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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Nothing major...I think my Dad was/is terrified I'd get heavily into Politics. I was not allowed to watch "Citizen Smith" as a kid (my nan grassed me up once when I tried to sneak a look. The Witch), and when "The Young Ones" was on, watching it was fine, but if I called anyone a "Fascist" (as Rik Mayall did) he'd get very upset and say "One day you will say that to a commie and he'll bop you on the nose". He also had a thing about me not joining political social groups "to use the pool tables" (I dont much like it anyway). I dont get where this political worry came from - Im not aware of anyone in our family coming a cropper or anything. Odd.
Other than that my folks are cool. I could watch ITV (is that a good thing ?), my love of Heavy metal was never repressed (beyond the occasional comment about "Cant they sing about something nice for once"), my passion for military stuff was encouraged...odd.
(, Sun 11 Mar 2007, 20:21, Reply)
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