Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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BoatMy Dad wistfully told me about how when he was a kid in a hard, grim northern town, he got bought a toy sailing boat. Oh how excited he was as my Grandad took him to the park to play with it!
They raced down to the pond, my Grandad put the boat on the water and pushed it off into the middle of the pool, where it stayed.
My Grandad was not prepared to get wet rescuing it so he shrugged his shoulders, said, "Tough" to my Dad (who was understandably upset) and off home they went, boatless.
Ah my poor Dad.
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abefroman skating on the thin life of modern life on, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 11:27,
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