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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:29 PM Original message |
Did pouty kid who missed foul ball deserve replacement? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Giants just created a little Eric Cantor. n/t |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If that was a Phillies fan I'd agree but |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. HEY! |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I didn't say they were but |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. YES! "A little Eric Cantor" Priceless! nt. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. As opposed to the Dick Cheney's in this thread. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I am not sure what you meant but... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. LOL |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kid should have gotten a slap upside the head, not rewarded |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. But, as a business owner, wouldn't you go out of your way to make (even a bratty kid) happy? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If you cater to a brat, he just becomes brattier. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
75. And plus, giving him the ball equals Socialism!!! |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
99. I hope you didn't have kids. n/t |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. I caught a foul ball |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. good for you. n/t |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Been going to ball games since 1972 |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. It's the only one that ever came close to me |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
70. Only Caught One Ball At A Game, Sort Of |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Ahh Frank Howard. One of my child heroes. The Senators |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Not In Batting Practice! |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Hondo! I grew up rooting for the guy the opposition called "Capital Punishment". |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Sorry, I Don't |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Same here.... |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
73. Haha same. When I get dragged to a baseball game (haha kidding - they're a lot of fun), |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
88. Had a foul hit right in front of me, 2 seats over and in my walking area |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
94. what do you think the child did with it? n/t |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. He learned a valuable lesson in life. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. DU's empathy pours out yet again. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. +1 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. "This is for your own good." |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
59. And my own personal favorite, "Nobody said life was fair!" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Bingo...you got that right. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. JFK and Carter both said that life was unfair at press conferences. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. really! what's with these people??? so the picture makes him look 'pouty?' so F'n WHAT? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. A lot of people are bitter because they got treated that way. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Could you post to the video of the lady "grabbing the ball away "from the kid? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Can't speak for the other poster, but I don't think she's an asshole. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. why that kid? why not the kid next to that kid? Or some other kid? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Why NOT that kid? |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. +2!! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I don't really fault the lady for trying to get the ball. |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I agree. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. If you watch closely, the guy to her right is shaking his hand |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Get back to me when you scold people for bitching about an 8 year old. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
79. Exactly! For fuck's sake, the kid is what ... eight - nine years old? |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
100. Thank goodness there is someone with some sense. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. If I had tried that when I was a kid ... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's a fucking facial expression. He isn't confronting anybody. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think it has something to do with teaching a kid ... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. the camera zoomed in on him. Made him an unwitting celebrity |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. And probably that's why he got even more pissed off. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Video at link. Father tries to shake him out of pout. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. No, he looks like a little brat. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Maybe, but I've seen adults do some nasty things to kids over foul balls |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. No one ever gave me a ball that I came close to catching. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. I usually give em away but probably wouldn't have at a major league game |
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Bethany Rockafella (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. I thought he was kinda cute |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Was he even close??? I had one BOUNCE out of my hands..... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. Goddamned little brat...what is he? 4?5? What NERVE does he |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. +1 |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. 5? He looks to be about 8 to me. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I don't know how old he is |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. He should be investing in the stock market now, for crying out loud! |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
92. The kid to his (screen) left is 8 or 9. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
104. +1000 |
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avebury (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. Rewarding a kid for bad behaviour is not doing |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'll take 100 Pouty Kids sulking about foul balls over Drunken Idiots fighting for foul balls. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. He's just a little kid |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good God, people here who get into fights every time the wind changes direction have no compassion? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Best post of the damn day. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Agreed. |
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BellaLuna (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. His feelings wouldn't have been 'hurt' if he didn't have some sense of entitlement |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I didn't say a thing about what the team did. I didn't say she was evil for not giving it to him. |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
91. lol - do you actually KNOW any 5 year olds? |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
101. +1 |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's not even the right question. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. The kid's detractors aren't even teaching him the lesson they think they are. |
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Islandlife (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. only as much as the kid next to him is entitled to one |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Do you think it would go less well in which cities, and why? |
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Islandlife (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Guys on either side were wearing their Giants shirts |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I didn't get the joke. PLease explain it. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #49 |
77. Went over well in L.A., too. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. i don't think the lady should have given it to him, but i'm ok with the team giving him one |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. He looks like the future leader of the GOP |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. As a child, a friend had her hand knocked aside (and bruised) by a grown man who wanted the ball |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. true. adults can act like assholes |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. Oprah should buy the Giants. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
71. I actually had the same thing happen to me when I was about 6 |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
72. I see SFGate is practicing some serious hard-hitting journalism. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. It's a bog hosted by SFGate, not reporting. n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
74. Absolutely! |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
76. Had I been the one to catch it |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
80. This kid's attitued is it's own punishment. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Yeah, because every 6 year old who ever pouts goes on to become either a serial killer, or ... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
82. Typical son of a Republican |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
84. deserved or not, he got one -- end of the non-story... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
90. What I Learned From This Thread: Every Kid Who Pouts is Hitler |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. you must have some problems then if that's what you got n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Come On Now |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Exactly. In fact, according to some of the remarks in this thread... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. I pity the children of some of these people, I really do. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. +1 |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
93. No, he didn't. |
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102. This thread has over 100 replies |
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