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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I'm sure there are others but right now I can only think of this one...My family has an ironclad rule that if you start to say something you have to finish it. I've slightly added to it by referring to it as Martin's Law no. 40793.6 (or any other random number). This results in conversations like this:
"I tell you what, I'm... nah, actually never mind"
"Nope, sorry. You've got to tell me now. Martin's Law 3099764.2 you know."
"D'oh, but I don't want to tell you"
"Martin's Law 405528.7..."
"Alright, I was just going to say I'm really starting to think you're a twat!"
I've been caught out with this several times myself, and sadly whenever it happens I invariably can't think fast enough to come up with a plausible alternative to what I was going to say.
(, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 8:36, Reply)
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