December 1st, 2007 by The Bosphorus
Feel like I ought to reintroduce myself here, since it’s been so long since I’ve posted something. So, Hi. I’m Bos. I fuss at kids.
We went to the Oak Ridge Christmas parade this morning. These two kids came along about half way through the long, long parade and planted themselves right in front of us. I don’t know what beauty queen, tractor or politician was waving by but I got tired of them snarking up all the good candy and leaving the old busted up mints and sweet tart chalk pills for my two. It just wasn’t right. There was plenty of road for all of us since the horses hadn’t come along yet and pooped all over the road. It was fun driving along after the parade and hitting as many of the olive green piles as we could.
So I told the two grabbers to move on. They just looked at me and I told them again to get out of my kids way. They moved. Later I got the feeling that the folks fussing across the street were directing their angry mind powers at me. So I stared back at them. Merry Christmas I said to the folks throwing candy at us (some of them have good aim…)
I could have handled that better.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:19 am
Welcome to oldmanhood.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:38 am
Bah, humbug.
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:26 am
Thats why I don’t go to parades. Or really go out much this time of year. Christmas time brings out the asshole in so many people. For example, I got flipped off on Pellissippi yesterday for reasons I don’t fully understand. I mean, sure, I get flipped off, but 99/100 times I can tell you exactly why it happened, and I have a fully prepared response. This one, tho, took me with my pants down. Or something.
Hell, who knows. Anyway, humbug, indeed.
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:44 am
We went to out parade last night and I swear those parade walkers where aiming for the kids heads. They would throw the candy out to the kids, not toss it at their feet. Even my son noticed and mentioned it.
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:47 am
Why, exactly, were you driving with your pants down, AT?
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Better not to say on a public forum, Joel.
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:35 pm
“Christmas time brings out the a**hole in so many people”
So sad but soooo true.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Bos, you must have encountered folks sharing DNA with the ones that surrounded us, but we were in front of the Krystal. Only the people jumping in front of us were mostly adults, lacking a full set of teeth amongst all of them.
I didn’t handle it too well, either… we left early.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:58 am
You see, there is power in numbers. We were perched in front of McDonalds, about twenty kids who knew each other. Since it was the end of the parade, The Paradees where getting rid of their candy at alarming rates. The Mother’s enjoyed chatting, while I monitored the Safety Situation(Kids getting too close to the Parade). So next year, you know where to go.