I know- I can't believe it, either. Me!
Their Mother!
How dare they... I mean,
... I have never... In all my life...
I am aghast!
Well, their favorite trick is to put this despicable, nasty, awful fake- completely fake- cockroach near me when I least expect it and watch me startle and let out a mild "shriek" every time I see it. I mean, it looks fake when you look straight on. But, when you just catch it out of the corner of your eye- which is what apparently always happens to me- it can be convincing. I jump and "eek" every time they do it.
Every.
Single.
Time.
It never fails. It is completely ridiculous! It is especially effective when I am preoccupied with something; be it homework, or making dinner, or reading, or paying bills, or any number of things. One of my little punk daughters will just casually set it near me and when I catch sight of it from the corner of my eye- it is an autonomic reflex. I have no control over it. I do that little "jump-startle" thing with my body, I let out a shriek- not really a shriek, because it isn't loud and shrill. But, a "startled noise"- you know what I'm talking about.
And, I think now that they have done it so many times and I still have the very same response, it is just that much more amusing to them.
Children. Li'l cockroaches!
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| Completely fake cockroach, but the blasted thing gets me every time! |
