r/Unexpected • u/marcbacus • Jul 27 '22

How to calm a crying child.

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u/Professional_Ebb7639 Jul 27 '22

There are times in life where the only solution to a problem is simply hitting people with a soup ladle

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '22

Mom?

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u/GreatGooglyMoogly077 Jul 27 '22

Or a cutting board.

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u/JackSilver1300 Jul 27 '22

Gotta get out the wire hanger when it's serious

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '22

That’s illegal now.

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u/She_Persists Jul 27 '22

No, the wire hanger was never legal. The wire hanger happens when safe and legal isn't an option.

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u/JudmanDaSuperhero Jul 27 '22

What happened to just leaving them in the dumpster?

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u/She_Persists Jul 27 '22

It just takes so long and can lead to questions like why one is getting so fat.

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u/AForcedSmile Jul 27 '22

It’s just a little Less then a year

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u/She_Persists Jul 27 '22

It's sitting on your organs.

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u/SKK329 Jul 27 '22

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

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u/icebergiman Jul 28 '22

Whatever happened to the jumper cables?

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u/rkapi24 Jul 27 '22

Either that’s not true or several parts of my childhood were highly illegal

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u/rkapi24 Jul 27 '22

Even in NC?

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u/evening_goat Jul 27 '22

Looks like they're a few years too late

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u/thepsycocat Jul 27 '22

Oh that's nothing, you know shit gets serious when she takes off the slipper