The proud parent thread - Page 34

monster · 04-07-2013, 09:40 PM

'Merkins near Michigan, be afraid. Hector will be on the road next winter/christmas break

Hebe drove us all to the airport and back tonight. busy freeways, night/dusk driving, multistory parking, with barriers and ticket machines.... the works.

(only shaved a few years off my life)

glatt · 04-08-2013, 08:04 AM

Way to go, Hebe.

BigV · 04-11-2013, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

How awesome would it be if they homed in a a cluster of radio signals thinking it was a fish conclave and instead it was just a fat bear lazing around in the sun.

bwhaaahahahahahahahahah!!!

BigV · 04-11-2013, 07:44 PM

wow. driving.

wow.

that's... that's some tradeoff, those years, y'know. I'm so glad all is well. Congrats to her for driving and for being certified as a lifeguard. lifeguarding paid most of my young adult bills and it's great work. good luck to her!

Lamplighter · 04-12-2013, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

How awesome would it be if they homed in
on a cluster of radio signals thinking it was a fish conclave and instead
it was just a fat bear lazing around in the sun.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

bwhaaahahahahahahahahah!!!

I just spoke with Sam, and passed this along to him.
He said I should tell you that for two days he followed one around, up and down the river.
Sam said he thought the fish was crazy.

A fisherman had caught one of the tagged fish, and put the tag into his backpack.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-12-2013, 10:12 PM

That's priceless.

elSicomoro · 04-13-2013, 03:07 AM

My son is influenced too much by M's parents...they listen to shitty new country music, and then he comes home singing the crap.

One day he started singing one of those terrible tunes...rather than beat him into submission by playing "Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer (as I have before), I said, "Son, you need to listen to some real country music." So I put on The Essentially Johnny Cash. And he dug it.

The last time we were in the car together, he asked if we could listen to the Man in Black.

See that pip on my collar?

Sundae · 04-13-2013, 06:07 AM

Be calm, Syc.
Earworms happen.

I'm singing Ding Dong the Witch is Dead just because it's all over the news.
Not the song, just the title [being discussed as it's racing up the charts after Thatcher's death].

Griff · 04-13-2013, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamore

My son is influenced too much by M's parents...they listen to shitty new country music, and then he comes home singing the crap.

One day he started singing one of those terrible tunes...rather than beat him into submission by playing "Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer (as I have before), I said, "Son, you need to listen to some real country music." So I put on The Essentially Johnny Cash. And he dug it.

The last time we were in the car together, he asked if we could listen to the Man in Black.

See that pip on my collar?

Get some Merl Haggard and Willie Nelson into him and he'll be fully inoculated against pop country.

Lamplighter · 04-13-2013, 09:02 AM

Or go the other direction with the worst you can find.

This is what cured me:

Of course, this might work too:

Griff · 04-13-2013, 09:15 AM

You build a simple progression.

elSicomoro · 04-13-2013, 12:05 PM

I played Queens of the Stone Age one time when we went to Topeka and back...he enjoyed that too.

Now I just have to make him a Mizzou fan instead of fucking KU...

Aliantha · 04-13-2013, 08:19 PM

Nice work Clod.

I'll have a slice please!

Sundae · 04-14-2013, 04:30 AM

Right thread, Ali?

glatt · 04-15-2013, 08:19 AM

I'm proud of my boy. I have no idea where it came from, but he's on a huge AC/DC kick right now. Last weekend we went camping with Boy Scouts, and I let the boys in the back seat control the iPod for the drives out and back. It was mostly hard rock the entire way. Well, that and Barenaked Ladies. They just kept playing the into to a live song over and over again so they could hear the band being introduced and snicker at the name. Oh, to be 11 again.

04-07-2013, 09:40 PM	#496
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	'Merkins near Michigan, be afraid. Hector will be on the road next winter/christmas break Hebe drove us all to the airport and back tonight. busy freeways, night/dusk driving, multistory parking, with barriers and ticket machines.... the works. (only shaved a few years off my life) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-11-2013, 07:44 PM	#499
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	wow. driving. wow. that's... that's some tradeoff, those years, y'know. I'm so glad all is well. Congrats to her for driving and for being certified as a lifeguard. lifeguarding paid most of my young adult bills and it's great work. good luck to her! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-12-2013, 10:12 PM	#501
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's priceless. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-13-2013, 06:07 AM	#503
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Be calm, Syc. Earworms happen. I'm singing Ding Dong the Witch is Dead just because it's all over the news. Not the song, just the title [being discussed as it's racing up the charts after Thatcher's death]. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-13-2013, 09:15 AM	#506
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You build a simple progression. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-08-2013, 08:04 AM	#497
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Way to go, Hebe.

04-13-2013, 03:07 AM	#502
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	My son is influenced too much by M's parents...they listen to shitty new country music, and then he comes home singing the crap. One day he started singing one of those terrible tunes...rather than beat him into submission by playing "Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer (as I have before), I said, "Son, you need to listen to some real country music." So I put on The Essentially Johnny Cash. And he dug it. The last time we were in the car together, he asked if we could listen to the Man in Black. See that pip on my collar?

04-13-2013, 09:02 AM	#505
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Or go the other direction with the worst you can find. This is what cured me: Of course, this might work too:

04-13-2013, 12:05 PM	#507
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I played Queens of the Stone Age one time when we went to Topeka and back...he enjoyed that too. Now I just have to make him a Mizzou fan instead of fucking KU...

04-13-2013, 08:19 PM	#508
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Nice work Clod. I'll have a slice please! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-14-2013, 04:30 AM	#509
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Right thread, Ali? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-15-2013, 08:19 AM	#510
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm proud of my boy. I have no idea where it came from, but he's on a huge AC/DC kick right now. Last weekend we went camping with Boy Scouts, and I let the boys in the back seat control the iPod for the drives out and back. It was mostly hard rock the entire way. Well, that and Barenaked Ladies. They just kept playing the into to a live song over and over again so they could hear the band being introduced and snicker at the name. Oh, to be 11 again.

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