Two things i heard...
In the grocery store parking lot:
"So now he can't even come home, or the cops will come by and lock him up!"
"Ridiculous."
"I KNOW!"
I love our neighborhood.
At school, we were having a discussion about crime, robbery, home invasions, and firearms. This is, mind you, in front of at-risk teens in residential homes.
Teacher -- "So if they're running away from your house, even if they have your possessions, you can't kill 'em!"
Me -- blink blink, reach for Palm Pilot to write it down, verbatim.
Kids, rolling eyes and sighing -- "Wow. That's crazy. Can i have some candy?"
This is the same teacher who told kids today that omniscient and ubiquitous are synonyms.
But then i got to spend time with the family. Karen made the best goulash i've EVER tasted. Just the right mix of garlic and spiciness, with perfectly browned beef. Awesome. Then, for the third night in a row, i left her by herself to do bedtime routine, to do our first Young Life club. The kids actually sang! It was cool!
Not to be pedantic, but actually if they are running away from your house, you totally CAN kill them.
Why, if they don’t have your possessions, you can kill them WITH your possessions, say, with a well-thrown toaster.
It just may not be legal.
So, tell the students, be of good cheer! Murder is possible! Hip Hip HOOOOOOOoooo-ray?
-- Andrew (Email) - 26 September '08 - 06:45Heh — and this also is the lady who plays the can/may trick which bothers me so. “Can i go to the bathroom?” says a kid. “I don’t know, CAN you?” replies the teacher. Which leads to the stupid overcorrected “May you open the bathroom for me?”
-- juanito - 26 September '08 - 16:22Mmmmm…
flying toasters.
-- bread - 29 September '08 - 21:21