is just setting up his run for the Whitehouse in 2008. Mark or Hillary? Tough call.
Posted by: DaveP at February 10, 2005 04:28 PMOh, Dave...we could only hope. It would be better than Michael Dukakis.
Posted by: Cathy at February 10, 2005 04:33 PMThere's a blast from the past. Sounds like two kinds of poop.
Posted by: DaveP at February 11, 2005 04:03 PM