"We looked and smelled deadly" (Halifax)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Renee finds herself in an 8th-grade love triangle, Gordon writes short fiction about crime-fighting insects, Sarah confesses to petty crime, and much more. Recorded live at The Company House in Halifax, NS.

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0:00.0	When Leanne was eight, she lost a tooth.
0:03.0	So she left it under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy, along with this letter.
0:08.0	Dear Tooth Fairy, how are you? I'm fun.
0:12.0	So do you have a lot of teeth?
0:16.0	If you can, please clean my room.
0:29.1	My phone number is 235-0384.
0:31.3	So call me, please.
0:40.4	That's Leanne, asking the tooth fairy to go above and beyond the call of duty.
0:42.9	I'm Dan Meisner, and this... This is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:46.1	Hello, it's nice to see you.
0:48.1	Holy smokes.
0:49.8	Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
0:53.2	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:59.9	This time recorded live in Halifax, we have petty crimes committed by a nine-year-old, an eighth-grade love triangle, and short fiction about an insect that fights crime.
1:11.4	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it has a lot to say,
1:15.6	not only about who we were, but about who we are today.
1:19.3	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:26.0	A big part of growing up is breaking the rules, doing things you're not supposed to and trying
1:31.5	your best to not get caught. When our next reader, Tony was 12, she and her friends did get caught
1:38.4	doing something they weren't supposed to be doing. They got caught smoking cigarettes.
1:43.5	Now Tony wrote all about this in her diary. And as a
1:47.3	quick heads up, her diary does include a few cuss words, which we do not bleep. Also, as Tony explained
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