Figures we should have a thread talking about some of the funny/stupid things your parents did, or you did as a parent (I know some of you guys are at that point of your lives).
So to start off with a couple of stories from my family.
When I was 10, my mom dropped me off at the movie theater for a movie so I could be out of the way for a couple of hours while so gets some important work done (she was getting her PhD at the time so completely understandable). She figured that I would enjoy this what she read (there's still a bit of a language barrier) was supposed to be a family friendly movie.
The movie in question? Team America.
Needless to say I was a bit scarred afterwards, and mom vowed that that won't happen again. Lesson learned.
Fast forward about 14 years, now my brother was around 11-12 and his friend (same age) invited him to see this movie, and since his friend's dad will be accompany them mom thought it was a safe bet.
The movie? Infinity Wars.
When mom went to pick them up both kids were crying, about how all the people are dead.
Just the worst luck it seems.
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Next story is much shorter.
Dad's a chef, specifically a sushi chef. One time he decided to make some sushi... which involved one of those little flame throwers. It was in a small apartment, and I immediately warned him that he might set off the fire alarm.
He brushed me off, boasting about "Now watch how the expert cook."
30 seconds later the smoke detector begins blaring. He ignores it and ask me to find some plastic bags to cover it up or something. I just facepalmed.
In the end he figured out that just opening a window and having me fan the smoke out does the trick.
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So to start off with a couple of stories from my family.
When I was 10, my mom dropped me off at the movie theater for a movie so I could be out of the way for a couple of hours while so gets some important work done (she was getting her PhD at the time so completely understandable). She figured that I would enjoy this what she read (there's still a bit of a language barrier) was supposed to be a family friendly movie.
The movie in question? Team America.
Needless to say I was a bit scarred afterwards, and mom vowed that that won't happen again. Lesson learned.
Fast forward about 14 years, now my brother was around 11-12 and his friend (same age) invited him to see this movie, and since his friend's dad will be accompany them mom thought it was a safe bet.
The movie? Infinity Wars.
When mom went to pick them up both kids were crying, about how all the people are dead.
Just the worst luck it seems.
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Next story is much shorter.
Dad's a chef, specifically a sushi chef. One time he decided to make some sushi... which involved one of those little flame throwers. It was in a small apartment, and I immediately warned him that he might set off the fire alarm.
He brushed me off, boasting about "Now watch how the expert cook."
30 seconds later the smoke detector begins blaring. He ignores it and ask me to find some plastic bags to cover it up or something. I just facepalmed.
In the end he figured out that just opening a window and having me fan the smoke out does the trick.
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