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 just got an email from my dadAs mentioned here, my dad used to hide a minature john wayne around his house when he was younger.
When I was 12 or 13, I got my first camera, went a bit mad photographing the dogs, and ended up with lots of pictures of garden with a tiny dog at one end or running out of the field of view, so I cut the dogs out, and started sticking them around the house (as one does). This caught on, and now, 13 years later, we still have a picture of Evelyn, our now oldest dog (he's nearly 14) which has been hidden all round the kitchen.
Anyway, Dad emailed me to say he found the Evelyn (which I hid in July), and he's moved it.
I'll be home for 2 days in December, and I reckon I'll spend most of that time in the kitchen, pretending to chat to mum, but mainly looking for that damned picture.
Long distance hide and seek is the best!
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ascorbate, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 15:12,
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evelyn? HE???but evelyn is a girl's name!
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 19:23,
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what about Evelyn Waugh?or John Evelyn, the diarist?
but yes, it is normally a girl's name.
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ascorbate, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:24,
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