Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "-SD-" > said:
> > denise~* wrote:
>
> > > > Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
> > > > years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or not.
> > > > If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.
> > >
> > > Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
> > > like...
> > >
> > > Yes, this is a daily exercize, but I thought I'd make the futile
> > > attempt at getting him to eat his breakfast. :-/
> >
> > I used to put the food down. In 20 minutes or so if it was eaten, it
> > was taken away.
>
> Sorry, I'm not getting this sentence. Why take it away if they're
> eating it? Or did you mean that if, after 20 minutes, the food was
> NOT getting eaten, you'd put it away? I can agree with that kind of
> thinking.

Typo,,,if it was NOT being eaten.

-SD-