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chuckro ([personal profile] chuckro) wrote2010-02-22 02:23 pm

Amusing reading

Jethrien passed on an article and forum thread, both on the topic of amusing things parents say to their children.

From The Atlantic, Lamentations of the Father
"Bite not, lest you be cast into quiet time. Neither drink of your own bath water, nor of bath water of any kind; nor rub your feet on bread, even if it be in the package; nor rub yourself against cars, nor against any building; nor eat sand. Leave the cat alone, for what has the cat done, that you should so afflict it with tape?

From the New York Times, Parents Say the Darnedest Things
"Lipstick doesn't belong on your eye. If it did they would call it eyestick."
(I normally avoid the comments sections of major publications; they're not well-moderated and usually only slightly above the level of Youtube comments. This article, however, is worth reading the comments on.)

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2010-02-22 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The NY Times comments are better than average - there are still occasional really stupid people, but the posters frequently have interesting things to say and use actual grammar.

[identity profile] esprit-du-tigre.livejournal.com 2010-02-23 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely misread the last word of the first excerpt as "rape."

....muuuch funnier that way.

[identity profile] chuckro.livejournal.com 2010-02-23 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
...You are hereby forbidden to ever own a cat.

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2010-02-23 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Gah!