I see kids on leashes and think the parents are smart... They are circumventing the need to answer awkward or heartbreaking questions with, "I only looked away for a moment." They are giving themselves permission to get absorbed or distracted. They are thinking realistically about their ability to be ever vigilant.
Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.
Willow ,'First Date'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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WindSparrow - Dec 08, 2015 1:17:14 pm PST #22649 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Connie Neil - Dec 08, 2015 1:29:01 pm PST #22650 of 30002
brillig
Leashes on kids is not new, they used to be called Leading strings.
lisah - Dec 08, 2015 1:35:55 pm PST #22651 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
I will just pretend all the people are you!
Good plan!
Now to come up with a proper snarky response for the other thing.
This sounds like a job for the silent, withering glare.
brenda m - Dec 08, 2015 2:22:31 pm PST #22652 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Plus the ones I've seen recently are like monkeys or cats and the leash is the tail. Adorbs!
Psa: Costco runs at times like this may result in $100 worth of starchy comfort food and a case of wine.
askye - Dec 08, 2015 2:39:37 pm PST #22653 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
The only come back I can think of is "rude much" .
I went to go get seafood. I paid too much bit don't care. When I came back I parked in the back and got out of my car and heard scrabbling on the deck and steps so I froze until I heard it move a way. Got in my car and drove to the front and got inside.
I'm sure it was a racoon but there have been bears spotted here. At one point I thought about walking down to the beach and Star gazing...I've seen a shooting star before... but maybe not tonight.
erikaj - Dec 08, 2015 2:55:03 pm PST #22654 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
I know I would say the kind of thing that would lead to me chatting with Action News and/or law enforcement...probably best I'm not gonna breed.ETA: ESpecially since I'd be like "While you're here, I've got some questions, too."
beekaytee - Dec 08, 2015 3:00:18 pm PST #22655 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
The backpack/harness leash is a lifesaver around here where drivers are nuts and road rules are merely guidelines.
Much preferred over the actual wrist leash, which just makes me sad for all the reasons Beverly cited.
I see lots of wagons too. Very useful.
This sounds like a job for the silent, withering glare.
Love. This.
One of the most competent, safe, take charge, down to earth, you-want-to-be-her-minion people I ever met was raised by both parents in wheelchairs.
Kids adapt.
Laura - Dec 08, 2015 3:14:36 pm PST #22656 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Kids adapt.
Exactly! And everyone's opinions except you and TCG simply do not matter.
Aims - Dec 08, 2015 3:57:55 pm PST #22657 of 30002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hey, y'all.
I know I've not been here in pixels often over the past couple of years, but I have been here in heart. And I know I really have no ... right, for lack of a better, to be bossy and declarative.
However.
I hereby make the Empirical Decree "No One Else". No-the-fuck-one else. Goddammit. And, as I told Cash, I'm doing a shot of Jack to seal it and make it so.
So ... just ... stay. Please.
(Shit hit me whilst Buff-Diving tonight.)
Kate P. - Dec 08, 2015 4:39:15 pm PST #22658 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Co-signed, Aims. *hugs*