[JenB]

Neither will most properly-raised children.

Shudder. I don't like to think what would have happened if I'd ever come home past, oh, nine o'clock if I hadn't cleared it beforehand.

[TalonDJ]

come home past, oh, nine o'clock

To me that does not compute... where would I have been that late?

[Oberon]

Shudder. I don't like to think what would have happened if I'd ever come home past, oh, nine o'clock if I hadn't cleared it beforehand.

I was known as the "good kid," so, paradoxically, I could get away with murder on the few occasions when I actually wanted to act out.