Strict ParentsI always thought my parents were quite strict, but I can't think of anything they actually banned me from doing, whereas a good friend was under no circumstances allowed to watch ITV because of the adverts.
This week's Time Out mentions some poor sod who was banned from sitting in the aisle seats at cinemas because, according to their mother, "drug dealers patrol the aisles, injecting people in the arm."
What were you banned from doing as a kid by loopy parents?
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chthonic, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 12:37)
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My sisterforbade her kids from watching "Animaniacs" because it was too violent. (She teaches Special Ed, in case you wondered.)
Had she ever actually watched an episode or two, she would have seen that it was really one of the most brilliantly written cartoons ever, with incredible references to classical literature and movies- but she was going by what she saw of Slappy Squirrel.
The irony? She (and I) used to watch "Tom & Jerry" and the Roadrunner back in the days before they censored them for violence. I pointed this out to her and noted that neither of us had ever dropped an anvil on anyone or pushed them off a mile high cliff, so cartoon violence was hardly a threat to the kids' mental health- but as I am the younger sibling and am not a Certified Teaching Professional who works with Disturbed Children, my opinions counted for naught.
So I rolled up the Acme cannon I had just ordered through the mail and blew all her hair off and turned her black. You should have seen her spong eyes goggling at me...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 8 Mar 2007, 16:49,
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