Helicopter ParentsBack when young ScaryDuck worked in the Dole office rather than simply queuing in it, he had to deal with a claimant brought in by his mum. She did all the talking. He was 40 years old.
Have you had to deal with over-protective parents? Get your Dad to tell us all about it.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Sep 2009, 15:13)
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helicockterMy (very bright and literate) daughter until recently called helicopters 'helicockters'. When we finally (at age 12) told her, she didn't believe us until we showed her it in the dictionary.
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A friend of minehad the same thing with milk, insisting it was "lilt." Everyone though it was too funny to correct her.
She was 15 when she learned the horrible truth.
(The lie was that "milk" was a brand name)
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.I knew someone who, until the age of 14, could never pronounce "spaghetti". She always called it "greasy flaps".
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browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 16:03,
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My son still callsthem "Ritmas Trees"
Oh Ritmas Tree etc etc
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The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 20:19,
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Why the fuck does your son call helicopters "Ritmas Trees"?(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 22:32, closed)
ThisIs nearly abuse. Goes back to the Lies your Parents Told You qotw. My stepdad told his daughter doner kebabs were elephant legs. Believed it until she was 14 or so.
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Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Thu 17 Sep 2009, 13:14,
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