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Date: 10 July 2006 11:45:25
I invented an ancient chinese saying.
Most people know of the saying "May you live in interesting times" and how it's generally held to be a curse although some people view it as a blessing.
In the same vein I found myself contemplating the thought "May your children grow up to be like you". I'm sure there are some who would view that as a blessing of the highest order. I'm not one of those, and I find myself thinking this thought every time my kids do something stupid or terrible or really bizarre that I can so easily recognize as being exactly what I would have done in the circumstances, at least at their age (and sometimes without that last qualification). So it's a curse, but a fairly safe prophecy as well. Sigh.