ODD
Whilst sat stood sweating like a feverish pig in an abattoir holding room on the tube today, I picked up a discarded Metro in an attempt to distract myself from the foetid, sweaty horror of other commuters and came across a story about some revolting sprog who'd received an ASBO.

Mother: "My son shouldn't be given an ASBO because he has ODD."

ODD? Apparently it stands for "Oppositional Defiant Disorder," and the symptoms are that whenever an authority figure gives an instruction, the childbeast does the opposite.

Call me cynical, but that's not a fucking disorder. That's your child being an objectionable little shit, madam. "Needs treatment," my bilious arse.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 9:54, 16 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I read that...
...seems to me like Mr Slipper needs to pay a visit to bottyland.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 25 Jun 2009, 9:59, Reply)

Isn't it standing?
But anyway, yeah, that's ridiculous.

I do think MingTFU is the best way to deal with a lot of things.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:01, Reply)

I think
both are acceptable

"Whilst standing, sweating..."...yeah, that works. I think "stood, sweating" is probably correct if you're going for a slightly more theatrical style*...where are Enzyme or Chickenlady to correct me on these things?


*_{Does that make me a complete ponce?}
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 11:25, Reply)

I'm on holiday from work so my brain has officially switched off
'stood sweating' sounds fine to me, can't remember what tense it is though...past historic? past pluperfect? God knows.
In my book if it sounds okay it probably is - living language and all that.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:43, Reply)

No
It is a disorder. In medicine, a disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance [Wikipedia]. Whether the disorder is caused by infection, genetic illness, hormonal imbalances, upbringing or anything else doesn't matter.

That's not to say that the mother isn't a twat for thinking her son shouldn't be given an ASBO because of his behaviour. You need to take responsibility for your behaviour regardless of the reasons behind it.
( Captain V, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:04, Reply)

Ah, now that's an interesting definition.
So "ODD" could actually be a medical definition for "child needs cunting in the fuck" - in the same way that doctors have to refer to a "large, male habitus" instead of "a fat bloke," when talking about a patient within earshot.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

Yes and no
It is something that should be taken seriously because about 50% of children that would fit the criteria for ODD will develop conduct disorder if left untreated.

It's a medical definition for a badly behaved child with associated therapies for changing this behaviour. I expect that cunting them in the fuck would more than likely make things worse as coercion is a poor way of enacting the kinds of changes desired. Treating it like an illness rather than a disorder is just as bad.

I might look this up in my textbooks at home as the info I've found on the net is a bit crap.
( Captain V, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 11:47, Reply)

Another invented disease
is a song by the manics from their 1991 album "Generation Terrorist"
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:09, Reply)

Another example
of why sound beatings should be reintroduced.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:14, Reply)

sound beating sterilisation.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Both
For both of them.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:24, Reply)

This works

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:24, Reply)

Seconded

(Apathyman Prepare to be underwhelmed..., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 11:15, Reply)

In Hull?
Why is this supposed to be news?
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

It made a change
from the usual dross about the local football team. Since they've sneaked into the premiership last year, it's been mentioned in every copy of the Hull Daily Mail ever since. And discussed in exquisite detail on Radio Slumberside and KC fm.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

But there's the incinerator furore......

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 12:23, Reply)