Re: Hot tubs, molten lava, etc.

January 13, 2004

thanks for your humor! I get a kick out of your posts! I happen to be

reading April, 1865 right now and you aren't mentioned anywhere

-although I guess 2 year olds don't get top billing!

Krishnan

Mom to Santosh 6wcf and Leela, 4wocf

On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 03:19 PM, Hal Soloff wrote:

> Right after the Civil War when I was about two years old, I stuck a

> penny in my mouth. My dear mother gave me a lecture about dirt, bugs

> and assorted non edible things that I shouldn't put in my mouth. I had

> a

> dog and he kissed me, but being unschooled in the matter of passion, I

> didn't kiss him back recalling my mother's lecture. Last night, we had

> salmon, the kind they dye nice and pink and raise on a farm rather than

> wild from Scotland, or Alaska. There we were sitting at the table

> enjoying ourselves and risking our lives. We took a chance, and skinned

> the fish first hoping for the best. However, if a kid is eating dirt,

> gravel or even molten lava, perhaps it is time for a change in diet. I

> would give the same advice to someone who takes a child to Mc's,

> but who would listen to me anyway? My wife is an extraordinary cook,

> and

> yet we had to pull things out of our kid's mouths when they were

> toddlers. Fortunately, they didn't swallow money as I would have

> performed surgery immediately! Hal

>

January 13, 2004

! You can count on it with Hal--the best wit around! I would

feel truly deprived without his wit and general cheerfulness!

Love to you, Leela, Santosh and Suresh, n Rojas