...odds are good that someone's breaking curfew. In which case, the pistol - though tempting - should probably take a back seat to grounding.
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Some say no evil thing that walks by night,
In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen,
Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost
That breaks his magic chains at curfew time,
No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine,
Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
It's late.
Finals day for me, so I'll be grading grading grading ... but first, a little news:
The May 2009 eruption of West Mata. Image courtesy of NSF and NOAA.
When last we checked in with Snowflake Free-Ride, our intrepid white rabbit had not yet found the cou
Doesn't the Bible say, "Spare the pistol and spoil the child"?
You are correct, with a teenager in the house the odds are overwhelmingly that the sneak is not an intruder.
My guess is the cop wanted to terrify his daughter, seizing on the incident as a chance to teach her a lesson. Being a cop, he's well aware of the basic cover story.
And I bet she is now seriously terrified of him.
So he won.
Any questions?
I had to laugh. The top ad link at the bottom of the page asked "Suffering from knee pain?"
Sounds like a two-fer to me!
She's gonna feel the immediate pain from the shattered knee, but will also be effectively grounded in her wheel chair for the next 2 months. How efficient can you get?