# Once in a while..

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-while/120505
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 24, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-while/120505 "2002-07-24T03:14:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-while/120505/1 "2002-07-24T03:14:34Z")

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[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=1&cid=578&u=/nm/20020724/ts\_nm/crime\_erica\_dc\_8](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=1&cid=578&u=/nm/20020724/ts_nm/crime_erica_dc_8)

Once in a while these things work out. I can hardly imagine the bravery and the inner resources of that little girl.

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### Author: ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-while/120505/2 "2002-07-24T03:35:16Z")

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And she’ll carry that experience for the rest of her life.

Good for her, and shame on the pigs who did it.

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### Author: ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-while/120505/3 "2002-07-24T03:55:51Z")

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What an awesome little girl! I only wish the others had the same good fortune.