Family codes and rituals
Freddy 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?
( , Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
Freddy 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?
( , Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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Remember the opening sequence for "The Lion King"?
They start out with dawn on the Serengeti Plain, a low rumble of drums, and in the distance a lone male voice cries out something in a foreign language followed by a chorus of mail voices humming a chord.
To my kids it sounded like the voice was calling out "Pennsylvania!" followed by gibberish.
So after we got that movie on tape, the next time we drove from Virginia to New York and passed over the Maryland border I bellowed out, "Peeeeennsylvania welcomes you!" and hummed.
My kids still do that. And the oldest is in college.
( , Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:49, 9 replies)
They start out with dawn on the Serengeti Plain, a low rumble of drums, and in the distance a lone male voice cries out something in a foreign language followed by a chorus of mail voices humming a chord.
To my kids it sounded like the voice was calling out "Pennsylvania!" followed by gibberish.
So after we got that movie on tape, the next time we drove from Virginia to New York and passed over the Maryland border I bellowed out, "Peeeeennsylvania welcomes you!" and hummed.
My kids still do that. And the oldest is in college.
( , Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:49, 9 replies)
Well, to a Brit (me)
it sounds like "Aaaaaarsene Wengeeeeer! Knows-a-lot-about-football!"
I guess you have to be there really.
But I know what you mean.
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it sounds like "Aaaaaarsene Wengeeeeer! Knows-a-lot-about-football!"
I guess you have to be there really.
But I know what you mean.
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Agreed
it's definitely an ode to Arsene Wenger's managerial skills
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it's definitely an ode to Arsene Wenger's managerial skills
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Same here!
I didnt notice until the A+E nurse pointed it out though...
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I didnt notice until the A+E nurse pointed it out though...
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Good times
To me it sounds like "Aaaaaaaargh! Ya bender!" and then shortly after I swear someone sings "Konichiwa".
( , Fri 21 Nov 2008, 10:20, closed)
To me it sounds like "Aaaaaaaargh! Ya bender!" and then shortly after I swear someone sings "Konichiwa".
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hehe
To the mrs and her mum, that bit is 'Ahhhhh The Renyards!' as her sister has that surname..
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To the mrs and her mum, that bit is 'Ahhhhh The Renyards!' as her sister has that surname..
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I shall have to do this
on my way back to college (to New York, from Ohio).
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on my way back to college (to New York, from Ohio).
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