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Friday, June 20, 2008

Criminal Sentence 41: How Old Is This Mom?

I had to laugh at this sentence.

From a parenting magazine, where a mom is answering the question "What trait of yours do you hope your child doesn't inherit?":

"My stubborn nature. The bad thing is that at age one and a half, I think he already has some of it!"

According to this sentence, the mom, not the son, is one and a half. Let's rephrase:

"The bad thing is that at age one and a half, he already has some of it, I think!"

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