Monsters Under The Bed

Merika · 03-16-2005, 07:59 AM

This was a funny story....but when you were a kid....did you have monsters or scary things under your bed?
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http://www.nbc4.com/news/4289058/detail.html

Mom Uses eBay To Sell Monster Under Child's Bed

PHILADELPHIA -- One of the duties of a parent is to make sure the monster under their child's bed is held at bay -- even when the monster exists solely in that child's imagination.

One local parent had a high-tech solution to the problem -- she has put the monster up for auction on eBay.

Kathleen Tait had her daughter draw the monster under her bed and is selling the image on the online auction site, WCAU-TV in Philadelphia reported. Tait's daughter said the monster would make her room a mess. Kathleen Tait said the whole thing began months ago, when her daughter would wake up, afraid that the monster would get her and her toys.

"To this day, I sleep with her," Tait said. "I lay down with her until she falls asleep."

Tait tried several ways to bait the monster, including peanut butter and jelly. Then, she hit upon eBay.

Those who bid on the monster are asked to take it out of Tait's daughter's room. It is hoped that by selling the monster, it will be gone for good. There are five days left on the auction, and the bidding early Tuesday evening was $2.25.

"People can sell pretzels, so why not a monster?" Tait said.

Star · 03-16-2005, 08:32 AM

that is such a cute story! LOL!

Meanon · 03-16-2005, 05:10 PM

YES! We had guard dogs (everyone did) that were very noisy. For a few years I had constant nightmares about wolves. Once I was awake I was convinced there was someone under the bed. It was a fairly scary time, we'd been burgled a couple of times. We locked our rooms to increase security. It was a shared house, three families - so it was enormous. The worst memory of my childhood were the hours I spent trying to get up the nerve to unlock my door, creep up the long corridor to my parents room and knock on their door - loud enough to wake them but not so loud as to wake the bogeyman under my bed.

Every bed in my house is a Divan

twinkle · 03-16-2005, 06:00 PM

Really really cute story!! Very American also: some people would sell (and buy) almost anything, LOOL!!

Duke · 03-17-2005, 04:40 AM

I could never walk close to my bed if the lights were off, I'd usually jump into bed for fear that a hand might come out and snatch me by the leg.

Merika · 03-17-2005, 07:55 AM

I can't remember ever being afraid of the dark. I always had pretend friends who stayed with me and kept me safe. I would talk German to them so no 'bad people' would know what we were saying and I figured I had the upper hand. LOL!

It's funny how kids think.

Meanon....that was a sad story!

Duke · 03-17-2005, 08:15 AM

All bad people speak German

Merika · 03-18-2005, 08:16 AM

HAHA.....are you suggesting I had little Nazi SS friends????

Hey...maybe that's what's wrong with me!

Duke · 03-18-2005, 03:17 PM

No, I was just being a tard :roll:

Vautrin · 03-19-2005, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duke

All bad people speak German

Was sagen Sie, Herr Duke? Wissen Sie nicht, das wir im Holland manchmal Deutsch sprechen? Im besonderes fuer die Touristen.

Star · 03-19-2005, 07:29 AM

je ne comprent pas ce qu tu vien juste d'ecrire.

I think the german language is so classy. I don't understand it at all but it looks very nice.

Vautrin · 03-19-2005, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by star_64

je ne comprent pas ce qu tu vien juste d'ecrire.

I think the german language is so classy. I don't understand it at all but it looks very nice.

I know enough French to know what you wrote Star!

German is a very classy language, and also one of the most logical languages I know of. I can read German, and speak basics, but not write an essay in the language, though

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Translation follows:
What did you say, Sir (Herr is a formal and polite way of adressing a male, for females you would use Frau) Duke? Did not you know, that we in Holland also speak German sometimes? In particular for the tourists.

Star · 03-19-2005, 07:58 AM

I was born french. my first language was french but like anything else, if you don't use it on a regular basis, you do lose it. I can still speak, read and write it although writing it seems more difficult to do now. I think in english now so it makes it hard sometimes.

Languages are interesting. Some look like works of art when they write; like chineese.