Overheard - contributed by shopper on 08/21/2008

  

Why?....Really, Why?

Little Girl: (in shopping cart) I want cookies.
Mother: Not today.
Little Girl: Why?
Mother: Because they're not good for you.
Little Girl: Why?
Mother: Because they're filled with sugar.
Little Girl: Why?
Mother: (pauses) Because I said so.
Little Girl: Why?
Mother: Are you going to stop that?
Little Girl: Why?
Mother: (sighs. grabs cookies from shelf, hands them to girl.)
Little Girl: Why? (smiles, cradles box in her lap.) ...overhear more

--Overheard in: Supermarket, Morristown NJ--

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