I can make pretend like the children are little bugs in my web
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Peter: I don't think I'm in the right place. I'm looking for a guy to entertain the kids at my son's birthday.
Man: Sure. I can do that.
Peter: You do children's parties?
Man: Yeah. I can do, like, a handstand, and some somersaults maybe. I can make pretend like the children are little bugs in my web.
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Tara2 What does the bold mean? The writers had him say that to underscore his unsuitability as an entertainer of children. He thinks that pretending to be a spider preparing to suck the life out of the children will entertain them, but it is guaranteed to frighten them.
- Tara2 What does the bold mean?
- The writers had him say that to underscore his unsuitability as an entertainer of children.
- He thinks that pretending to be a spider preparing to suck the life out of the children will entertain them, but it is guaranteed to frighten them.
- The man is revealed as a lying weirdo.
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Tara2What does the bold mean?
The writers had him say that to underscore his unsuitability as an entertainer of children. He thinks that pretending to be a spider preparing to suck the life out of the children will entertain them, but it is guaranteed to frighten them. The man is revealed as a lying weirdo.
0Tara2I can make pretend like the children are little bugs in my web.
By the way, the standard English for this is
I can pretend that the children are ....
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