I may not have heard it correctly but I'll swear my grandchild turned to me the other day and said, "Grandpa, I'm afraid of things that go trump in the night."
I call on all area school boards to make certain that their teaching and administrative staffs reflect the ever increasing ethnic and racial diversity of their student bodies.
I don't understand why a man will not ask for directions when driving and lost, but will open a cabinet door and say where is the peanut butter without first looking for it.
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