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From Sourwood Cove Two Grandmas It was radio days, before television. The only celebrity shows I ever saw was Art Linkletter's "Children Say The Darndest Things." I was walking down Hollywood at Vine and happened to see a marquee announcing the show which was about to begin. I am happy to say it was one amusing and memorable experience and when master child psychologist Linkletter went on television with the show, I saw as many of them as possible. In the big store I observed the following in the men's department: A little girl about four years old paused in front of a rack of men's underwear showing about 20 young men dressed in nothing but jockey briefs. She looked them over for a moment then cried out"Grandma, do you want to see some naked boys?" The attractive lady took a few steps backward, grasped a little hand and led her away. The woman remained silent as the child protested with "Grandma, you didn't see them". At the big airplane factory it was standard to what was perceived as management's self-serving spin for the engineering and training department employees to say "Don't eat that, grandma" when many of those urgent and important announcements were sent down from the big walnut paneled office on high. That humorous quote came from an employee; s three year old after little sister picked up a piece of dried dog fences and was about to put it in her mouth. Subsequently , he grandma picked up a piece of trash while walking on the lawn with the little girl. That three year old screamed out, just in time, she thought, saying "Don't eat that, grandma. That's "s--t!" People who have had children or been around them must have a long list of amusing things they have witnessed. The two incidents here remind me of Likletter's show and how much fun it is to be quiet and listen as "Children say the darndest things."
Clarence Newton
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