A couple out for a rainy day stroll found a poor little kitten cold and soaking wet so they brought it home, thought would be a good idea to put it in the microwave oven to dry off and warm up then set the timer for a minute and a half. Kitten did not survive.
Good intent but tragic mistake.
Stuff like that, the Tooth Fairy, the stork, Easter Bunny, the Devil and assorted boogiemen all instill unrealistic images of reality on children.
For me, it became a question of what else my parents were lying about.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at October 12, 2019 8:19 PM MDT
That whole experience brought a great many doubts into
my mind as a youth.
Why would they lie? I just think it is better to level with kids about what we know, instead of clouding their minds with falsehoods
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The American ruling class is an appalling mass of corruption, like some hellish combination of scrofula, gangrene, and shingles. And one particularly pestilential boil on the national hindquarters is Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, bag man, and "guy who admits to crimes on cable news."
We learned Friday that two of Giuliani's close associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were trying to flee the country only to be arrested by federal prosecutors. These Soviet-born Americans have allegedly been conducting a conspiracy to evade campaign finance regulation, according to a recently-unsealed indictment. They have also been key figures in Giuliani's attempt to get Ukraine to investigate the Biden family.
That's America's Mayor for you
Don Barzini 