Strict ParentsI always thought my parents were quite strict, but I can't think of anything they actually banned me from doing, whereas a good friend was under no circumstances allowed to watch ITV because of the adverts.
This week's Time Out mentions some poor sod who was banned from sitting in the aisle seats at cinemas because, according to their mother, "drug dealers patrol the aisles, injecting people in the arm."
What were you banned from doing as a kid by loopy parents?
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chthonic, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 12:37)
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GladiatorsMy parents weren't all that strict, just classic liberal do-gooder parents. But they didn't like violence. Really didn't like violence. And whilst they found it easy enough to keep me and my bro from watching most of the naughty films that were on late, there was one consistent challenge to their authority.
Gladiators.
It was on too early, so we knew it was there. It was on every week, and every other bugger at school always watched it. It had a referee with a silly accent that made my dad laugh, so he figured we should probably be allowed to watch it.
Eventually, my mum cracked. Me and my brother settled down to see what all the excitement was about. It. Was. Brilliant. By the time the first adbreak came on we were both pretty hyped.
At that point my mum walked in to find me and my brother, both stood on the coffee table, both holding long circular cushions, and both beating the living shit out of each other with them in a great impression of our favourite Gladiators. We never did get to watch it again after that.
(, Sun 11 Mar 2007, 17:18, Reply)
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