Useless adviceAs a new parent, people seem to think it's OK to pass on any and every old wives tale possible. "Don't hug him too much". What? Quite what possesses people to pass on baseless, idiotic, useless advice I don't know.
That said, I quite often give car drivers directions and then, after they've moved off, realise that I've sent them down a bike-only route, so I can give as good as I get.
What useless advice have you been given (or handed out) recently?
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chthonic, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 10:29)
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"on becoming a father", by my dadi had a phone conversation with my father earlier today which could not have come at more opportune time, in terms of noticeboard fulfillment.
me and mrs me have been married 6 years now and havent cared at all for starting a family. only lately, when faced with teh choice of getting another dog or having a baby, did we think that it actually might be ok to start having kids.
so to summarise, mrs me is off the pill and i'm off the drink, which should go someway to improving our breeding programme. now i had to break this to my old boy earlier when he did the usual monthly phonecall where he made me feel inadequate for not yet siring a wean.
i told him about missing the drink, and i swear, this was his advice:
"never listen to that rubbish about drinking and pregnancy, me and your ma smoked and drank right up to when she went into labour. best thing to raise the sperm count is to have a pint of guinness and then put your balls in a bowl of cold water. it worked for me. twice"
how do i get that vision of my father with his bits in a pyrex bowl out of my mind? now i cant even look at my wife, let alone make the sweeeeeet looove.
(, Sun 22 Oct 2006, 22:27, Reply)
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