In todays society your answers make perfect sense. Now for the people who can't be pleased ever no matter what you say, your screwed. lol I guess telling them that she was a spy who slept with and killed the enemy wouldn't be acceptable?

I would have said she's a spy and she's trying to get secrets from that man and nothing else. Sometimes a simple truth is easier than a messy lie.

I would follow up with this is fantasy and if they play spies I expect them to keep their clothes on!

Great thread. Did you seriously say this to the kids ? If so you are my hero - great way to think on your feet. You should do a podcast where the kids ask questions about any sort of objectionable pinball artwork and you get some pinball 'experts' who try to stumble to answer them.

growing up i thought he was a magician and she was his assistant

What are you going to do if they start playing Doctor

Before reading this thread, I still thought that lol. I guess I never really looked to closely at the backglass.

First saw the Mata Hari in a bowling Alley in Delaware, summer of 1979 and that’s exactly the same thing I thought they were. (And probably for a few years afterwards).

You ought to try explaining the Aladdin’s Castle genie with flashing titty-tassels to an inquisitive 5 year old boy. Lots of stuttering and stammering.

What do you tell your wife about Mata Hari?

Had EXACTLY the same experience over the holidays with my 7 yr old grand-daughter. Except it was Paragon.
So I asked her what she thought was happening. She thought the lion was going to eat the lady but the man was going to kill the lion.
Works for me - heck, I don't know what the story is there.

That's exactly what you should do - reflect back and let them answer. Then say, "That's a good idea!"