jayseven Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 So I started having an allergic reaction a couple of hours ago. In case you're not WIRED INTO THE N-E MAINFRAME, I've been rushed to hospital previously (cheers for the lift, Shorty!) as my face/mouth/tongue/throat were swelling. Usually these Special Events occur in the morning, after I'd eaten something dodgy the night before -- dodgy being MSG... Dodgy being one of London's finest Subway establishments. So where's the fail? I get home to find my mum has 'kindly' 'tidied' my 'mess'. Next to my bed I keep essentials; phone, wallet, keys, tobacco, diary, chess, money bank, buddha, hearing aid batteries, anti-histamine tablets. Yeah. Best bit? Clambering through the 'medicine cabinet' I wake my mum up, who is, admittedly, midly concerned, but clueless as to where my 'mess' has gone. Her solution for a potentially LIFE THREATENING moment? She returns with a pack of wet face wipes, saying "it's probably all that London on you." Urgh. Well luckily I had a nearby mate still on facebook, and I whizzed round there and... now I sit here, tired as fuck from the whole meet/hangover/no sleep and I'm essentially too afraid to fall asleep, in case etcetc. TL;DR? Well, can you think of any parenting fails you'd like to share? (ideally we'll hear a few from Odwin...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 (a few about Odwin's own fails, or his parents?) Ha "its all that London on you". Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Gotta say, that's is such a mum thing to say, yet one of the most genius ones I've ever heard. I can totally foresee this degenerating into a sillyness of mums thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolness Bears Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I was 3. I had managed to get up onto a red box platform thing, not too high enough off the ground but fora 3 year old it was terrifying. So I'm in the corner of the room crying on top of this box unable to get down. Where was my mum? filming it. going "Oh, can't you get down?" highly amused. The next minute I full of it flat on my face and my mum doesn't rush over but continues to film it. The next day I had managed to get stuck up there again, perhaps my mum would help me this time? Nope she just films it again going "Aww, are you stuck up there again?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 My mum does that with my anti histamine migraine meds!! I get so angry, mid migraine, im about to die and its like pointless taking them anyway >_< Gr. I know I shouldn't leave them around, but like you didnt, they were in your room? I'd hit the roof if my ma messed with stuff in my room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 The ""its all that London on you" bit is amazing. Erm... my Dad called me a bigot because I wanted to know if his new partner had any kids. ...I think he thought it meant something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I tend to find having a older sister who is a complete prat makes me able to get on with my life without my parents failing on me. I don't think my parents have either tidied my room, my dad was very strict with making sure we kept them clean and I'd rush home before he got home from work to make sure it was perfect, he was pretty angry those days as his jobs weren't the best. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 (edited) I don't really have that many tales of parental fail. I'm an odd combination of slack (whereby I let my kids get away with whatever they want as long as they don't break stuff) and paranoid (roads, there are roads everywhere, cars will kill my children). A little girl this cute can't have been parentally failed: But still, my possible fails: Good place to rest this trumpet. Where did I put that sudocrem? Accidents happen! Sometimes you let your kid play on a fence And then more accidents happen because of the fence Sometimes you let your kids play with felt tip pens They have no respect for food etiquette But you feed them good stuff Let them sleep somewhere nice Let them watch good TV Sometimes you go away for five minutes and they punish you by vomiting all over themselves and playing with it. With a grin. So then you lock them in the kitchen Or let them fall down the toilet Or put some facepaint on them that they're allergic to (Not as bad as it looks!) You teach the older one to be mean to the younger one And give her a sweetie sandwich as reward You teach them about putting on sun cream, but they fail But the boy can eat a babybel in one go The very shelves at Tesco are their playground And after all this you live the dream by seeing them do something amazing Edited July 26, 2010 by Mr_Odwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Odders wins this thread! Cuteness overdose :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not_so_tiny Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 This picture is hilarious. I like how amused the little tyke is about the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Haha odders, your kids are freaking awesome, so amusing, you must have your hands full! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
or else you will DIE Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I was waiting for someone to post that. I can't belive people actually think it was 'The Internet''s fault that this happened though. I mean, she was going around making youtube videos threatening to kill people. And now because of a few prank calls, and general trolling, she's instantly the victim. What sort of parent buy's there 11 year old a webcam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktendo Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 What sort of parent buy's there 11 year old a webcam. 'People' who believe in the cyber police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I once hurt my leg at school really badly. But my mum would refused to come to the school just for me since my two sisters were also there and she didn't want to come and go twice for me just hurting my leg. Bear in mind this happened at 11 in the morning. So I sat in the medical room for 4 hours (school finished at 3) and she inspected my leg. Showing her great medical knowledge in front of the receptionist declaring it "just a swelling of the knee". Luckily I persuaded her to take me to hospital to check, turns out I'd fractured my leg in two places and she was wrong. Fail. She has generally been quite fail at diagnosing me. There are other similar situations to this basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Great post odders! Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Mr Odwin, your spawn are absolutely adorable. You have earned my gushing awwwws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Odwin has this thread under his belt, i can't beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Post of epic magnitude This might just be my favourite post on N-Europe. You God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I seem to have sidetracked this a little. Back on course please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 my mum just ran upstairs when she heard the end of With Portfolio by Mogwai in a massive panic. If you don't know the song, it culminates in a MASSIVE, throbbing stereo wave that sends a colossal feedback note from left to right between your speekers. It sounds a bit like what I imagine a massive brain hemorrhage might do. "What is it!?" "Music, mum" "I thought something had happened!" "Like what?" "I thought you had collapsed on your computer or something" "What?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Ha. Along similar but less dramatic lines my mother asked me if I was listening to Westlife last week. No mother, it was The Rakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I always smile when I see this thread title. Thanks to whoever made it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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