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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My sister-in-law (no, not the crazy one)will totally deny this... When her 4 kids were little, she got sick of them staying up Christmas Eve and destroying her peace, quiet and Christmas cigarette. So she told them the Christmas Clown would get them if them didn't go to sleep! "He creeps around the outside of the house and peeks in the windows. If he sees that your eyes are open, he'll break in and claw your eyeballs out."
Jesus, Kitty!
In a few years she couldn't remember the whole clown thing and told the kids the Christmas Owl would scratch their eyes out if they didn't fall asleep right away.
She swears up and down it isn't true, but I vividly remember it and her kids were scared to death of clowns and owls for years. So I guess they were banned from being awake on Xmas Eve.
(, Sat 10 Mar 2007, 4:02, Reply)
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