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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Thirsty /thursday and big squeeze little squeezeWhen the both the little happyjoys were realising what words were if they asked for a drink I would ask why they wanted one and if they said they were thirsty I would say no , its tuesday ( or whatever day it was ) ,if it happened on a thursday I would praise them for getting the day right . I suppose it was a lesson in phonemes and intonation but once they realised the deal they did get quite creative in trying to avoid saying the word thirsty , and quite often we all collapsed laughing. They're ten and fourteen now , and we still do it occasionally.
We also used to play big squeeze little squeeze where you say big squeeze is little squeeze and little squeeze is big squeeze then ask which they would like . They ask for a big squueze so you give them a little one , you get the picture . I guess this one was about the arbitrary nature of meaning.
They fuck you up , your mun and dad ,as someone once said
(, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 13:57, 3 replies)
They fuck you up, your mum and dadI belive it was Philip Larkin who said it.
www.artofeurope.com/larkin/lar2.htm
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my Munis in the other room right now :)
(, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 20:08, closed)
reminds me of my mumwe were at a family gathering not so long ago and my cousin's 5 year old daughter was there. I can't remember exactly what my mum said but it was pun that the adults got but which just left the kid frowning. At which my mum smiled and said jokingly "i love confusing children".
At which point my life started to make sense.
(, Tue 25 Nov 2008, 18:03, closed)
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