Yesterday I informed my preschool daughter that we wouldn’t be eating lunch until she removed all of her toys from under the kitchen table.
Her response: A mighty “Hhhrmpfh!” followed by an extra long sigh. Then, she proceeded to wave her little hand in the air as though she were instructing her plebs to banish me to the dungeon.
Needless to say, lunch was served a bit later than normal while my PWA (Preschooler With Attitude) and I had a little “chat.”
I had a flashback to that pre-lunch “conversation” last night while reading about the New Zealand teenager, who tried to sell nude pictures of his mother on an Internet auction site, after the pair had an argument.
Ah, the power of a vindictive child—-don’t underestimate it. Ever.
For you parents, who don’t make a habit of perusing foreign news articles, allow me to get you up to speed:
Once upon a time (a couple a weeks ago), an 18-year-old student from Auckland named Michael was given the chore of cleaning out the family’s garage. Little did the teen know that his punishment would be his ticket to fame by way of soft-core pornography.
According to Michael, his rummaging uncovered more than a few empty jelly jars and old magazines. The teen stumbled upon a box filled with photos of his mom wearing nothing but her birthday suit.
However, instead of dumping the photos, the teen decided to combine his entrepreneurial skills with his desire to get revenge on the woman who doled out his garage cleaning penance.
Michael went straight to the Internet and tried to sell the nude photos of his mom to the highest bidder.
The teen even designed his own ad, which read: “If you’re going to make someone clean up your crap you might want to go through it first.”
Michael listed the starting bid at $5 and the generous teen even offered to throw in a frame for free.
Unfortunately, Michael’s plan didn’t go exactly as he had hoped. His mother found out about his vengeful plot right before the “Five naked photos of my Mum” listing was pulled by the auction site.
End of story, right?
Wrong.
Undeterred by the initial outcome to his devious scheme, Michael then tried to auction some “glamour” shots of his mom, including one in which she is wearing nothing but a pair of sexy underwear.
Shockingly, Michael’s mom wasn’t inclined to put her son up for auction after learning about his crooked undertaking. Rather, she tells news reporters that she was shocked that the online auction site pulled the risque photos.
“They are quite artistic and there is nothing dodgy about them,” 44 year-old Jennifer told reporters.
Managers at the online auction site disagreed. They yanked all of the photos due to fears of becoming known as the “place where people list photos of their mums in their underwear.”
Clearly, this story proves that some kids are not above sinking to new lows to get back at their parents. It also serves as incentive to get rid of any incriminating photos you might have before your kids find them.
Fortunately, I’ve never posed in underwear… or less…
What about you?
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