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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Monster Munch...This is an odd one.
My parents were always fairly laid back, they didn't mind me staying out late as long as they knew where I was, didn't mind me drinking a bit before I was 18, were just generally cool.
Except for whenever I was younger, for some reason, my mother took a notion that neither myself or my two brothers should ever eat Monster Munch crisps. Why? Because they contained dreaded 'e-numbers', which some piece of hysterical literature she'd come across said they fuck you up.
Needless to say, soon enough this came up in conversation with friends, who mocked me relentlessly for it. In fact, it still comes up from time to time, despite maybe 8 years having passed, usually when one of them is eating Monster Munch. Bastards.
(, Thu 15 Mar 2007, 0:04, Reply)
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