tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post844242877008331523..comments2023-12-11T16:47:48.512-06:00Comments on Three O'Clock in the Morning: Parents as marketersFletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-65117890571970827342011-09-06T15:11:59.043-05:002011-09-06T15:11:59.043-05:00Michelle, I'm pretty sure I saw a Lifetime Mov...Michelle, I'm pretty sure I saw a Lifetime Movie of the Week about you're pyromaniac uncle.FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-42243726045427765632011-09-06T10:37:55.553-05:002011-09-06T10:37:55.553-05:00That's an ingenious way to get kids to eat som...That's an ingenious way to get kids to eat something new. <br /><br />And since you mentioned that your kids haven't set fire to anything yet, I thought you'd like this story...<br /><br />One day when my mom was 22 or so, she went to her parents' house to visit. She parked her car in front of the house, and as she got out of the car, a burning mattress flew out of a second story window onto the front lawn. <br /><br />It turns one of my mom's much younger brothers was a little pyro. While one of the brothers took a nap in his bedroom, the youngest brother got under the bed with a lighter and "accidentally" set the bed on fire.Well Hell Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194419959907284475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-64922593882567122292011-09-02T17:29:50.275-05:002011-09-02T17:29:50.275-05:00I've always told the Astas that sugar is cause...I've always told the Astas that sugar is causes cancer and broccoli will help them live forever. They also believe Harry Potter gets much of his magical powers from eating oatmeal.<br /><br />While this may, indeed, be lying, I’d rather have her berate me later over it then face her first existential angst over my lying to her about a ‘god’.Nickhttp://willnotbetelebised.com/tv/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-54895922181862292552011-08-31T16:23:16.846-05:002011-08-31T16:23:16.846-05:00Hell...Leo grew up for several years when he was a...Hell...Leo grew up for several years when he was a kiddo thinking that the ice cream truck was actually a "music truck". And when it drove past their house, they would run out to the sidewalk and dance to the tune it happened to be playing as it passed by.<br /><br />Wasn't until he was about 7, or so, and was over at a friend's house when one came through. And his friend got money from him mom and went out and bought <i>ice cream</i> from that thar music truck that he learned the awful truth.<br /><br />Didn't change the fact that his parents weren't gonna buy him any ice cream from it, though. :/<br /><br />I don't see this Kix-as-cookies lie as being much different from pretending Santa is real. I think it's a damned good plan, actually!Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586875268181033533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-42833636728498884742011-08-31T15:37:26.093-05:002011-08-31T15:37:26.093-05:00Well... perhaps it stretches the meaning of the wo...Well... perhaps it stretches the meaning of the word "cookie" a bit, but haven't you ever seen MadMen?FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-47159797794863260182011-08-31T15:35:57.330-05:002011-08-31T15:35:57.330-05:00No, this isn't product placement. It's jus...No, this isn't product placement. It's just lieing to them.<br /><br />Telling her it's a cookie when it actually cereal, is s bold faced lie."The D"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09705821841129524061noreply@blogger.com