So I hear...

Last night on 20/20, Barbara Walters did a show about children living as the other sex. Now, I'm not going to come in here and cause a big fuss about how the parents letting their children live as the other sex after they say "I wanna be a [other sex]" is the same as letting them join the fire department when they say "I wanna be a fireman," even though it is pretty much the same thing.
No, this entry is because of one line that Barbara said to a little boy who was living as a girl.
They came in close to Barbara's face as they were going to start a sit down segment with her and the child. The first thing out of Barbara's mouth, I s*** you not:

So, I hear you have a snake.

Yes, perhaps I have a dirty mind, or perhaps I just caught on to somebody's intended joke, but either way, it was a cruelly ironic bit of comedy.
Naturally, we found out seconds later that the kid actually had a snake... a pet snake... the actual animal... and thus Barbara probably didn't intend any comedy here. But, I have a feeling one of the show's editors either cut it just right for the joke or noticed how it could be taken, and left it alone. Personally, I don't care. The line cracked me up either way, and it still gives me a chuckle now.

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