Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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Terrible, Horrible ParentingMy Mom is crazy and not with us in this dimension ,
My mother apparently had a hard life as a young girl... my sister and I used to have our story time start as a fairy book reading, but ended with mom weeping on how her brother teased her at 15, and me and my sister cowering in a corner...
Some well loved quotes:
"How do you like them chickens" (when she was winning at chess)
(when my boyfriend broke up with me for a blond) - "Get a blond wig - or dye your hair"
(when my sister had a morning flight after 9/11) - "I'm worried about your sister after all the terrorism, but she does have an early flight" (so terrorists only terrorise in the afternoon...)
A rule on life:
Don't pinch your pimples - it damages your brain.
Lice is a fact when you have kids:
Mom insisted the school nurse check us for lice one day - nothing like having the nurse call you out of class for lice check at 7yrs old. There was no scare for lice in the school, she just read an article and got worried.
The highlight was when I was reprimanded for eating an entire can of tunafish - "That could have made 2 sandwiches! Apologise to your Father!". (we weren't that poor).
God love Mom.
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