Dr Adri reporting for internet random storytime duty!
In my waiting room today I heard a 14 yo convince his 5yo sister that all humans are born with tails but since they've become obsolete, they're removed at birth like umbilical chords. He then proceeded to explain that only great-grandparents and some grandparents still had their tails since they were born before it was common to remove them at birth. The 5yo looked completely skeptical until the woman sitting next to them leaned over and said, "It's true. Had to beg my own parents to let me have mine removed when I was ten after the other kids picked on me in school, just so I'd fit in."
It was fabulous. Thought the kid's dad was going to have a heart attack from holding in his laughter as he listened.
This has reminded me of when my youngest brother lost his first tooth. (this...was only like 9 or 10 years ago now??) He was so excited because my stepmonstermother - I'm sorry, I mean the tooth fairy - gave him $5. (inflation, amiright??) He pretty much carried it around for a week waving it around in people's (family/friends) faces telling them the story. He did this to me while I was home for a vist. I congratulated him...and then proceeded directly to: "Man! I bet you can't wait until the leg fairy comes, huh? That'll be a whole $20!" When asked about this mysterious leg fairy, I dutifully explained that once his kid legs fell off, his adult legs would start to grow in - the downside is he'd have to hop around on his butt for a year or so, but, hey, he'd have the $20, so, even stevens, right?
He was inconsolable for hours. ...My stepmonstermother was pisssssssssed. Which was pretty glorious, despite the repeated reminders through the entire rest of my visit home that I was a terrible human. Imagine her surprise when I kindly informed her that I learned this hilarious trick from my father, her husband, after I lost my first tooth and got a 50 cent piece stuck under my pillow.