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No, she didn't shove me, Spitfire, I never would have stood for that
She just kept trucking her kid cart down the narrow aisle where I was standing and said, "Excuse me, I can't turn this". Uh-huh, okay, why did you bring that behemoth down this narrow aisle and what are you doing in the booze section with a toddler, Lady?
posted by
Blanche.
on September 20, 2006 at 7:46 PM
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I Agree
More parents need to take personal responsibility and then there will be time to address other issues!! Everyone should not have to police children!! People need to police their own!!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on September 20, 2006 at 2:31 PM
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Azur, but...
Just be careful. Feeding kids everyday can do more damage than good. They kinda start to get all, like, needy n' stuff. Ya know, like demanding to eat a few times A DAY! I know, I know, but it's true. I've seen it happen. My dogs are the same way.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 20, 2006 at 12:28 AM
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Oh, Azur, I hardly believe that!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 20, 2006 at 12:27 AM
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Smartdawggie,
Yeah! Anyone runnin' for office? Pull the child card! It's a guaranteed win!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 20, 2006 at 12:25 AM
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Spiffy
At the moment barely
posted by
Azur
on September 19, 2006 at 8:57 PM
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oh yea, my point...
Next time just kick the kid out and demand to be pushed around the store so you can pick up what you need :).
Be well,
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on September 19, 2006 at 8:49 PM
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Fires
Everybody who votes loves their kids. And we all want to feel like we've influenced a maleable child in some way for the better. So, unfortunately, in the world of politics kids have become nothing more than a hot button - something to manipulate our votes.
Good post
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on September 19, 2006 at 8:46 PM
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Exactly, Symph!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 19, 2006 at 5:58 PM
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Schatz, you go gurl!
So, like is your neighbor a parent? Hmmmm. Awfully judgmental, isn't he? 
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 19, 2006 at 5:58 PM
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posted by
_Symphony_
on September 19, 2006 at 7:20 AM
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Most people have no idea how to interact with others....how can they teach
their kids??? I have a neighbor who went to a school for the gifted and belongs to MENSA. He also has a physical handicap from a stroke. We have always accepted his physical disability. It's his shitty attitude no one can take. He talks down to all of us.
He once told me that "the one good thing about my parenting is that my kids always know where they stand with me." WHAT?! The one good thing??? You have got to be kidding me. My kids are phenomenally good mannered compared to most of the kids I run across these days. I believe it's the thing most kids lack, as well as this adult who feels like because he is smarter (supposedly) than me, he can talk down to me any old time he chooses. It's mothers who use those damn Barney carts and allow their kids to wail all throughout the store who are throwing trash on the ground and cutting people off on the road. They can't teach what they don't yet possess....manners.
Oh, and by the way, I told my kids that they wouldn't be receiving any toys AT ALL for Christmas this year, since they have way too much stuff already. I think almost every kid in America today could use to hear that and see it actualized. My gods, if we don't overindulge their every whim, I don't know what we do.
posted by
Schatz
on September 19, 2006 at 6:02 AM
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Well, Avant!! Don't you totally rule the roost!!
Awesome! So, where are all the rest of the folks like you??!! 
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 19, 2006 at 5:25 AM
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SpitFire
I love your perspective. I, too, scoffed at these carts, until we used one. Now I love them. As for the tantrums, I don't tolerate them. I quietly pull him off to the side and remind him of the consequences.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 19, 2006 at 3:41 AM
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You're kidding me, Whacky! OMG!
Thankfully, no. I haven't heard them. Yet. Yeeks. Salt to the wound!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 19, 2006 at 1:11 AM
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Your so right...have you noticed that those cart make a sound like the
distant rumble of thunder! Kind of creepy I think.
posted by
Whacky
on September 19, 2006 at 12:54 AM
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Wow, Azur. Do you feed them every day?
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 18, 2006 at 11:26 PM
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I know, Talion! Why IS that?
Sheesh.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 18, 2006 at 11:25 PM
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Well it is all about them for me at the moment
it's all about putting a roof over their heads and feeding them enough to grow.
posted by
Azur
on September 18, 2006 at 11:08 PM
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SpitFire70
Claim you're doing something, regardless of how ridiculous, "for the children" and you instantly have the moral high ground. How could anyone oppose a stance based on the welfare of children? The anti-kid lobby loses every time.
posted by
Talion
on September 18, 2006 at 9:59 PM
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Geez Blanche! She shoved you?
Oh, man! I don't think I could've handled that!
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 18, 2006 at 9:52 PM
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Spitfire, after I had that encounter with the woman with the kid cart,
I confused her by being nice to her. Her kid dropped her shopping list, while she was waiting in the checkout line, I picked it up and handed it back to her. "Smile, it'll make people wonder what you're up to". (I didn't ask her that when she came cruising down the beer aisle where I was standing picking out an ale for me and MG, and shoved me out of the way, why she was bringing her toddler down the booze aisle anyway? Maybe Mom needs a mother's little helper?)
posted by
Blanche.
on September 18, 2006 at 7:16 PM
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What? What's wrong with it?
It looks normal to me. Maybe it's just you. hehe
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 18, 2006 at 7:12 PM
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Damn, woman! Can you make the font on this a tad smaller?
I've still got one eye that isn't bleeding.
posted by
mark2556
on September 18, 2006 at 6:48 PM
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