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Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:03 am
I was in Barnes and Noble last week, picking up a copy of The Princess Bride (which is even more awesome than I remember it being when I read it as a kid). As I was standing in line, a woman queued up behind me, holding a toddler. She had a handful of books, too, so she set the kid down.
The second he hit the ground, he started crying. From the sound of the crying, I'm 83% sure this kid was not human. Or, at most, only part human. Mostly banshee, with some vuvuzela in there, too. Anyway, when the crying started, the mom attempted to explain that she couldn't hold him right now. Once. Then she let him cry. For SEVERAL MINUTES. Demon lungs must supply their own air, too, because I don't recall him taking a breath. It was just the same horrible harsh, slightly warbly drone.
It's hard to express just how bizarre the noise was...unquestionably the weirdest cry I've EVER heard. The tone was way too deep for the kid's size...he was small and really young.
So deep, harsh, warbling, moaning cry for minutes on end. Mom just stands there ignoring him. She was clearly playing the "I won't give you the attention you want and validate your crying" game. But you can't do that s*** in public.
After maybe a minute or two, the cashier, who was dealing with someone's gift card issues, finally exhausted her ability to ignore the skull-resonating demon drone from the little monstrosity, and gave him a scowl I probably should have complimented her on. It didn't last long, and I don't think anyone else noticed but me, but it was awesome. You know you're annoying when you get people who are PAID MONEY TO SMILE AT YOU to give you glares of death.
Anyway, everyones' ears would have been spared if the idiot mother had just told her kid to knock it off. Or, better yet, have already instilled in his pea brain the idea that s*** like that earns you nothing good, so don't even bother.
