what rhymes with yore?

how did parents in the days of yore keep their sanity? you know, the days of yore - before schools, before television, before playstations, before anything mildly entertaining. my child has been out of school 12 days (not counting weekends) and she is driving me completely nuts. she even has a friend over. what are they doing? singing a song about pooping out of their eyes...which i could normally appreciate except that they are getting on my last nerve. now i am getting math questions. what is 100 times 10? how the hell should i know? i haven't been in first grade in years!! geez! go back to school already!

i have lent my steam cleaner to my co-worker 2 times in the past 6 months so that she could clean the rug in her office. the first time, the day after i took it to her, the captain decided he wanted to steam clean the whole house. today, i took the cleaner up there for my co-worker to clean some coffee stains out of her rug. today, punkin's friend spilled two 2 fl. oz. bottles of tempera paint (dark blue and orange) on my carpet. coincidence? i think not.

yore, my ass.