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One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little grandson to Great Adventure, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Great Adventure burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Great Adventure, but it was getting pretty late.

So ya lied to the kid, busted his chops and made him cry. What's your point?

That sounds like one of those old "Deep thoughts by Jack Handy" from Saturday night live. One of my favorites was...
"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

(Grand)Father of the Year.

Hey guys, let's give Kenny a break here!

'Cuz remember, as that ol' sayin' goes: "Even time spent with your grandkids showin' 'em how to rip the wings off of butterflies IS STILL at least time you've spent with 'em!"

(...okay, okay...it goes SOMETHIN' like that anyway, doesn't IT???!!!)

Jack Handy rules! One of my favorites (cuz it's true) is:
“I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but it's just eggs hatching.”

Yep Steve, "life's not fair" alright???

'Cuz if life WERE "fair", you wouldn't have that there couch to hide behind after THAT remark o' yours!!!

'Cuz ya see, I don't think takin' advantage of a person's, let's say, "lack of sophistication" and makin' 'em feel bad is "fair" at all! Nope, not at all, dude!!!

(...though, I suppose I SHOULD TALK, HUH?!...considerin' all the times I've done JUST THAT to some of the ADULTS around THIS HERE PLACE all these years, HUH???!!!)

You? Nah, you wouldn't.

Naaaah...not ME!!! I was ONLY kiddin', of course!!!

BTW folks,

Seein' as how this thread is about kids, I thought this might just be an appropriate time to interject a little note about a very serious topic regarding the safe interaction between small children and certain breeds of dogs.

You see, for FAR too many years some parents seem to have failed to protect some of their most cherished family members during some of those interactions.

And so, PLEASE take the time to read the following plea to keep a little closer tabs on your loved ones from now on from a party who has suffered from a somewhat similar tragic fate and has willing come forward to tell their story:
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If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous breed' category and you also have a child or a visiting small child please take this as a warning.

Don't leave your dog with a small child unattended under any circumstances!!!

Only one little moment was enough for the following to happen......



Thank you for your time.

(signed) The Dog

Good post there Dwight!! Had me going, then the laughter set in!


But seriously...

Yep! VERY coincidentally, Judie's sister sent that email to her today, and then she sent it to me.

And of course I immediately thought of Kenny's thread about kids and thought...now HOW perfect is THIS to fit in that thread, HUH???!!!

Timing in life (AND comedy) is EVERYTHING, ya know!!!

I was kinda wondering just how you managed to dig that one up which (btw) fit this here thread to the tee!! Pretty cool coincidence for sure!!! Synchronicity at it's best, combined with razor sharp wit I should say! (and that last bit was added just to keep the ego sharp too, which never hurts in these here parts!)

Good one, Dwight!

Good life lesson there - When s--- burns down, it's time to go home.

I'd say he's ready to smoke and drink whiskey

Top photo Dwight,I usually still my own liquor, but not much comes close to a bottle of Bushmills "Black Bush" a "smoke" and my favorite hound "Topaz"

Reminds me of the time I took my kids fishing in an irrigation ditch.

Many moons ago, I took the family on a trip thru the Smokey Mountains. We stopped somewhere on the Blue Ridge Pkwy at a Mom and Pop type hotel for the night, and they had a 'Scenic Trail' that just basically wound thru the woods above the hotel, not all scenic or that interesting coz I walked it first. All 3 kids wanted to go walk it, so I told them the could, but to "Stay on the trail!". Now when you send 3 kids, 9, 11, and 13 off in the late evening on a 200 yard trail, you expect them back soon.... yeah, right! Well I wanted to give them a scare, so the wife and I set off about 5 minutse after them in the opposite direction, and hid in the bushes. We waited and waited, but no kids. So we went to the halfway point, that just happend to be on the edge of a new home being built on a bluff above a deep, heavily wooded gulley. Going to the edge, we hear 3 voices down in the bottom, playing in the creek, waaaaayyyy off the trail. So intstead of calling my wayward angels, I grab some large chunks of branches and chuck them down the ravine a ways from them and proceed to throw my growls in that direction. The voices all stopped, and my wife and I are trying hard not to laugh..... We figured they would be running up the hill really quick, so we went back to our hiding spot. And we waited.... no kids! About 5 minutes later, we go back to the edge ov the ravine and still hear no voices. So I really do call them by name, and the return yells were 3 terrified kids, shouting for Dad to come save them! Evidently, they were down there looking at large animal tracks by the creek bed when I thru the branches and started growling, so they all high-tailed it up the nearest tree, and spent the next 10 minutes telling each other how much they loved them! I finally talked them out of the tree and back up the ravine, coz I sure wasnt gonna go down and get them! What hugs and tears when they got to us! Then I told them it wasn't a good idea to leave the trail, huh? That was when I told them it was me... and THEN THE REAL SCREAMING STARTED!!!

Sure makes for fun tales now that they are all in their 20s!

later, Tom.

Thanks for that story there Tom. Enjoyed reading it!

R Sole.... say it real fast a few times... I think it's a joke.. but I didn't see a smiley!

later, Tom.

Great one Dwight!

I've got to share that one.