robo-nanny market
roomba!
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Jan 04, 2007 7:47:00 am PST #2786 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2007 7:47:33 am PST #2787 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I will be there for the underdog twin, and I will have it trained in the mystical arts of combat, starting at about 7 months.
It doesn't have to take a village to raise a child. Sometimes it just takes a sociopath.
DavidS - Jan 04, 2007 7:47:49 am PST #2788 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
roomba!
Really a roomba with robot arms is all you'd need.
eta: Or you know, a sociopathic krav instructor.
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2007 7:48:33 am PST #2789 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I will have it trained in the mystical arts of combat, starting at about 7 months.
Dude! Krav-spitup!
Beverly - Jan 04, 2007 7:49:01 am PST #2790 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
The other one will have to find his or her own village.
The ugly one, right?
Kat - Jan 04, 2007 7:49:01 am PST #2791 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We have a "It takes a village.." banner in the office at school. Each time I see it I think, "Yep the entire school raises one kid. The other 2699 of you are screwed."
Astarte - Jan 04, 2007 7:49:25 am PST #2792 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
The other one will have to find his or her own village.
Well, the sponsorship will come in real handy then. Call central casting.
"I need villagers. Several dozen.
"No, not Village People. Villagers.
"Oh, fuck it. Just send some head shots over."
sarameg - Jan 04, 2007 7:49:36 am PST #2793 of 10001
roomba!
They even come with a remote!
Really a roomba with robot arms is all you'd need.
Just don't put it on the Spot function unless you want a dizzy puking baby.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 04, 2007 7:50:29 am PST #2794 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
You know children don't really develop consciences about things like using martial arts to kill their siblings when arguing over crayons until they're several years old, right? RIGHT?
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2007 7:50:48 am PST #2795 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Now I'm imagining a child raised by the Village People.
It isn't pretty.