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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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I want to know which brand o mp-3 player Mrs. Bone is using to listen to the questions that Mr. Bone transferred from the CD.

I didn't pay attention to the brand, but she put them on there herself! The following dialogue ensued while Mrs. T-B. was engrossed on Facebook:

T-B.: You'd sure better study for your ciudadania [citizenship] test. This is no laughing matter!

Mrs. T-B.: How do you spell "suck"?

T-B.: What... why? Does the test all of a sudden suck?

Mrs. T-B.: One of my friends has a baby that she's trying to break from chuchitos [breast-feeding].

T-B.: Esse ooo say kah [s u c k].

Mrs. T-B.: And what's the word for when you get the baby to quit sucking?

T-B.: To some extent, babies always suck, but they can be forgiven because they're so cute.

Mrs. T-B.: What's the word for how you get them to quit sucking?

T-B.: Wean -- doble-vay ay ah enne.

Mrs. T-B.: "Weent. Weend." I know the first 5 pages -- ask me!

T-B.: "How many U.S. Senators are there?"

Mrs. T-B.: 100!

T-B.: Good! "Who does a U.S. Senator represent?"

Mrs. T-B.: [blank silence]

T-B. [helpfully]: If there are two Senators per state, who would they represent?

Mrs. T-B. [excitedly]: Every other person!

T-B. [to self]: :bonk:

Mrs. T-B. [looking semi-forlorn] That's not right?

T-B.: I'm not paying another $6,800 for you to retake this if you flunk it! That would mean no more shopping.

[Mrs. T-B. looks terrified and disappears]

Later:

[sounds of person talking to self and uttering mild oaths in Spanish]

T-B. [going to other room]: What are you doing?

Mrs. T-B.: I put the questions on the MP3!

T-B.: In English or Spanish?

Mrs. T-B.: In English. That way I can learn while I learn. I can listen to them while Mini-Bone is playing.

T-B.: Let's hear them.

Mrs. T-B.: I don't want you to hear them. Help me pronounce this [shows T-B. "World War II"].

T-B.: You try it.

Mrs. T-B.: Wort Warld Two. Word Warth Two.

T-B.: Watch my lips and tongue: "Worrrlllld Warrrr Two."

Mrs. T-B. [looking carefully]: Whirllllll Warrrrrrm Two.

T-B.: Close enough, or you could say "Double-you double-you two."

Mrs. T-B.: I don't want to say that. I bought you cheap. [see earlier post]

T-B.: I know; I ate them already.

Mrs. T-B.: You didn't save me cheap?

T-B.: No, and marriage isn't cheap, either, when you go shopping. We have the cheese-flavored croutons, though.

Mrs. T-B.: I don't like them.

T-B.: I need to buy ice cream tomorrow, badly.

Mrs. T-B.: Please don't -- I'm on a diet. Chocolate? [makes slurping sound]

T-B. [in mock disgust]: What do YOU think?

Mrs. T-B.: Slurrrrrrrrrp! But don't buy me Cheetos -- I'm on a diet. [flashes puppy-dog eyes] Just one small bag.

T-B. [to self]: :bonk:

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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I didn't pay attention to the brand, but she put them on there herself! The following dialogue ensued while Mrs. T-B. was engrossed on Facebook:

T-B.: You'd sure better study for your ciudadania [citizenship] test. This is no laughing matter!

Even if one of the subjects is Bob Hope?

Mrs. T-B.: How do you spell "suck"?

B.I.L.L.S.

T-B.: What... why? Does the test all of a sudden suck?

It was vacuum packed?

Mrs. T-B.: One of my friends has a baby that she's trying to break from chuchitos [breast-feeding].

When does he graduate from college?

T-B.: Esse ooo say kah [s u c k].

Mrs. T-B.: And what's the word for when you get the baby to quit sucking?

Senescence

T-B.: To some extent, babies always suck, but they can be forgiven because they're so cute.

Or look like Tom Brady.

Mrs. T-B.: What's the word for how you get them to quit sucking?

Divorce

T-B.: Wean -- doble-vay ay ah enne.

So one no longer sucks is a Weaner?

Mrs. T-B.: "Weent. Weend." I know the first 5 pages -- ask me!

T-B.: "How many U.S. Senators are there?"

Do the walking dead count?

Mrs. T-B.: 100!

T-B.: Good! "Who does a U.S. Senator represent?"

Anyone but the people.

Mrs. T-B.: [blank silence]

Silence is golden.

T-B. [helpfully]: If there are two Senators per state, who would they represent?

Mrs. T-B. [excitedly]: Every other person!

Corporations are people, too.

T-B.: :bonk:

Mrs. T-B. [looking semi-forlorn] That's not right?

No, the Senate is controlled by the Democrats.

T-B.: I'm not paying another $6,800 for you to retake this if you flunk it! That would mean no more shopping.

Monster!

[Mrs. T-B. looks terrified and disappears]

She's mastered invisibility? No see man!

Later:

[sounds of person talking to self and uttering mild oaths in Spanish]

Fortunately no f-bombs were dropped during the utterances ineffable.

T-B. [going to other room]: What are you doing?

Mrs. T-B.: I put the questions on the MP3!

T-B.: In English or Spanish?

Mrs. T-B.: In English. That way I can learn while I learn. I can listen to them while Mini-Bone is playing.

T-B.: Let's hear them.

Mrs. T-B.: I don't want you to hear them. Help me pronounce this [shows T-B. "World War II"].

T-B.: You try it.

Mrs. T-B.: Wort Warld Two. Word Warth Two.

T-B.: Watch my lips and tongue: "Worrrlllld Warrrr Two."

Mrs. T-B. [looking carefully]: Whirllllll Warrrrrrm Two.

T-B.: Close enough, or you could say "Double-you double-you two."

Silly Texan, that's "Dubya Dubya Too."

Mrs. T-B.: I don't want to say that. I bought you cheap. [see page 4, post #52]

I'm too frugal to do that.

T-B.: I know; I ate them already.

As long as it's not Buffalo cheap.

Mrs. T-B.: You didn't save me cheap?

Sorry, he already changed Mini-Bone's diaper.

T-B.: No, and marriage isn't cheap, either, when you go shopping. True, divorce lawyers are expensive. We have the cheese-flavored croutons, though. We don't use the word croutons anymore, we call them mentally challenged.

Mrs. T-B.: I don't like them.

T-B.: I need to buy ice cream tomorrow, badly.

Mrs. T-B.: Please don't -- I'm on a diet. Chocolate? [makes slurping sound]

T-B. [in mock disgust]: What do YOU think?

The four words that no married man should utter.

Mrs. T-B.: Slurrrrrrrrrp! But don't buy me Cheetos -- I'm on a diet. [flashes puppy-dog eyes] Just one small bag.

It's only cheetoing if you get caught.

T-B.: :bonk:

So if Mrs. T-B was engrossed on Facebook does that mean she was Face-planted? LCD, man!

IR5

2007-07-27 – Case complete at NVC waiting on the world or at least MTL.

2007-12-19 - INTERVIEW AT MTL, SPLIT DECISION.

2007-12-24-Mom's I-551 arrives, Pop's still in purgatory (AP)

2008-03-11-AP all done, Pop is approved!!!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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I didn't pay attention to the brand, but she put them on there herself! The following dialogue ensued while Mrs. T-B. was engrossed on Facebook:

does she play mafia wars? :devil:

* ~ * Charles * ~ *
 

I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

 

USE THE REPORT BUTTON INSTEAD OF MESSAGING A MODERATOR!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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Goodness gracious this thread is pure comedy gold. :rofl:

Marriage : June 30, 2011

I-130 Sent : November 26, 2011

I-130 NOA1 : December 2, 2011

I-130 Approved : May 2, 2012

NVC Received : May 14, 2012

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : June 1, 2012

Pay I-864 Bill : June 5, 2012

Return Completed DS-3032 : June 1, 2012

Pay IV Bill : June 7, 2012

Case Completed at NVC : July 2, 2012

Interview Date : September 28, 2012

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : October 3, 2012

US Entry : December 23, 2012

Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 152 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 301 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Goodness gracious this thread is pure comedy gold. :rofl:
Thank you, si man. Actually, the line that should be enshrined in the pantheon of all-time VJ posts was by Cinco, in-line above: "[sounds of person talking to self and uttering mild oaths in Spanish] Fortunately no f-bombs were dropped during the utterances ineffable." Pure brilliance, IQ man -- he deserves a High Five, cinco man.

Mrs. T-B. now has a cold and is doing her usual rapid-fire girl-sneezes, snee snee snee snee snee snee man. I, conversely, gave one mongo man-sneeze and shot snot -- from both mouth and nose -- all over the citizenship book, see man. Attempting to off-wipe it merely smeared the mucoid output all over the questions on the double-page spread, yuck man. Let us hope that the interviewer doesn't pick questions from that section, si man, because Mrs. T-B. will never refer to them again in print, no man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Thank you, si man. Actually, the line that should be enshrined in the pantheon of all-time VJ posts was by Cinco, in-line above: "[sounds of person talking to self and uttering mild oaths in Spanish] Fortunately no f-bombs were dropped during the utterances ineffable." Pure brilliance, IQ man -- he deserves a High Five, cinco man.

blush.gifblush.gifblush.gifI'm speechless, truly humbled, but you put me to shame, TBone.good.gifgood.gifgood.gif

Mrs. T-B. now has a cold and is doing her usual rapid-fire girl-sneezes, snee snee snee snee snee snee man. I, conversely, gave one mongo man-sneeze and shot snot -- from both mouth and nose -- all over the citizenship book, see man. Attempting to off-wipe it merely smeared the mucoid output all over the questions on the double-page spread, yuck man. Usually a man leaves another kind of deposit on a double-page spread, si man! Let us hope that the interviewer doesn't pick questions from that section, si man, because Mrs. T-B. will never refer to them again in print, no man. If the interviewer picks his nose, then she might, snee man.

I truly hope Mrs. T-B gets well soon and I hope you remembered to give her Chocolate ice cream and Cheetos.biggrin.gif

IR5

2007-07-27 – Case complete at NVC waiting on the world or at least MTL.

2007-12-19 - INTERVIEW AT MTL, SPLIT DECISION.

2007-12-24-Mom's I-551 arrives, Pop's still in purgatory (AP)

2008-03-11-AP all done, Pop is approved!!!!

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I'm speechless, truly humbled, but you put me to shame, TBone.
Thankee, man. Your opportunistic humor is worthy of the utmost respect, see man.
I truly hope Mrs. T-B gets well soon and I hope you remembered to give her Chocolate ice cream and Cheetos.
She has not partaken of the ice cream yet; a snack mix and Cheetos were provided; I have doped her up on a cold-pill at her request. It is hoped that she and Mini-Bone (recovering from his own cold) will sleep through the night, zzz man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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blush.gifblush.gifblush.gifI'm speechless, truly humbled, but you put me to shame, TBone.good.gifgood.gifgood.gif

I truly hope Mrs. T-B gets well soon and I hope you remembered to give her Chocolate ice cream and Cheetos.biggrin.gif

This is great thread. I hope everybody is feeling better.

AOS Journey

11-04-2011 sent AOS to Chicago lockbox

11-07-2011 delivered

11-08-2011 Date on text messages but did not receive until 11-22-2011

11-23-2011 Check cashed.

11-25-2011 Hard copies of NOA1s

12-06-2012 Pui's Brother unexpectly passes away and we make an info pass appointment and receive an emergancy AP so she can return home. Pui leaves for Thailand for 2 weeks.

12-06-2012 Get a text message and email that she received an RFE

12-12-2012 RFE for original birth certificate. I swear we sent it along with a certificate translation of it.

12-20-2012 Pui returns from Thailand.

12-21-2012 We send the RFE back for with original birth certificate along with a new certificate of translation(I had to wait for her to return for her to sign)

12-26-2012 text and email they have received the RFE.

12-29-2012 Appointment for biometrics is 01-23-2012

01-13-2012 AP is approved.

01-23-2012 Biometrics appointment. Later during the evening the text and email saying the EAD is approved.

01-31-2012 EAD/AP combo card arrives.

05-22-2012 Email and text card is in production!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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(On Thanksgiving-weekend road trip)

T-B.: How much have you been studying for your citizenship exam?

Mrs. T-B.: Every day.

T-B.: Who's the governor of our state?

Mrs. T-B. [after thought]: Perry.

T-B.: Ellis?

Mrs. T-B.: Don't say that -- you'll confuse me. Perry. Rick. [pause] Is his middle name Ellis?

T-B. [to self]: :bonk:

(Still on road trip)

Mini-Bone [22 months old, in car seat]: (Whine)

Mrs. T-B.: He's getting bored.

T-B.: I'll fix that. Son, repeat after me.

Mini-B.: Me.

T-B.: Besa [Kiss...]

Mini-B.: Bay?

T-B.: Mi [my...]

Mini-B.: Meeeeeeeeeee!

Mrs. T-B.: Don't you dare!

T-B. [using selective hearing]: Culo! [hindquarters!]

Mini-B.: Cooyo!

T-B.: Bravo! Whee!

Mini-B.: Whee!

Mrs. T-B.: I don't want him learning that!

T-B.: Well, you said that you want him to learn Spanish, right?

Mrs. T-B.: But...

T-B.: And we're doing some father/son bonding like you wanted, right?

Mrs. T-B.: But...

T-B.: So I'm teaching him crucial vocabulary that he can use all his life! Try it again, son! Mi...

Mini-B.: Meeeeeeeeee!

T-B.: Culo!

Mini-B.: Cooyo!

Mrs. T-B. [on T-B.]: :bonk:

(At home, upon return)

Mrs. T-B.: Ask me a question!

T-B.: "How many representatives serve in the House?"

Mrs. T-B.: Whose house?

T-B.: The U.S. House of Representatives.

Mrs. T-B.: Oh -- 347.

T-B.: Well, that's probably the number who aren't on vacation or are lost in space.

Mrs. T-B.: Do they fly in the spaceships?

T-B. [to self]: :bonk:

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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that 'book' is downloadable, si mon.
So is the output of sneezes, snot man.

Tonight's saga:

Mrs. T-B.: I weigh a hundred *****-***** pounds [censored by VJ]. I am officially on a diet. Buy me no more Cheetos! No more, ever!

T-B.: Have you been studying your test?

Mrs. T-B.: Si. Ask me anything!

T-B.: "What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?"

Mrs. T-B. [after long pause]: Religion, dissembly...

T-B.: No, no -- in the Declaration of Independence.

Mrs. T-B. [long pause]: Ask me a different one.

T-B.: I can see that this will be a long night. [Goes to get chocolate ice cream.] Because you're on a diet, this is all for me, thank you.

T-B. [with ice cream container on lap, & after several bites]: "Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?"

Mrs. T-B. [going to kitchen]: Pedro Olson?

T-B.: No, no -- Senator. "Name your U.S. Representative."

Mrs. T-B. [returning with coffee mug & large spoon]: I don't know.

T-B.: You just said it.

Mrs. T-B.: Olson?

T-B.: Si. [Mrs. T-B. helps self to two huge clumps of ice cream]

T-B. [ignoring the ignoring of diet]: "What is the name of the Vice-President of the U.S. now?"

Mrs. T-B. [between slurps]: Beeden. Biden.

T-B.: Si. "What is the capital of your state?"

Mrs. T-B.: Washington, DC.

T-B.: Of your state!

Mrs. T-B. [between slurps]: Oh -- Austin.

T-B.: "Some powers belong to the Federal government. What is one power of the Federal government?"

Mrs. T-B. [between slurps]: To declare war on... on schooling and education.

T-B. [rolling eyes]: Just "to declare war" is good enough. [Mrs. T-B. helps self to 99.44% of remaining ice cream.]

T-B. [anxiously eyeing disappearance of ice cream]: "Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?"

Mrs. T-B.: John F.K. John Jay. Not right? [slurp]

T-B.: Thomas Jefferson and Perry Ellis. Calvin Klein helped.

Mrs. T-B.: He did? Don't you have any more ice cream?

T-B.: Not now, thanks a lot. "What happened at the Constitutional Convention?"

Mrs. T-B. [scraping last molecules of ice cream from container]: They ate all the ice cream, and no one bought any more.

T-B. [to self[: :bonk:

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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[T-B. staggers home late on Friday after a long week. Mrs. T-B. is on the bed as Mini-Bone watches a video. T-B. flops exhaustedly on bed.]

Mrs. T-B.: Cariño [sweetheart]! Where were you? I was worried!

T-B. [wearily]: I told you last night and this morning that I'd be late tonight. I was with the rubias [imaginary harem of 6 blondes].

Mrs. T-B.: Oh, that's right. Ask me anything!

T-B. [wearily, from memory]: "What is the supreme law of the land?"

Mrs. T-B.: The Constitution!

T-B.: You got one. "What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?"

Mrs. T-B.: Religion.

T-B.: The Declaration, Cariño.

Mrs. T-B. [weakly, after medium pause]: Livery.

T-B.: "Liberty," Cariño. What's another? You need two.

Mrs. T-B. [after pause]: De sloot of happiness.

T-B. [to self] :bonk: "Name your Congressman."

Mrs. T-B.: What the hell?

T-B. [hastily]: "Name your U.S. Representative." [silence]

T-B.: Pete Olson.

Mrs. T-B.: I knew that. I just didn't say it.

T-B. [to self]: :bonk: "Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?" [blank look from Mrs. T-B.]

T-B.: It would be easier to say "Ted Cruz -- he was just elected."

Mrs. T-B.: That would be easy -- I remember seeing the propaganda on him. But who are the real ones?

T-B.: We practiced "John Cornyn" several times. And no way you'd remember "Kay Bailey Hutchison."

Mrs. T-B.: Why can't they have real names?

T-B.: LIke "Rafael Correa" [president of Ecuador]?

Mrs. T-B.: Si. Ask me another.

T-B.: "When was the Constitution written?"

Mrs. T-B. [confidently]: 1776.

T-B. [to self]: :bonk: The Constitution, Cariño.

Mrs. T-B.: Wait, wait -- I know this. 17... 87?

T-B.: You got one, but they probably won't give you a second shot. "Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1800s."

Mrs. T-B. [confidently]: The Wart of 1512.

T-B. [to self]: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:Eighteen twelve, Cariño.

Mrs. T-B.: That's what I meant. What's another?

T-B.: "Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s."

Mrs. T-B.: El Gulfo Persico.

T-B.: Say what?

Mrs. T-B.: Gulfo Persico. What do you call it in English?

T-B. [wearily]: Just say "The Gulf War," Cariño.

Mrs. T-B. [imitating]: "The Cuff Wart."

T-B. [to self]: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: "Who was President during the Great Depression?"

Mrs. T-B. [weakly]: Hovur.

T-B.: "Hovur?" Do you mean "Herbert Hoover"?

Mrs. T-B.: Who?

T-B.: Herbert... forget it. The answer they want is "Franklin Roosevelt."

Mrs. T-B. [disbelievingly]: It isn't "Roosterberg"?

T-B.: No, Cariño. Look -- I've asked you 9 questions and you've missed 8 of them. If you miss 5, you're toast.

Mrs. T-B.: They'll send me back to Ecuador?

T-B.: No, and I won't even get to spend more time with the rubias. But I'm not going to pay another $68,000!

Mrs. T-B. [looking pouty]: Ask me another.

T-B.: "Name THREE states that border Mexico."

Mrs. T-B.: Texas, Nuevo Mejico, and Arizona."

T-B.: "Name THREE states that border Canada."

Mrs. T-B.: Nueva York, Washington, and... and... I don't know.

T-B.: Fifteen billion states border Canada, Cariño. "Name 3 of the original 13 states."

Mrs. T-B. [quickly]: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

T-B.: Well... you got one! Except you need to pronounce them "Nueva York," "Nueva Hersey," and...

Mrs. T-B.: Connect-i-cut.

T-B.: Amazing.

Mrs. T-B.: I will pass the test.

T-B.: Cariño, you have 11 days, and you're missing more than ever. I'm NOT paying another $68 million for you to screw up.

Mrs. T-B.: Did you buy a Powerball ticket? Did we win?

T-B. [to self]: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

Edited by TBoneTX

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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So awesome! Thanks for the laugh! :rofl:
Si, man. Not so laughable if she flunks the stinkin' test, no man, thus costing me another $68 billion to reapply, ufff man! :(

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Si, man. Not so laughable if she flunks the stinkin' test, no man, thus costing me another $68 billion to reapply, ufff man! :(

I think she was just hungry because there was no more Cheetos and Ice Cream...

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ok- no more junk food in the house.

Tell her if she wants some, to show her citizenship papers to the clerk at the Kroger ;)

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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