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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International date lineI flew into Heathrow from Tokyo at about 3am at the age of 16...
...I walked out of the customs hall to the crowd of relatives eagerly looking for loved ones, but I couldn't see my mum anywhere. I looked and looked. She wasn't there.
So I phoned home, "Why aren't you here to meet me?"
"You don't come home until Tuesday"
"It IS Tuesday!" I cried.
"No it's not!" said Mum.
Turns out the international date line is a bugger to work out first time you cross it.
Mum reluctantly came to get me, I mananged to get by for 2 hours on the 60p I had in my pocket.
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