Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Excuse me, do you like tarantulas?

While walking across campus today, a little girl came up to me (she was part of an elementary field trip, not wandering aimlessly, no worries). In the midst of a huge crowd, she looked up at me, smiled, and asked in an almost pleading manner, "Excuse me, do you like tarantulas?" I told her yes, walked a little further, and then realized... no, I do not like tarantulas. That is, I'm not a big fan of spiders, but I don't have a problem with them. I'm not arachnophobic or anything.... but she probably could have asked if I liked nuclear warfare, A.I.D.S., cancer, or abortion in that same pleading tone and expression, and I would have said yes. That seems problematic.


1 comment:

  1. Yes. Small children could ask Kellie for anything and she would succumb.

    It's good the government hasn't heard about this yet. You'd be the newest scapegoat. They'd just have a little child ask if you were responsible and of course you would tell them so.

    Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. Unless the government would pay for such a scapegoat...

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