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Old Dec 29, 2007, 1:45 pm
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Taker Park
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
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[QUOTE=HRHMom;8971068]
Originally Posted by Taker Park


Well, I am rather embarrassed to admit I stood there with my mouth hanging open, stunned into silence. This was somewhat effective in that after a few moments he moved onto business, looking kind of embarrassed himself.

I have replayed the scene in my mind millions of times, wishing I had had my wits about me more, formulating brilliant retorts and fantasizing suitable punishments, all of which involve some variation of him living out his miserable existence homeless and destitute under a crumbling bridge somewhere in remote China with only the kindness of strangers to keep him fed. I wonder sometimes if he could still be identified and something done. It's not like I hold a grudge, it was only 12 years ago.
Why wouldn't you hold a grudge, it was your child he was talking about. If he was serious in his remark then he should've gotten a kick in the pants. A good reply would have been, "Excuse me?", but that was pretty shocking.

I'd bet that if he was saying that as a joke, that he must have gotten a laugh previous to that or he wouldn't have said it. I've pretty much given up on telling jokes to passengers.
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