"Everyone thinks I'm a pothead" (Montréal)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Misha predicts his own death, Jeffrey obsesses about goldfish, Sarah worries that people think she's a pothead, and much more. Recorded live at La Sala Rossa in Montréal. ## Links ## Rate GRTTWaK in iTunes: https://goo.gl/BKe1ov Join the email newsletter: https://goo.gl/MebIFH Upcoming live events: https://goo.gl/VrG3T1 Photos from our Montréal event: https://goo.gl/UEoOI3 Twitter: http://twitter.com/GRTTWaK Instagram: http://instagram.com/GRTTWaK Facebook: http://facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	When Mark was 10, he made a Mother's Day card for his mom, and he included a few suggestions for improvement.
0:09.0	Happy Mother's Day. On the next page are a list of bad things that you do.
0:18.0	All you have to do is stop doing the bad things, and then you'll be the perfect mom.
0:26.2	Bad things you do.
0:28.8	My bedtime is too early.
0:31.6	My allowance is too low.
0:34.3	We shouldn't have to clean up the basement.
0:38.4	And lastly, you should both get higher paying jobs.
0:42.7	Thank you.
0:45.7	That's Mark, reading a Mother's Day card written when he was 10.
0:49.3	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:51.4	Ladies and gentlemen, holy smokes, this is it.
0:53.6	I'm here, you're here. We are all here together.
0:55.6	This is grown-ups, read things they wrote his kiss. Hello, Montreal. It's nice to see you.
1:01.6	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:08.1	This time recorded live at La Salarosa in Montreal, we have a Coke-addicted
1:12.7	prime minister, a 12-year-old's prediction of his own death, and letters from camp written 55 years ago.
1:21.6	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it can also help us understand who we are. So think
1:27.2	about who you were, when you were a kid, and it can also help us understand who we are. So think about who you were when you were a kid,
1:29.6	and stick around.
1:35.8	One of the things I love about kid writing is how singularly focused it can be.
1:41.3	Kids have the ability to latch on to something and not let go, sometimes to the
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