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Phrase: Be no angel
In the old Westerns, the bad guys wore black hats, and the good guys wore white ones.
However, real life is not so black and white. (heh)
Everyone, no matter how ‘good’ or ‘angelic’ they are, has times when they are no angel.
What that means is there are times when everyone misbehaves.
When I lived in Izumisano, I worked with an American guy who often purchased a child ticket for the Midosugi subway line whenever we went to Osaka.
When you put the child ticket into a subway gate, it sounds different from the chime for an adult ticket.
He was often caught but got away with it by feigning he didn’t understand Japanese.
This was over 20 years ago, and now he’s a lawyer in the States.
He’s a prosecutor.
I wonder if his wife or employer knows he was no angel in his youth.
To be no angel, you don’t have to do bad stuff; you only need to do things that are out of character.
How many mothers have had a beer or two when they were underage?
How many fathers who preach the benefits of hard work and dedication skipped classes in high school or uni because they didn’t want to go?
See, we’ve all had our moments when we were no angels.
You are probably waiting with bated breath for me to reveal what my little transgressions were or maybe still are.
Well, as I said yesterday, the police could be watching.
I’ll keep them to myself until the statute of limitations is up.
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