{"id":316,"date":"2006-12-08T12:26:40","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T19:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/q-dawg-and-the-news\/316\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T06:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:15:15","slug":"q-dawg-and-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/q-dawg-and-the-news\/316\/","title":{"rendered":"Q-Dawg and the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to be very interested in the great big world around me.  I would love to watch the news and find out all about the interesting and sometimes awful things going on here on planet Earth.  That has all changed since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve become a mother.  Now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so uninformed if there is an actual apocalypse you might want to give me a call and let me know about it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some of you might be horrified by this revelation but I promise you it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m irresponsible or I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite the opposite really and I think this morning\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s events with my son will demonstrate why:<\/p>\n<p>I got my older children off to school but I was still feeling a little bit groggy and tired so I decided to turn on the morning news.  My 5 year old son and his baby sister were playing at my feet seemingly oblivious to the dialogue coming from the newscasters on the tv.  <\/p>\n<p>After a few stories we hear this one, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A 9 year old boy shot and killed his 2 year old brother in the west valley last night.  Apparently the boy took his mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s boyfriend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun from the closet and accidentally shot his younger brother who later died at the hospital.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>My son looks up at me and say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mom, why did that big boy shoot that little boy?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh honey, it was an accident.  The big boy found a gun in his house and it accidentally went off and it shot his baby brother.  You should never touch any guns that you find and never let your friends touch guns they find either!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ok mom, I will never touch real guns,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d pledged my son.<\/p>\n<p>We sat in silence for a few more minutes listening to the insignificant stories on the news until we heard this little snippet, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Britney Spears seems to be taking her new found freedom a little bit too far.  She appears to be going out on the town and not wearing any underwear.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>My son looks at me and say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mom, why didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that girl wear any underwear?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I guess she just forgot to put them on when she was getting dressed,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She really shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to put her underpants on Mom,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d my son stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know. She should really work on remembering to put on her underpants when she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting dressed,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I replied.<\/p>\n<p>We go back to listening and playing for the next few minutes until we hear, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Flatulent passenger grounds flight in Tennessee.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Oh for the love of Pete!  <\/p>\n<p>Click!<\/p>\n<p>Click!<\/p>\n<p>Click!<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fruit salad!  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