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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MotorbikesMost parents don't want you to get a motorbike.
My parents REALLY wanted me to get one. They loved bikes. My mum had two, my dad three, and his job was being a motorcycle policeman. He'd ride all day, come home, and go out on some death machine he'd put together.
One of my earliest memories was sitting on the tank of his police bike with his arms either side of me, going slowly up and down the road, with the siren on.
So at 17, my dad kept shoving motorbike catalogues under my nose, and pestering me to do my test, and all of that. How cool?
So, obviously, I got a bike?
No bloody way. Dad was also one of those cops who goes round schools to scare teenagers into riding their bikes safely. The house was full of pictures of mangled bikes, disabled teenagers, death and all-round motorcycle destruction.
Scared the shit out of me.
There was no way I was getting a bike.
Even now, to my parents disgust, I've only got a 125 and that's as fast as I want to go, thankyou very much. Though my dad's Triumph Deathbird 25000 what-ever-the-fuck-it's-called is a very nice colour.
(, Wed 14 Mar 2007, 20:24, Reply)
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