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?
(
chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
« Go Back
Hurry Up!Spikeypickles earlier story of putting his kid to bed has reminded me of a little night time routine we used to have at our house until I totally ruined it.
Way back in the mists of time when my eldest was still an only child and still in nappies my wife would easily get him to sleep by gently rocking him while singing somewhere over the rainbow, a family tradition on her side.
This routine was ruined at our place after ‘the Rainbow Island incident’.
One Saturday afternoon my other half decided to pop out shopping while I stopped at home and entertained my son. Bison Jnr was teething and was in a very grumpy mood, I had tried to calm him down with a bottle and rock him from side to side while singing the instrumental version of somewhere over the rainbow and this seemed to stop him crying temporarily......until I realised that my brain was using the rendition of the song was the one used on the Amiga game Rainbow Island (For those who have no idea about the game, it was a platform game about two kids that had the ability to fire rainbows who had to work their way up the screen and avoid the ever rising water level. The levels had a time limit and when the time was running out the music would quicken in pace, making you jump as fast as possible before the water level killed you.)
I therefore reached a point where I stopped, made the warning sound and increased the speed of my singing and the speed of which I was rocking him. My son loved it and laughed his ass off all afternoon, but the whole night-time routine was ruined after that as every time my son hears somewhere over the rainbow he makes the warning sound and expected you to swing him round as fast as possible.
Nowadays whenever we hear that song my eldest will still do the warning sound.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 15:43, 2 replies)
rainbow islands!awesome game! it was my sister's game, so i never managed to play it for long enough to make it to monster island, which was a bit of a pisser.
still loved it, though.
(
Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 16:10,
closed)
aah yesHow did that sound go? Sort of a woooOOO, woooOOO, woooOOO!
(
The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 18:21,
closed)
« Go Back