Strict ParentsI always thought my parents were quite strict, but I can't think of anything they actually banned me from doing, whereas a good friend was under no circumstances allowed to watch ITV because of the adverts.
This week's Time Out mentions some poor sod who was banned from sitting in the aisle seats at cinemas because, according to their mother, "drug dealers patrol the aisles, injecting people in the arm."
What were you banned from doing as a kid by loopy parents?
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chthonic, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 12:37)
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The comic they tried to banMy parents were pretty laid back, but a mate who lived up the road had all kinds of odd rules. One of the things his parents had banned from the house was The Beano.
Yes, The Beano. Dennis the Menace, the Bash Street Kids and Biffo the Bear were somehow unsuitable. However, Whizzer and Chips (a vastly inferior alternative) was allowed. I shit you not.
The upshot of this was if he ever came round my house after school, all he wanted to do was read Beanos.
Anyway, I once lent him a few to read at home, and he must have got into some trouble because some time later his Dad bumped into my Mum and gave her quite a talking to. It actually took her several minutes to realise he wasn't taking the mickey, but was actually pretty pissed off.
(, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 21:34, Reply)
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