Children are universally quiet (and appreciated) when asleep.
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Holy mackerel! I was just going over the thread and spotted your Spanky and Our Gang photo! Great minds! I post them right after you and only now just found out.
It took me a while to post the picture once I found it, so we might have come up with the idea at the same time.
Before posting the photo I read up a bit on them. First surprise was how many different casts there were and that it went as far back as the 1920s. Maybe it was reading that Petey was a pitbull that did it.
Did you read the bios of the Little Rascals? Sadly, many of them died young.