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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Have posted this beforebut it is quite apt. My sister-in-law, whom I love and is one 0f the kid's fave aunties, told her children if they didn't go to bed early on Christmas Eve (and leave her alone) the Christmas Owl would fly in the window and scratch their eyes out. Later it was the Christmas Clown with long, sharp, dirty fingernails who would claw their eyes out if he saw them open on Christmas Eve.
She denies it now, but I remember.
(, Mon 20 Aug 2007, 21:18, Reply)
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