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Next you'll be telling us the U.S. built the Sphinx Bill.Of course give kids live pets.
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 10, 2013 at 7:10 PM
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Better a cuddly Teddy than a dead rabbit Bill. I don't think many know who makes what this days, one might as well say don't buy a Japanese vechicle.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 10, 2013 at 12:51 PM
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I say that a stuff animal can be a fine substitute...I am not familiar with Volkswagons.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 10, 2013 at 10:51 AM
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As a child, I had a pet sweater, a pet good'n'plenty (briefly)
In fact, I imagined a certain anima in everything around me. Since I couldn't have animals, this was fine for me.
I still 'animatize' things, and have to watch out for that, because it makes it very difficult to get rid of things when they really are done. I think my car mascot gets lonely when left alone in the car overnight. If I bring it inside, then forget to take it with me the next time, I fear it feels abandoned and left out, missing the trip.
Kids know the difference between reality and make-believe, it just doesn't signify.
posted by
Ciel
on May 10, 2013 at 7:58 AM
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I don't know if it is good for a child or not, but it is good for the stuffed toy. Slowpoke is very tired of waiting for Marianna to want him. He is getting out of the cookie jar to find a child of his own.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 10, 2013 at 7:30 AM
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BC
I have no problems with stuffed animals, nor with Volkswagens. The war's been over for 68 years now...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 10, 2013 at 7:17 AM
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