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although analogy was awesome! LOL sometimes i wish i wasn't as "tech savvy" as people seem think since they now expect miracles i can't perform. sigh...
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Oh, I am right there, girlfriend: I admit I have worked on macs since ... well, since they were invented, practically. So I know where to LOOK for problems ... but don't think that means I really know what's going ON in there.
Just ask CP.
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LOL... well i just fake it until i figure it out. maybe that's my problem. not only am i the IT guru in the office but now the accounting one too. i don't even LIKE accounting! sigh...
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Things I have learned from reading bedtime stories:
Murder is perfectly ok as long as you can profit by it. Jack and the Beanstalk. Hansel & Gretel. Three Little Pigs. Little Red Riding Hood ...
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Snow White... Cinderella... Sleeping Beauty... someone evil always dies or "disappears" in a Walt Disney movie.
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The mother. It's always the mother. Seriously, how many Disney flicks can you think of where the kids have a happy, well-adjusted mother? Even BAMBI, fer cryin' out loud!
And while I am on the subject, Bambi was a guy ... how come we think of Bambi as a girl's name?
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I'm assuming because Bambi was so sweet and innocent and caring...
... and they were mostly step moms who were the most evil... the ones who didn't really want the kids when they married the dude for his money and power. Isn't that what happens everywhere?
Disney movies sell evil and sex... only in a much more subdued fashion... mostly for adults. I don't necessarily trust that a Disney is really made for kids.
You know... nursery rhyms can be quite violent and evil... almost villainous at times. Even Jack and Jill was violent... you just know there was a wicked step mom at the top of that hill who threw poor Jack back down and slapped Jill's face. I can still feel the sting. 
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I refuse to let my kids watch the Disney Channel (admittedly, I don't let Scooter watch ANYthing yet ...). The original "comedies for kids" on that channel teach nothing but Grow up Fast, Talk back to your Parents, Cop and Attitude ...
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| TheMudge wrote: | The mother. It's always the mother. Seriously, how many Disney flicks can you think of where the kids have a happy, well-adjusted mother? Even BAMBI, fer cryin' out loud!
And while I am on the subject, Bambi was a guy ... how come we think of Bambi as a girl's name? |
Through the Lion King, there were only two Disney animated movies where both parents were alive at both the beginning and end of the movie (afterwards they started making a concerted effort for a while because it was pointed out on the internet and they tried to repair their "family friendly" image).
Those two movies?
101 Dalmations
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Peter Pan
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| TheMudge wrote: | | Cop and Attitude ... |
They show Lethal Weapon on the Disney Channel? Wow.
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You can actually stretch that further: Tarzan came after Lion King.
What about Lady and the Tramp? Technically, the parents are married at the beginning and at the end ...
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No no ... the HUMAN family. Her owners. And since a lot of times owners think of themselves as the parents of their pets ...
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| charlesp wrote: | | TheMudge wrote: | | Cop and Attitude ... |
They show Lethal Weapon on the Disney Channel? Wow. |
Charles obviously watched too much Disney Channel.
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| Anblick wrote: | | I meant that too, but the Tramp had no human family, did he? Or am I wrong? |
pretty sure that the tramp was an orphan. i do find it odd that fairy tales and nursery rhymes are so awful and morbid. how about rock a bye baby... you remember what happens? i mean we used to sing this or have it sung to us when we were babies!!
sigh...
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And let's not forget: "If I should DIE before I wake ..."
Yeah, that's a great way to teach kids about God ...
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That bedtime prayer used to scare the bejesus outta me. Still a little freaky. What about:
"If the bough breaks
the cradle will fall
and DOWN WILL COME BABY CRADLE AND ALL"
Scary stuff. Of course, the "real" versions of Grimm Brother's stories are far more gruesome than the toned down versions we all know now.
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How about "Away in a Manger"?
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care/and take us to heaven to live with thee there
Doesn't that kinda sound like a suicide wish??
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a bit too morbid for my tastes. once it dawned on me how depressing they all were i stopped thinking they were so cute. 
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OK, so I have a question: if he DIDN'T shoot the deputy ... who DID?
I think it was the sheriff ...
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