> I mentioned on Rinkchat this morning that I would be going to California this summer on Vacation, and Ellmyruh suggested that I visit her. When I mentioned this to my parents, they went crazy.
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> (jumping into the middle)
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> ME: Yeah, but what's the chances that this person is going to kill me?
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> MOM: OHHH, Well, it could be one in....several thousand, but that one could be the one that you're befriending. Because it's just like saying "Gotta be careful about strangers or...or...letting people in, but if you let people in, how are the chances that you're, that you're getting killed, but you have to gaurd yourself against it, because if that is that one..."
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> ME: Fine, I'll get myself a....knife or something in case they happen to be an axe murderer.
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> DAD: Yeah, but what if it's a serial machine gun murderer?
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Funny, I've never heard of anyone killing machine guns :)