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> Washington,
> When my daughter was around 5 or 6, she had a
> collection of large insects.... fake, but, “real”
> looking. We were visiting my sister, who lives
> in an apartment. One morning, while waiting for
> her to return from an errand, I was getting bored
> and noticed my daughter’s giant roach. I said,
> hey, honey, let's scare your aunt. So, we placed
> the giant roach in the hallway, just outside the
> apartment door, sort of half on, half off the
> door mat.
>
> Around 1/2 hr. later, when I had kind of forgotten
> about the roach, we hear noise coming from the
> hallway...a woman's voice, loud and sounding
> upset, etc. Looking through the peephole, I see
> 4 or 5 old ladies and the superintendent just
> arriving outside our door. I open the door and
> realize the woman was freaking out over the giant
> roach. She had alerted her friends and gotten
> the super to investigate the roach on the 17th
> floor.
>
> So.... I looked down at the roach, turned to my
> daughter, said something like, Honey, that wasn't
> very nice. I understand you were trying to
> surprise your aunt, but look what happened. You
> scared these nice ladies. Now apologize and get
> that ridiculous thing inside.
>
> My daughter apologized, picked up the roach, and
> was just starting to plead innocent, as I pushed
> her back inside. "Kids, they don't think!" I
> said to the old ladies. They agreed and backed
> off.
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