Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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monopolyi have no idea how it started, but for some reason, every time i play monopoly with my brother and/or sisters, we have this weird little thing we do whenever someone lands on electric company.
we all, as one, chant "e-lec-tric-com-pa-ny!" and pound the table seven times.
as i say, none of us can remember why.
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:10,
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Could it be something.....to do with Eddie Grants old song, sung like "E-lec-tric-a-ve-nue"
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jonbontempi, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 19:32,
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i don't think sowe've been doing it for almost 30 years
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 20:40,
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the next lineis 7 syllables long
As in "We're gonna rock down to/E-lec-tric-av-en-ue/And then we'll take it higher"
So clearly eddie grant was listening to them play Monopoly and copied them...
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 12:04,
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I remember a tv show with that nameIt was on ages ago in America and I remember having seen some episodes when I was a little girl.
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a t.v show called electric company?never heard of it. being an englisher, the only american shows i really watched as a kid were the A-team, the muppets and laverne and shirley
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 12:24,
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seven times?E
lec
tric
com
pa
ny
is only six syllables... puzzled.
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sanityclause is waiting until, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 13:44,
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i knowwe don't hit the table till after we've said it. i don't even remember who started it.
i'm going to ask my sister.
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 14:20,
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hmA bit like the tune to The Addams Family? That has a sort of banging noise after they sing 'The A-dams Fa-mi-lee'?
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a bit like that, yesmy sister said my brother started it, but when i asked him why, he told me to fuck off.
i hate my brother.
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 18:41,
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