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Skittles

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8. I was in a doctor's waiting room

Reply to trof (Reply #6)

Mon May 15, 2017, 05:13 AM

May 2017

there were toys for toddlers.....a little guy, maybe 3 years old, was excitedly trying to talk to his mum about the toys and how they functioned, and she just never took her eyes off her phone, just kept mumbling uh huh, ok........it was sad

that kind of behavior sends messages to kids about how important they and their thoughts are

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from Fox News to the Golf Channel [View all] drray23 May 2017 OP

maybe they think they are more likely to see drumpf on the links than doing his job! NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #1

DUzy! . . . n/t annabanana May 2017 #2

Players Championship zipplewrath May 2017 #3

They might be losing business. Cattledog May 2017 #4

I've asked businesses to change the channel, and they do Skittles May 2017 #5

sigh...too true. trof May 2017 #6

I was in a doctor's waiting room Skittles May 2017 #8

Sure you don't mean 2003? 'Cause..... WinkyDink May 2017 #7