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captaintwinings December 14 2011, 21:12:27 UTC
To answer your question, Delaneys' is the plural possessive of Delaney. As in, the Delaneys' house is the house of the Delaneys. Delaney's would indicate the home of a single person named Delaney. Delaney Delaney Delaney. It doesn't even look like a word anymore.

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promisemewings December 14 2011, 21:23:57 UTC
Thanks. Got confused there. It just looked weird in the book. (I know I've caught an occasional grammar mistake in these books, though.)

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kakeochi_umai December 14 2011, 22:57:49 UTC
Claudia then says that she thinks Mal should have as many jobs as she can handle. Great. Load all of the work on Mal. Not like John and Dee don't already do that. How will she take care of her own siblings when she's off babysitting for other kids?
On the other hand, if she's going to be run ragged taking care of kids, at least this way she's getting paid! And if the other kids are as serious about this Pike Club business as they say they are, they won't mind pitching in with the chores and cleaning up their own spills and cutting their own damn crusts off instead of sitting on their chuffs waiting for Mallory's maid service.

Now that I've watched The Apprentice, I'm now picturing the Delaney mansion as Donald Rump's tackorama apartment. Also, the word "mansion" always makes me think of the Playboy mansion.

And yeah, I get being honest with kids about relevant shit, but the babysitter's dad's employment status does not fall into the category of "relevant" in my book.

And poor Claire at home just wants a new Skipper doll that the ( ... )

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promisemewings December 14 2011, 23:15:56 UTC
Well, John and Dee are expecting Mal to babysit for the kids when John's at job interviews and Dee's at work. (They really should have thought about this better.)

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aceattorneysho December 15 2011, 00:44:38 UTC
My mom gave all her old-school Barbies to my cousins who, of course, promptly lost them. Add that to the fact that my dad threw out most of the stuff he brought back from his time in Japan and you're left with me going, "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS" to my parents.

But anyway, I too only every got stuff on Christmas/birthdays usually. It was that or, "buy it yourself." The buy it yourself thing has made giving me gifts quite difficult lately since I buy what I want now that I have money...

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road_baby December 14 2011, 23:36:10 UTC
It always seemed so unprofessional to me that Stacey showed up in a bikini at a sitting job. I dunno. It just skeeved me out. Doesn't she have a tank suit? Oh, well it is Stacey so I guess not.

And I would have been so tempted to tell that little brat about all the animals that get put to sleep and all birth defects that occur with pure bred animals and puppy mills while they're spending stupid amounts of money on ONE cat. But then I'd depress myself and that's how kids end up drowned.

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promisemewings December 15 2011, 01:13:05 UTC
Oh yeah, I agree about Stacey. I can tell what was going through her head: "What? The Delaneys got a pool? Mallory can't work that day? I'LL take that job! Nothing like laying out by a pool in a rich neighborhood and getting paid for it."

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promisemewings December 15 2011, 03:43:29 UTC
Hmmm.....*checks* "She brought her bathing suit along" Nope, definitely did not walk through town like that. (Thank God.)

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road_baby December 14 2011, 23:37:49 UTC
Also Oreos and Coke. Christ. My teeth hurt just thinking about it. And what a nasty flavor combination!

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rational_twists December 15 2011, 00:45:49 UTC
THIS.

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promisemewings December 15 2011, 01:20:13 UTC
But they're the Delaneys! They're rich! They can afford high dental bills!

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rational_twists December 15 2011, 15:43:30 UTC
I wonder if the Delaneys know about Hydrox cookies and RC Cola?

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aceattorneysho December 15 2011, 00:37:29 UTC
I was going to bring up the plural thingy, but I see it's been cleared up. Thankfully Japanese doesn't have a plural so I never had to deal with that in school much at all! :D

Anyhoo- Who the hell would have though Karen would save the day? Though in her mind she probably realized she wasn't the center of attention and had to quickly solve that problem. I'm also still laughing every time I scroll up the page and see that Finn picture after you mention Karen.

And who thinks Coke and Oreos go together? That's like a cavity, nasty breath explosion. Oreos dunked in milk until they're soggy however... *Daydreams*

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