The following are thoughts that go through a family man's head when he hears someone say "uh-oh:"

+Something needs fixing

+A cookie or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is stuck in the VCR or DVD player

+The "Godfather" DVD trilogy is in danger

+There's not enough money to pay the bills

+Homeowners association doesn't like the landscaping and will issue fines if it's not fixed

+IRS wants more money this year than last

+The potty-trained kid had another accident

+The Dodgers lost another baseball game

+The neighbor's cat left another package on the front lawn

+The kid wants to watch "Toy Story" again

Reasons for a family man

to say "uh-oh"

+The wife wants to go shopping again

+The kid has been quiet for too long

+The kid's naptime is almost over

+Your naptime is almost over

+You just spent more than $100 to get into Disneyland and you find out that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is closed for the day

+You wreck another pair of pants and you can't put off clothes shopping any longer

+You get hungry at Dodger Stadium and the $4 in your pocket won't even buy you a bag of peanuts

Reasons for a family man's

wife to say "uh-oh"

+We're at Dodger Stadium and I tell her I'm hungry

+I start quoting "The Godfather" movies and I head toward the DVD collection

+Someone tells me they don't like "The Godfather" movies

+I tell her I'm writing a letter to the homeowners association regarding their unsatisfactory landscaping notice

+Martin Scorsese doesn't win the Oscar for best director yet again (Marty will win it this year for "The Departed," right?)

+I ask her if she really liked that crystal bowl on the buffet

+I ask her if a new crystal bowl is that expensive

+I tell her I'm going clothes shopping alone

+I ask her to read my new column to see if I portrayed her in a good light

Reason for the neighbor's cat to say "uh-oh"

+I see the pesky animal leave another package on my front lawn.

E-mail Michael Picarella at pic@theacorn.com.