A frolic in Cambodia

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
so you had a gun requirement?* I don't know of any gun ban, and we had water guns when I was a kid, but being in a family of just two girls, I don't think that my parents ever had to really decide the issue. We just weren't interested in cops/robbers, cowboys/indians, etc. We did play a fierce game of animal adoptions, however. Where we put all of our stuffed animals out together and picked one by one which one we would take "home" with us. A varient of doll adoption, that always turned out to be much more fun.




*not meant to sound snotty. I know this to be the case for a couple of friends who grew up in Texas. hunting was a family sport for them.

I had thought that the discussions earlier today were about toy guns, not real guns. The guns bilmore is discussing sound like real guns. Which is completely different -- I can see the Army stepfather being more okay with real hunting guns for older children than he is with fake guns for younger children.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
so you had a gun requirement?* I don't know of any gun ban, and we had water guns when I was a kid, but being in a family of just two girls, I don't think that my parents ever had to really decide the issue. We just weren't interested in cops/robbers, cowboys/indians, etc. We did play a feirce game of animal adoptions however. Where we put all of our stuffed animals out together and picked one by one which one we would take "home" with us. A varient of doll adoption, that always turned out to be much more fun.

*not meant to sound snotty. I know this to be the case for a couple of friends who grew up in Texas. hunting was a family sport for them.

I grew up with lots of toy guns, toy swords, real guns, knives, fireworks, army men, matches, lighters, chemical weaponry, etc. It was only much later that I realized that this was probably the reason the other kids liked playing with me so much. Well, at least the non-maimed ones.

Now that I'm older, I use the same tactics; I just tape twenties to my clothes and bam--a cloud of stripper glitter appears.

eta: P.S. Reggie, wherever you are, I'm sorry I shot you. But you shouldn't walk in front of a 11 y.o. with a pellet gun.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
... We did play a fierce game of animal adoptions, however. Where we put all of our stuffed animals out together and picked one by one which one we would take "home" with us. ...

Wow, that seems like a sort of fucked up game, projecting onto one's toys the combined subconscious fear of parental death/abandonment and the safe, inclusive, non-judgmental atmosphere of dodgeball team selection.

BR(oh, Miss Polly Prissy Pants, I'm afraid no one loves you, so you won't be adopted and you'll never have parents again ever!)C

[bilmore]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
so you had a gun requirement?* . . . *not meant to sound snotty. I know this to be the case for a couple of friends who grew up in Texas. hunting was a family sport for them.

Never any hint or affect or pressure from me. Just too many relatives, friends, etc., who hunt. (Oh, and too may weekends where we go out and, if you aren't carrying and licensed, all you can do is watch, so I guess maybe there is some pressure from me after all, 'cuz I'm the one that takes 'em.) Plus, in our snooty little burb, I think the hunting thing has a decidedly retro-MadMax image amongst the kiddie set. Youngest Baggins-chile seems to like throwing her I-got-it-from-the-hip-as-it-flushed stories amongst her buds' isn't-my-pony-pretty stories.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Originally posted by dtb

Ooh, I got this one:

"Where the gays go, the beautiful people follow."

Indeed. Thank God the Scouts have that policy in effect:

"Dont ask, don't tell (or otherwise build intricate models hinting at it made from wood chips, maple sap, wild mint and straw)."

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Wow, that seems like a sort of fucked up game, projecting onto one's toys the combined subconscious fear of parental death/abandonment and the safe, inclusive, non-judgmental atmosphere of dodgeball team selection.

Sometimes dodgeball is just dodgeball. The competitiveness associated with top law educations and careers, however, probably has more to do with unfulfilled wishes to satisfy others than most other paths . . .

(I'm reminded that I always should add:

)

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Wow, that seems like a sort of fucked up game, projecting onto one's toys the combined subconscious fear of parental death/abandonment and the safe, inclusive, non-judgmental atmosphere of dodgeball team selection.

BR(oh, Miss Polly Prissy Pants, I'm afraid no one loves you, so you won't be adopted and you'll never have parents again ever!)C

Yeah, I never claimed we weren't fucked up. Though I doubt we had abandonment concerns at the time, as we used to fight about who was adopted, from the perspective that being adopted was better than actually being born to these people. And therefore sharing genes with them.

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Originally posted by Gattigap
intricate models . . . made from wood chips, maple sap, wild mint and straw

That's pretty hot.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
That's pretty hot.

And with that, we are back down to 1.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by bilmore
Sometimes dodgeball is just dodgeball. The competitiveness associated with top law educations and careers, however, probably has more to do with unfulfilled wishes to satisfy others than most other paths . . .

(I'm reminded that I always should add:

)

Actually, I think the ellipsis does it.

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Originally posted by Gattigap
And with that, we are back down to 1.

But it's a crucial 1.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Actually, I think the ellipsis does it.

I always thought so, too, but I've learned to pander to varying audiences.

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Originally posted by bilmore
I always thought so, too, but I've learned to pander to varying audiences.

Is it the snotty suburb that you live in (despite your scorn for people who live in such places and are otherwise conspicuous consumers) that has taught you this?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Is it the snotty suburb that you live in (despite your scorn for people who live in such places and are otherwise conspicuous consumers) that has taught you this?

"Snooty". Please read more carefully. I think Hank has mentioned this to you.

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Originally posted by bilmore
"Snooty". Please read more carefully. I think Hank has mentioned this to you.

I figured it was a typo on your part. And that was not actually responsive. And Hank is really not a good one to cite to on that topic.