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See, if those existed, I think it would be justified to kill them strictly for their annoyingness.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2010 8:17:43 pm PST #11906 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hil R. - Feb 27, 2010 8:20:34 pm PST #11907 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I didn't know Lisa Frank flashbacks were possible.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2010 8:49:04 pm PST #11908 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Cash, both of my kids have gone through that phase. Franny really went through that ask-about-death phase. She'd ask me about my mother and why she died and if I was going to die too one day. Isaac is kind of there now. Oh, and the ask-about-death phase tends to be followed with the ask-about-God phase, at least in our household.
Cashmere - Feb 27, 2010 8:58:08 pm PST #11909 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'd rather deal with death than god.
DavidS - Feb 27, 2010 9:05:22 pm PST #11910 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 9:06:07 pm PST #11911 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
All of those tough and awkward parenting moments are made that much harder with having to deal with the kids talking with other kids who report to their parents. I imagine, obviously, since I don't have kids. I always think parenting has got to be so hard, because everything you do can have community repercussions.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2010 9:07:23 pm PST #11912 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'd rather deal with death than god.
I can understand that. In some ways the questions seem to follow naturally.
Trudy Booth - Feb 27, 2010 9:08:25 pm PST #11913 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I know my Mom pretty explicitly didn't lie to us about death. It is very rare for babies to die. It is very rare for parents to die. It is very rare for healthy people to die.
And when she asked if she could die she would say that it was very very unlikely and talk about all the people who loved us and take care of us if she could not. This was maybe made trickier by her being frequently sick and hospitalized several times.
And even though she's religious, she tended toward "Well I believe..." in matters of God and the afterlife. We always knew different people believed different things and would talk about some of them.
Cashmere - Feb 27, 2010 9:10:00 pm PST #11914 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
If Owen goes to one of his Catholic classmates and mentions a "big, angry sky wizard" we'll see how that turns out.
I think it might be easier to explain God to my kids if I believed. DH is agnostic, I'm atheist.
DavidS - Feb 27, 2010 9:13:55 pm PST #11915 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think it might be easier to explain God to my kids if I believed.
Well, then just tell the truth. "I don't think there is a God."
I remember my friend Alison telling me about asking her dad "what happens after you die" when she was five years old. And he said, "It's like you go to sleep but you don't wake up."
And she was fine with that.