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Monday, November 02, 2009 Family, QOTD

My son’s den leader sent out a note yesterday asking that the boys contribute part of their Halloween candy to the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, as part of the Citizenship badge, they will be writing letters and making drawings to send to the troops, and the boys are encouraged to bring their “excess” candy to the meeting.

Fact: There is no such thing as “excess” candy to a nine-year-old.

My ex said that when read the email to him, he made one of those loud gulping noises.

“Why would soldiers want a bunch of candy? Wouldn’t they get all wired up and shoot each other?”

“They just like to receive things from kids and families because they’re far away and alone. If I was there I would appreciate it so much.”

“What if I sent you a nice letter and 300 lbs of cilantro? [note: my ex HATES cilantro] You should thank me because you could put it in your gun and shoot it at everybody and it would go in their mouths and they would say, ‘You have found my weakness!’ and they would die.”