This morning, long before my 17-year-old son got up (sleeping in one last morning before school starts), I noticed there were a couple of cars parked in front of the house across the street that’s been on the market for a few months now. From peering suspiciously out the window I got the impression that a realtor was showing the house to a family. Multiple children’s voices were audible, kinda loud and screechy, and I had my standard visceral reaction to the prospect of unwelcome marauding rugrats. (Mind you, my<\/i> kids are perfect and have never caused me or anyone else the slightest hint of annoyance.)<\/p>\n
So eventually the sleepyhead arose and came downstairs. While he was eating his breakfast<\/strike> er, brunch<\/i>, I told him about the potential new neighbors and the kids. He made the standard inarticulate “ugh” sound to signal his displeasure, and I said that maybe the next time they came by I should set up a repeating gunfire sequence from a sound effects CD to play out my office window. But Number One Son had a better idea…<\/p>\n
SON:<\/b> Maybe the next time they’re here, we should go out in front and show them our religious rituals.<\/p>\n
ME:<\/b> (after recovering from laughter)<\/i> Religious rituals? What would these involve?<\/p>\n
SON:<\/b> Probably lots of fire.<\/p>\n
No question about it \u2013 this kid is gonna turn out just fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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