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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Bloody DadWhenever we were driving and the milometer almost got to a large and particuarly 'important' number, for example 50,000, my father would whip us all up into a frenzy of excitement.
Dad: Hey kids! We are at 19990 miles, only 10 miles before 20,000 miles! Something Amazing Is Going To Happen!
Us(me and 2 sisters): Aaaaagh! what's that number! Is it like a million or something? Arrrghg! What's going to happen!?!
Dad: Hey Kids! Get ready! one mile to go!
Us: Aaaaagh! Aaaaargh! Whats going to happen? Aaaaargh!
Dad: Ok, we are at B&Q now, lets park.
Us: What about 20 thousandy miles? Arrrgh!
Dad: Oh that was ages ago.
Us: Aaaaargh!
On other occasions he would make us watch the numbers turning over and over in silence especially when we were on holiday. When we got to the 'milestone', he would shrug and turn on Dire Straits.
The scary thing now is that I was driving the other day and the milometer was almost at 15,000 and I started to get excited and showed my girlfriend in the passenger seat. She was like, WTF?
I know I will be forced by genetic imperative to do the same to my kids when I spawn 'em.
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Oh yes - we've done thisI particularly remember my father calling us all out to Asda because his clapped-out Mini estate had reached 99,999 miles and was about to go round the clock.
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ousgg is not seeking approval, Sun 23 Nov 2008, 13:07,
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I do this, almost compulsivelyI'm still a bit gutted that my dad was borrowing my car when it passed 123456 :(
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i have a photo of when my car reached 80085:)
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mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 23 Nov 2008, 21:20,
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I love mileometer stuffI hate it when people reset my trip counter, as I have carefully set it to 000.0 at the exact moment that the main mileometer reached a multiple of 1000. This gives fun things like 03333 (333.3) and 007007 (007.0). Yeah, sad.
However, this habit allowed me, not too long ago, to watch the mileometer in my battered old Ford Puma to go from 99999 (999.9) to 00000 (000.0), half-way up the M11.
I was smugly happy for the rest of the day, and now that I come to think back, I'm still smugly happy now.
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Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Tue 25 Nov 2008, 22:38,
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