A rather less vile crime

[fpb]

So I was standing around my mother's flat chatting with her, when I told her - now it can be told - that 27 years ago, when I was in my early teens, I stole one of the books that are now in her bookcase from one of our then-local newsstands.

Name me anyone but a mother who could go into the quivering shakes, 27 years after the fact, at the thought of her son being caught stealing.

Comments

[adeodatus.livejournal.com]

As one whose mother is visiting from California at the moment I can totally see that. Yes, only a mother indeed. In fact, only a few mothers would be like that I bet and I happen to have one of them.

Of course, innocent lil me never got caught stealing. I just did a lot of other very stupid things that I probably still wouldn't mention to her.

How shocking!

[dreamer-marie.livejournal.com]

Now, Fabio, how could you! How have you managed to fight back the urge of turning yourself in to the police all these years?

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

I have a story similar to that that involved me being seven and accidentally taking a greeting card on the presumption that my parents paid for it. Upon learning that I'd pilfered it, I ran back crying and profusing apologies to the proprietors.

I'm not much of a successful criminal.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, apparently I am. The book (Arthur C. Clarke's novel of 2001, a space odyssey) is still there, you know.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

Heathen. You'll be in hell with the pagans and the welfare moochers before you know it.

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

At least he'll have interesting stuff to read

[jennilee.livejournal.com]

Upon learning that I'd pilfered it, I ran back crying and profusing apologies to the proprietors.

Oh god. That sounds exactly like something I'd do, even now at almost 20.



For shame, fpb, for shame. :P

[aphoenix2007.livejournal.com]

Mothers are insane.

Mine remembers things that never happened. O_o

[tashmania.livejournal.com]

I agree. Only a mother. Mine couldn't believe it when I told her that when I used to hang out with the friends I had when I was about 14, we used to bunk the train. The look of disapproval I got, you would've thought I had told her of some heinous crime.

:)