"When a sign says 'keep away from children,' to whom are they referring?

In response to last week’s question, "When a sign says 'keep away from children,' to whom are they referring?,"  my neighbor Al replied, "If you are talking to my parole officer he's talking about me.  If it concerns poison or heavy equipment.. the children."

My dad's beach buddy Bob cautioned, "Everybody who hasn't taken a course on the subject to protect themselves from a lawsuit," to which my temple friend Bob suggested, "my uncle Leo."

My talented piano playing friend Ira shared, "Obviously they are referring to the children's parents, specifically when the children are being pains in the neck or elsewhere."   My social media friend Mark concurred, "They are talking to my wife. She does everything she can to 'keep away from children.' "

My networking friend Andrew explained, "'Keep away' is a game children play, so it means that this game originated (came 'from') children."

And my sailing friend Bradley  acknowledged, "When they say 'keep away from children,' I think they are referring to loaded rifles, handguns, and muskets (unloaded ones are fine if you don’t mind cleaning slobber off them), battle axes, racing motorcycles, big pointy knives, attack dogs (the ones that attack randomly, not the trained kind), explosives, high voltage electricity, deranged wildlife, hunting arrows, torches, and my girlfriend's cooking.  Basically anything in and around my house.  At least that’s what my former friends with small children tell me.  Apparently I’m not very good with the ‘child-proofing’ concept."

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Hal

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