Lies, damn lies, and parents
A study has found that the most commonly used lie by parents was telling a child that they were going to walk away and leave them during a tantrum. Another less sinister one was falsely promising to buy a requested toy at some time in the future or claiming not to have brought any money with them. And while some lies were a bit on the nose - "If you don't follow me, a kidnapper will come to kidnap you while I'm gone" - others were seen as acceptable. Telling a child that they would grow taller for every bite of broccoli was seen as OK because it encouraged healthy eating habits. Other more colourful lies submitted by readers included: "I was told dragons are extinct because they would have been a fire hazard on Noah's ark." And: "Unicorns died out because they were a recessive horse gene."
The mouse that gnawed
Police in Wichita, Kansas, do have a sense of humour. They held a press conference to release a photo of the suspect in a case of evidence tampering at their property and evidence department building. They had determined that mice chewed into packages of marijuana. Lieutenant Doug Nolte said police followed protocol and photographed, weighed, and resealed the evidence. Exterminators have been called in to assist police in the case. "We do have a sketch artist that came and did a rendering of who we believe is responsible for the marijuana heist, and so, we are currently looking for something that resembles a mouse like this," said Nolte.
For better or worse ...
