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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Vietnamese Cyclo DriverMy current girlfriend is Vietnamese. Her parents still live in Vietnam and are very traditional. They are lovely people, very humble and accommodating. They don’t have a lot of money. The family business has been as owner-drivers of a cyclo: one those three wheeled bicycle things where people sit in the back and get taken around in a human powered taxi. They have been doing it for generations and the same contraption has been passed down from great-grandfather to grandfather to father to son and no doubt this will continue. Apparently there is great ceremony and pomp associated with handing the business to the offspring. After all it is a family rickshaw.
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 8:05,
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Lorks...That's it, you've got me started now...
My advice to everybody is to run away from the QotW screaming before I post my pun.
you have been warned...
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 27 Nov 2008, 8:33,
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Better be funnier than my pathetic joke
and I am sure it will be - how could it not
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 9:16,
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It cracks me up when people say"My current grilfriend".
It sounds as though you are planning to upgrade her in the near future like a car or a mobile phone.
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I am. Got anything good to trade? Pokemon?
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 9:42,
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Mine's GermanShe is very efficient and can take a punch.
I wouldnt mind some of that 'long-time' lovin' though.
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Okies. Just do a weekend swap maybe and see how we feel after that? I'll chuck in a case of beer too as mine has a few dents.
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enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 9:48,
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Probably best you keep the beerYou'll need it and Ze German runs on the stuff.
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Starship Troopers PhilosophyIn my misogynist youth I adhered to the Starship Troopers Philosophy of Girlfriend Management.
"You're my girlfriend until I find someone better or you die."
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