What crazy things do your parents do (have done). I am reminded of this

[applegrove]

because my dad asked me to buy some germ masks from the drug store just in case the swine flu hits Ontario.

Dad: Years ago my dad was afraid of west nile virus and mosquitoes. So he went to the frog pond at the cottage and poured in vegetable oil..the thinking being that larva couldn't survive in there. I couldn't believe it.

Mom: She taught me that if you get a hole in one of the legs of your pantyhose to just cut that leg off. Then when you get a hole in another pair of nylons you cut that leg off. Then you wear one pair of pantyhose over the other and nobody know the difference.

You?

[mainegreen]

1. Broke into my and my wife's apartment to see if we were home.

They picked the lobby lock and the apartment lock to get in.

[applegrove]

3. Oh that's funny.

[Shell Beau]

2. Those are both crazy!!

:P

I giggle about the time my dad left his last piece of deer loin (he was a hunter) out on the counter marinating while he ran over to my house to light the pilot on my stove ( I lived around the block). He was saving this piece of meat. Well, our dog Ty, a big ole black lab, just helped himself right to it. And the same exact thing happend again only with a roast that had been roasting all day. And he and my mom came home to shit (literally) all over the house. He was a counter surfer. I hated that he killed that damn deer so it was extra funny to me. He wasn't so amused.

Then one time, my dad had a piece of fish marinating all day in the fridge. He pulle it out and it fell on the floor. So he gave it to the dog. The same dog, Ty. He gave it to him in the backyard. Well, he didn't want that nasty fish. He decided to roll in it. A lot. He was one stinky ass dog. He had about 5 baths before he was house worthy again.


On a MUCH more embarrasing note, when my mom and dad were younger, they went to hear Charlie Pride play somewhere. Somehow Charlie started flirting with my mom. My mom was eating it up 1) because he was Charlie Pride 2) because she was drunk as a skunk. My dad punched Charlie Pride! :o An embarrasing moment for sure.

[applegrove]

4. I can just imagine how bad that dog smelt. LOL!

[LeftyMom]

5. My Dad sent me to deliver a set of bike forks for him, and neglected to mention that the tattoo shop

I was delivering it to was run by the Hell's Angels. So I brought my son in with me.

I could kill the man sometimes.

[applegrove]

6. Oh that would piss me off a great deal.

[LeftyMom]

8. That's totally normal for him.

I think he wanted to see how I would handle it. He laughed when I called him afterward. Apparently somebody'd called and told him that I have a real attitude problem. :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

7. Ha!! Hey, the kid has to learn, right?

[sakabatou]

9. Treats me like a child

[applegrove]

11. That's an old standard.

[sakabatou]

13. I'm effing 22!

I hate it.

[Shell Beau]

I think that just goes with being a parent. At least to a certain degree.

My mom still does that to me and I am 30. Mama knows best. And for the most part, she does!!!

[sakabatou]

15. I have to remind her a lot that I can do certain things on my own

[Shell Beau]

16. And you can. But she just worries I am sure.

It is the ugly part of parenthood I am just now learning about.

[sakabatou]

17. I know XP

[Left Is Write]

20. Hey, I'm 42 and someone's grandmother...

and my dad still asks me if I remembered to change the oil in my car.

It comes with the territory. Parents worry because they care.

[applegrove]

22. That is very true.

[applegrove]

21. There was an article in I think the Globe & Mail last Saturday. It talked

about Bill Gates and his mom. When he was 11 he wanted to be independant and his mom still wanted to control him. He was a very bright 11 and would retort quite effectively. So his parents sent him to a psychologist to see what was up. The psychologist told his parents that it was a fight for his independance and since Bill Gates would likely win in the end they may as well not fight it. So Gates was free to hang out around the computer labs all hours of the day and night.

Maybe you could find a biography of Bill Gates and give it to your parents to read?

[applegrove]

12. Delete - duplicate

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. My mother-in-law thought the reason a lamp wasn't working

was because there was a knot in the cord.

[applegrove]

14. LOL!

[skygazer]

18. Well, my father's been married five times (so far)

Does that count?

He also rode his motorcycle around all summer one year after having hip replacement surgery - he just strapped his cane to the bike and kept on going. I think I take after him which is probably why he drives me nuts. I love him, though.

[applegrove]

19. Wow. He sounds like a character.!!