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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Illness, Vomiting, HospitalOnce, when my Mum was very young and had both me (a boisterous, adventurous and perpetually destructive two year old) and my baby brother to deal with, she made the mistake of putting cleaning tablets, unwrapped, in a low cupboard.
I found them and ate them.
Having children myself now, I can only imagine my mother's panic-stricken reaction when her eldest son toddled into the living room foaming at the mouth.
This was my first, but by no means last, visit to hospital.
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disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 16 Aug 2007, 11:32,
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