Many years ago I took a small gaggle of kids (4 preschoolers plus a baby) to see a new Disney movie. It was a weekday matinee so the theatre wasn't crowded. We were seated on our row and I was nursing my youngest knowing that he would sleep through the the whole movie if I kept still.

Shortly before the film started a grandmother with big hair (Southern style) came in with a few kids and sat down directly in front of one of my little ones, completely blocking his view and obstructing the view of the kids on either side of him. I was very friendly and polite and asked if she wouldnt mind scooting down a few seats. In the textbook example of snideness, she responded with “"no, my kids are settled. If yours can't see, they can move.”

Ok, the theatre is virtually empty and she won't move. My initial instinct was to plop down in front of her kids but that would lower myself to her level and set a really bad example for all the young ones involved. So I just directed my kids to hop up and move to the other side of me, no big deal.

Then as the lights went down, my son said "here Mommy” and placed a record-sized booger in my hand. He'd never done that before and hasn't since, but at the time, I considered it a gift from God.

Big Hair was sitting two seats down the row in front of me. I carefully placed, aimed and flicked. Bulls Eye! Her hand went to her hair and patted around. She turned towards us but we were engrossed in the previews. The kids loved the movie…..Little Mermaid if I remember correctly….but I was more entertained by the woman patting her hair every few minutes throughout the show.

I gave her the sweetest grin as we left.