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B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9
Ballet Babe
Joined: 20 Aug 2001
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Location: DISNEY WORLD
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 Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:36 pm Stranger Within |
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My Grandma sent this in an email to me today (it wasn't her that wrote it), but it's something I thought you all might like to read. Well written! Feel free to comment after you read it. I'm sure some of you may have something to say.
| Quote: | >A few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our
>small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this
>enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family.
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>The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the
>world a few months later. As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my
>family. In my young mind, he had a special niche. My parents were
>complementary instructors Mom taught me the word of God, and Dad taught me
>to obey it.
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>But the stranger? ; He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for
>hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies. If I wanted to know
>anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers
>about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the
>future! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me
>laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad
>didn't seem to mind.
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>Sometimes Mom would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each
>other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to her room and read
>her books. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave.)
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>Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger
>never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed
>in our home ... not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our longtime
>visitor, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and
>made my dad squirm and my mother blush.
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>My Dad was a teetotaler who didn't permit alcohol in the home, not even for
>cooking. But the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis.
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>He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly and pipes distinguished. He
>talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes
>blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing. I now know that
>my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the
>stranger.
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>Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom
>rebuked ... and NEVER asked to leave.
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>More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our
>family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was
>at first. Still, if you were to walk into my parents' den today you would
>still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to
>him talk and watch him draw his pictures.
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>His name?
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>We just call him TV.
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>Note: This should be required reading for every household in America!
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Lord Borg
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 27 May 2003
Posts: 11214
Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
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| Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:38 pm |
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hahahahaha interesting!!
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Sam Kenobi
Not a Duke
Joined: 13 Jun 2003
Posts: 10373
Location: The 'Verse
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:21 am |
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Aw, I was totally hoping for a cooler punchline like... "the devil" or "the man who ended up murdering my faimly." Psh... tv...
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missl
Captain
Joined: 18 Feb 2005
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:52 am |
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omg. that is so true!@ my house my dad wont let us wach tv because he dosnt like wat comes out of like sex, drugs,swaring! i like the idea of not watching tv i think that it is a great thing to do!!!!!!! DOWN WITH T.V!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
Posts: 7871
Location: North East England
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:08 am |
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I am seriously considering restricting Sammie's telly access when she's a bit older 
Right now, she only watches telly for about 30 minutes a day, in bursts of about 5-10 minutes at a time... and she's not at my house
When at home, she only watched about 20 minutes a week
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Birdy
Socialist
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
Posts: 13502
Location: Here.
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:14 am |
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Funny story!
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Thomas
Pool Princess
Joined: 08 Jul 2001
Posts: 19730
Location: Manchester
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:30 am |
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Realised it was TV at the "more than fifty years have passed" part. Funnaaaaaaaay, 
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John Connor
Admiral of the Terran Empire
Joined: 07 Sep 2002
Posts: 15657
Location: I.S.S Emperor
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:38 pm |
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Very Interesting some of its very funny. 
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sabertooth1217
UPN Boycotter
Joined: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 11484
Location: Texas
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:54 pm |
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oh wow, 
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Captain Patrick
Commodore
Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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| Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:24 pm |
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Interesting.
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webtaz99
Commodore
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 1229
Location: The Other Side
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| Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:10 am |
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When TV was first invented, many scientists (who had seen the wasted potential of radio) truly believed that TV would destroy American values and turn our youth into a army of drooling morons who simply repeat what they are told and do anything the TV orders them to.
Wait a minute - oh s**t!
Nevermind.
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Beta6
Commander
Joined: 02 Jan 2005
Posts: 475
Location: ~*City Of Angels*~
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| Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:50 pm |
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well that sucks... just a tv? I was hoping to find out the dad was like having a gay relationship, and the mom was in denial and always running to her room cryingor something lol. Oh well... that's cool though, a simple tv.
/sigh
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