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16 May 2009

May I share a funny line? [More:]Last night we attended a literary event which was mildly disrupted by a couple of children being allowed to run loudly through the speaker and audience area. This morning we were chatting about managing the disruptive powers of children and came up with the line "It takes a whole village to raise a child. Yet, it only takes one child to burn down a village."
Case in point: Salem.
posted by Ardiril 16 May | 11:37
Children are why we cannot have nice things.
posted by msali 16 May | 12:02
Ha! I like it.
posted by rmless2 16 May | 12:11
Ha, Ardiril!
posted by Miko 16 May | 12:32
"It takes a whole village to raise a child. Yet, it only takes one child to burn down a village."

I'd heard it as: "... but it only takes one child to raze a village."

/curmudgeon
posted by hangashore 16 May | 12:47
And it only takes six Village People to create a disco inferno.
posted by jonmc 16 May | 14:54
Thanks, hangashore (though most people know what "raze" means, I'd expect).

However, I don't think we'd ever heard the joke before. We came by it honestly.
posted by Miko 16 May | 15:22
jonmc is funny funny
posted by Lipstick Thespian 16 May | 16:00
Good morning from New York City. || In a pig's ear

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