One for the parents of the forum ...

[Night Train]

It sometimes happens the other way around, dad's don't always listen to their children.

Dad bought a tin of floor paint today. He said he was going to paint the concrete floor in his bathroom as it is always getting wet.

I had to remind him that the last time he wanted the bathroom updating I suggested I would dig up the concrete floor and put a DPC under it to stop the damp coming through. He declined and insisted it was a leaking bath. The bath was duly removed and a shower put in and the floor stayed damp.

I suggested to him that when it is time to refresh the bathroom again he should let me dig out the floor and put a DPC in.

 

[Norm]

Oh go on then.

<takes bait>

Why, what did he say?

<I thought you'd never ask>

Thanks, Arch and Archie, I was worried I'd have to bite on my own feed-line.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I often find myself saying thing to the kids that seem a bit random taken out of context, such as -

'Please don't lick your knees'

'Don't drag your forehead across the floor like that, you'll get a carpet burn'

Well they kind of made sense at the time!

 

[BearPear]

Someone on the radio a few weeks ago attributed this to Henry (the Fonz) Wrinkler.

'The time you realise your father was right is when you have kids who believe you are wrong.'

Ha ha ha ha!

I think that my mum & dad must have been stronger than me, they have a skill for keeping their opinions & advice to themselves unless asked. My parents are ace - I wonder if my 2 will think the same in 20 years!!

 

[Archie_tect]

Only once in frustration did I shout, "Because I say so!"

There was a stunned silence as the reality sank in.... dad shouted!

 

[Archie_tect]

<I thought you'd never ask>

Thanks, Arch and Archie, I was worried I'd have to bite on my own feed-line.

My aim is to please not to kill....

 

[swee'pea99]

When I was growing up, any enquiry along the lines of 'have you seen my x' would be greeted by my dad with the same response I give my kids now: 'I saw Cassie eating something...' (substitute name of pet.)

 

[goo_mason]

I don't have any children, but I have noticed worrying parental tendencies creeping in ...

One winter night, I was walking back from the local shops when I heard the sound of carol singing. I came round the corner and saw that the singers were a group of atrractive young women standing in the snow outside The Shoulder of Mutton. They were wearing Santa Claus jackets, sexy red knee-length boots topped in white, and even sexier matching red thongs. I looked at them as I was walking by and was startled to hear an echo of my late father's voice in my head ...

"They'll catch their death of cold dressed like that!"

I'm surprised Count Arthur Strong didn't nip out and have words with them first.

 

[Cubist]

I often find myself saying thing to the kids that seem a bit random taken out of context, such as -

'Please don't lick your knees'

'Don't drag your forehead across the floor like that, you'll get a carpet burn'

Well they kind of made sense at the time!

Yep, and my favourites so far are


"Stop licking the car."

" I think you've kissed the books enough now."

" Who has left a chicken bone in the bathroom sink? "

 

[stephec]

I don't have any children, but I have noticed worrying parental tendencies creeping in ...

One winter night, I was walking back from the local shops when I heard the sound of carol singing. I came round the corner and saw that the singers were a group of atrractive young women standing in the snow outside The Shoulder of Mutton. They were wearing Santa Claus jackets, sexy red knee-length boots topped in white, and even sexier matching red thongs. I looked at them as I was walking by and was startled to hear an echo of my late father's voice in my head ...



















"They'll catch their death of cold dressed like that!"

So did you stop to make sure they were ok?

 

[ColinJ]

So did you stop to make sure they were ok?

I felt pervy enough just worrying about them getting cold!

 

[summerdays]

Now I now I've turned into my Dad ... I have just used the words he used on me to describe a skirt .... "nice belt" .... on my own daughter.

 

[Hover Fly]

but do the kids use the same cheeky back-chat that you gave your parents?

 

[swee'pea99]

but do the kids use the same cheeky back-chat that you gave your parents?

My 12 year old does an excellent withering "funny" in response to my frequent witticisms.