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Get your %^&$ shoes off the coffee table! and other rules you had then and now

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Rules you had growing up or that you have now

1. No electronics at dinner table

2. If you're the last one leaving the room, turn off the fucking lights.

3. don't leave 1 or 2 bites of something and put it back in the icebox.  This includes cereal in the pantry.

4. All toilet lids are down when you finish.  Solves the idiotic argument of seat up or down.  Same for e'ryone.

5. Shut the fuck up during big sporting events or TV shows.  It can wait.

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10 minutes ago, slorch said:

Rules you had growing up or that you have now

1. No electronics at dinner table

2. If you're the last one leaving the room, turn off the fucking lights.

3. don't leave 1 or 2 bites of something and put it back in the icebox.  This includes cereal in the pantry.

4. All toilet lids are down when you finish.  Solves the idiotic argument of seat up or down.  Same for e'ryone.

5. Shut the fuck up during big sporting events or TV shows.  It can wait.

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No such thing as electronics when I was growing up

8 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

No such thing as electronics when I was growing up

You're older than this?

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8 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

No such thing as electronics when I was growing up

yep.  Same here.  Damned sure no walkmens or any shit like that though, either.  No sitting at the dinner table  and talking on the (corded) phone.

16 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Icebox?

yeah, that appliance in which you put be... or sodas that you want to stay cold.

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7 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

You're older than this?

Basic Fun Classic, Retro Handheld Football Electronic Game, One Size Fits All

The basketball one was better. I can still here the beeps in my head.

2 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

The basketball one was better. I can still here the beeps in my head.

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Uhh don't drink from the milk bottle 

Yes sir and yes ma'am

Don't smart talk your elders

The rest took care of itself.

 

 

40 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

No such thing as electronics when I was growing up

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30 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

You're older than this?

Basic Fun Classic, Retro Handheld Football Electronic Game, One Size Fits All

Loved that game.

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Told my smart assed kid no electronics during dinner. Little fucker calmly got up, placed his tablet on the counter, turned off all the lights. Sat the fuck down in the dark and said "okay."

5 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Told my smart assed kid no electronics during dinner. Little fucker calmly got up, placed his tablet on the counter, turned off all the lights. Sat the fuck down in the dark and said "okay."

Ya gotta smack him in the head, and laugh all in one swift 1-2 move...

IDC about the semantics, that's still pretty damned good.

5 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

So your kid doesn't know the difference between electronics and electricity?

Pssst smart house control

8 minutes ago, slorch said:

IDC about the semantics, that's still pretty damned good.

yeah, he was like 6. I think he had been planning this for awhile. Just waiting for me to actually say it. 

My dad would yell at me all the time "close the back door, I'm not paying to AC the damn neighborhood."

No shit?  That’s the day of the week that my dad took us fishing, almost every weekend in the summers. 

3 hours ago, Augustus said:

No elbows on the table.

Never made sense to me.

My wife has been terrorizing the kids about this lately.  I just don't get it. 

28 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

No fishing on Sundays.

Whisky Tango Foxtrot?

21 minutes ago, Upgrayedd said:

Don’t you dare tell your mother 

This was a common one with me and @Knoxtnhorn Pretty sure my dad would "Volunteer" to take us to church every once in awhile and let my mom sleep in. Then just take us to McDonalds or something for like an hour

1 hour ago, mininghorn88 said:

No fishing on Sundays.

Yeah, is there a backstory to this?  I think I've probably fished more on Sundays than all the other days of the week combined.  Was your church afraid that fishing might lead to beer drinking or less tithing or something?  

Don’t shit in the downstairs guest bathroom.  
 

You either stay in or stay out. Quit slamming the damn screen door. 
 

If you do something while I’m at work and your mother calls me I will kill you (and he meant it).  

39 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Yeah, is there a backstory to this?  I think I've probably fished more on Sundays than all the other days of the week combined.  Was your church afraid that fishing might lead to beer drinking or less tithing or something?  

It was definitely a church thing. I never questioned why at the time although I would find it odd that it did not stop me from having to do other things like mowing the yard or something like that. My dad was rather strict thus I did not ask. Over the years, though still being an old school strict person, he has fished on Sunday’s while on vacation.

Put the tools back exactly where you got them or don't use them

You eat when your mom says and with everyone else

 

Don't tear the gift wrap paper -- gently pull it off and it can be reused.

Don't tear the aluminum foil -- gently pull it off and it can be cleaned and reused.

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Lord loves a workin' man.

Don't trust whitey.

See a doctor and get rid of it.

9 hours ago, Lobo said:

Yeah, is there a backstory to this?  I think I've probably fished more on Sundays than all the other days of the week combined.  Was your church afraid that fishing might lead to beer drinking or less tithing or something?  

Hell, some of Jesus' best work was fishin...

10 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Never leave the house with the dryer or washing machine running.  

coffee pot, TV, lights, and clean your plate !!!!

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the speed limit on turning the VHF knob on the tv.  not specifically defined, but we got yelled at by my dad if you went too fast for his comfort at the moment.  prettymuch just had to keep the clicks from channel to channel distinct from each other to prevent "wearing out the contacts".  since we were the de facto remote control for my parents, this was a sacred duty.

15 minutes ago, wd40 said:

the speed limit on turning the VHF knob on the tv.  not specifically defined, but we got yelled at by my dad if you went too fast for his comfort at the moment.  prettymuch just had to keep the clicks from channel to channel distinct from each other to prevent "wearing out the contacts".  since we were the de facto remote control for my parents, this was a sacred duty.

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Don’t sit too close to the TV. It will hurt your eyes.

No elbows on the table.
Never made sense to me.
I went to camp stewart in Hunt in 3rd and 4th grade. If your elbows were on the table a councilor would sneak up behind you, grab your arms, and slam your elbows on the solid wood table.

Worked, because even today if my elbows touch a table I immediately pull them off.
Loved that game.
Well it is on Amazon. I have it at the office and if goes to the bathroom with me at times.
16 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

You're older than this?

Basic Fun Classic, Retro Handheld Football Electronic Game, One Size Fits All

Could play that thing with my eyes closed and still dominate. Bought one off the interwebs last year for nostalgia. Can still do the eyes closed thing.

1 minute ago, markstanco said:

I went to camp stewart in Hunt in 3rd and 4th grade. If your elbows were on the table a councilor would sneak up behind you, grab your arms, and slam your elbows on the solid wood table.

Worked, because even today if my elbows touch a table I immediately pull them off.

WTF ?  Was it etiquette camp ??!  Camp was all about not doing the shit you had to do at home.

15 hours ago, Parliament said:

Rack your weights.

Jesus thanks for the ptsd reminder from hs athletics.

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