{"id":745,"date":"2009-04-03T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottnkelly.com\/blog\/?p=745"},"modified":"2009-04-03T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T18:30:12","slug":"would-you-buy-a-used-car-from-this-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/03\/would-you-buy-a-used-car-from-this-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you buy a used car from this face?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tonight was not my favorite moment of the day. The\u00a0time when I’m serving up food and receiving complaints instead of accolades from my children who apparently haven’t received enough lectures on the starving nations. Forgetting the fact that this particular infraction is punishable by all sorts of undesirable consequences, the boy squeaked out an\u00a0“I don’t want THAT!” while making a face and shaking his head\u00a0“NO” just to be sure I was clear on the fact\u00a0that he wanted no part of the sweet potatoes made with brown sugar (for crying out loud!). Instantly sent to his room, he apparently had too much time to ponder how he would wrangle his way back into my good graces. After the meal, he came crawling up to my bed (where I was recovering from dinner with a quiet room and the tivo remote) to apologize —\u00a0but instead of a traditional “I’m sorry mom” which would certainly have sufficed given the afternoon I’d had, I was treated to a far more inventive routine that went something like this.<\/p>\n

Spencer:<\/strong> Mom, I’m sorry. But when I do this (the boy shook his head in\u00a0imitation of his earlier crime)<\/em> it really means (here he pauses for effect . . .\u00a0and eyelashes . . . and freckles and . . . everything else that suckers are suckered by)<\/em> THANK YOU, MOM!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> Yeah? (glancing\u00a0into his serious little eyes with disbelief)<\/em>\u00a0 Well, I don’t buy that for a SECOND!!<\/p>\n

At which point the boy smacked the covers with both hands and let\u00a0out a\u00a0familiar “AWW MAAAAAAN!” followed by a HUGELY\u00a0sheepish grin.<\/p>\n

Yes. I’ve learned. You cannot buy a used car from this small boy. No matter what. Really. Do NOT be the next sucker! You have been warned! (And can someone tell me where they learn this stuff? Seriously! I need to find that manual quickly!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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