Thanks to Rebarnmom's last post, I discovered this thread, and I HAVE to answer some of my dad's posts!
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
You beat me to it. Two kids...adult kids... kinda...  |
As adult as you!
[QUOTE=yvanleterrible;433056] And I do not agree to keeping an animal against it's will. That's why I let the kids go. Kidding!
Now come on! You didn't let us go, you pushed us out - anyway, you made us run away from you...
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
My house's basement is about one meter and a half high and I often store machinery there. When my kids were small, I didn't want them to play there because it was dangerous. And because it was off limits, as all kids in that situation, they were drawn to it anyway. That basement being hard packed earth is paradise for insects. Say insects, say spiders. In the entrance there was a HUGE spider(for this climate) an inch across. I typically am respectful of life of any form, so I kept it there unharmed.
One day as I was getting in the basement to fetch part of a machine, my son, then 6, who was shadowing me came face to the spider. He froze in terror and said in a weak voice:
"Papa!"
I turned to see him locked in his footstep, facing THE spider.
*Flash*(Gotcha)
I quickly yelled:"Careful...That is the boss of my guardian spiders!"
The first named that popped up was:
"She's Victoria and she's mean. Be careful!"
It took years before he got in there again.  |
Victoria also scared the crap out of me, I will never forget her, I still talk and think about her, she's engraved into my brain. I somewhat think she is still alive somewhere, looking for me, just to take a bite out of my leg...
I know you did it for our good (I still remember playing around with a saw...) but you SCARRED ME FOREVER!!!!! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!!!
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
Oh, I love that Thing!
I do an imitation of an elephant with my hand that I started to calm kids down and I have gotten to a point where it even amazes adults. It's easy, the middle finger is the trunk and the others are the legs. You just walk the hand on a cluttered table and sniff around all objects.
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Another thing I'll never forget
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Originally Posted by Nate the great
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You got me too! That thing is a monster! Victoria's lover, maybe?