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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It's all coming back now...In return for being allowed a skive day off school I had to hoover the floor (I have no idea how I talked her into that one).
The hoover cable had been previously severed and re-joined using only wire-twisting and electrical tape and came apart when caught and stretched. Unable to finish the job in hand, I started to tidy the cable up and ended up getting an almighty electric shock from the bare wires on the end still plugged in. I phoned mother dearest at the office to tell her what had happened and received her sagely advice of "rub your feet on the carpet to take the electric out of you". WTF???! The carpet was wool anyway!!
This comical advice was then followed by telling me to get my brother to fix said cable when he got home so I could finish vacuuming!
(, Mon 20 Aug 2007, 15:48, Reply)
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