Neighbours, their kids, the things you hear......

[Papa Hotel]

GTIR said:

Papa Hotel said:

GTIR said:

I live in a Victorian two up two down, with a later (70's) extension for the bathroom.
In the summer I leave the back door open and one day after showering I pull back the curtain to find the neuibours 4yo girl sitting on my toilet, with her trousers by her ankles.

"What are you doing on my toilet!"
"A poo"

WTF!

I shut the door now. (Untill she's 16 anyway.)

Good work, getting the defence in before the accusation.

Damage control.

Let me know when the police come round and I'll delete my post.

[Mr Pies]

Pop round when she's next sobbing with a bottle of wine. Be a shoulder to cry on, you'll probably get the ride out of her.

[taters]

Mr Pies said:

Pop round when she's next sobbing with a bottle of wine. Be a shoulder to cry on, you'll probably get the ride out of her.

After just 3 months of giving birth it'll still be like a ripped cushion down there - wait a few months then go for it

[bigburd]

FInd these threads a great form of contraception!

[Cotty]

bigburd said:

FInd these threads a great form of contraception!

[Coldfuse]

chrisp84 said:

AnonSpoilSport said:

phil1979 said:

chrisp84 said:

She is

Hang on a mo... how do you have a 5 month old and a 1 year old?

They're on offer at Costco.

Costco are selling my kids???

I sometimes make this joke when i am in a supermarket and i see a child in a trolley.

"i didn't know they sold those here" pointing at the child

[surveyor]

blindswelledrat said:

Crossflow Kid said:

phil1979 said:

Have you got kids, OP?

How does that make an iota of difference? Never understand it as a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario.
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If you had kids of your own you would know that you described every family in the world with two young children.
Once you have done this, it is amazing how noises of other kids that used to bother you stop bothering you even one tiny bit.

No matter how strict a parent, a childs default state is to be loud and experiment with naughty stuff. 80% of any conversation with a child that age is telling it not to do stuff.

In short- it is in your own interest to accept that as the norm and that both parents are spending every minute of every day "trying to do something about it" already hence there is not one iota of difference you could make by saying anything.

I'm with you. Two young kids, one active three year old = a bit of a handful.

If the mother is feeling emotional best thing to do is to get the kids safe and then have a cry. 30 minutes ain't going to hurt in these circumstances.

Three year old reminds me of my nephew. His parents did not believe in saying no, then came the little on. Heard No a lot more, and he did not like it very much.... Boundaries being tested. Sounds like mums losing at present, but he'll be off to pre-school soon.

[anonymous-user]

surveyor said:

blindswelledrat said:

Crossflow Kid said:

phil1979 said:

Have you got kids, OP?

How does that make an iota of difference? Never understand it as a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario.
.

If you had kids of your own you would know that you described every family in the world with two young children.
Once you have done this, it is amazing how noises of other kids that used to bother you stop bothering you even one tiny bit.

No matter how strict a parent, a childs default state is to be loud and experiment with naughty stuff. 80% of any conversation with a child that age is telling it not to do stuff.

In short- it is in your own interest to accept that as the norm and that both parents are spending every minute of every day "trying to do something about it" already hence there is not one iota of difference you could make by saying anything.

I'm with you. Two young kids, one active three year old = a bit of a handful.

Quite right. Their handful. Not mine.

[Hooli]

Coldfuse said:

chrisp84 said:

AnonSpoilSport said:

phil1979 said:

chrisp84 said:

She is

Hang on a mo... how do you have a 5 month old and a 1 year old?

They're on offer at Costco.

Costco are selling my kids???

I sometimes make this joke when i am in a supermarket and i see a child in a trolley.

"i didn't know they sold those here" pointing at the child

O/T - Who do child keepers think it's ok for their child's filthy feet to be in the trolley where food etc goes?

[KM666]

When I was younger living in a terrace we used to hear "Get dahn ere naaaah, before i break ya legs!" quite alot.

[northwest monkey]

Hooli said:

O/T - Who do child keepers think it's ok for their child's filthy feet to be in the trolley where food etc goes?

You know what, you'd have thought supermarkets would have dealt with this problem and put food in packaging or something by now. It's like living in the fking Dark Ages.

[Hooli]

northwest monkey said:

Hooli said:

O/T - Who do child keepers think it's ok for their child's filthy feet to be in the trolley where food etc goes?

You know what, you'd have thought supermarkets would have dealt with this problem and put food in packaging or something by now. It's like living in the fking Dark Ages.

How about fruit etc in open bags that can easily fall out? Would you let kids run on the kitchen worktops? it's much the same thing really.

[northwest monkey]

Hooli said:

northwest monkey said:

Hooli said:

O/T - Who do child keepers think it's ok for their child's filthy feet to be in the trolley where food etc goes?

You know what, you'd have thought supermarkets would have dealt with this problem and put food in packaging or something by now. It's like living in the fking Dark Ages.

How about fruit etc in open bags that can easily fall out? Would you let kids run on the kitchen worktops? it's much the same thing really.

Not really the same thing though is it. In fact, it's not even close. If I go to a supermarket I accept the risk a child may have been stood in the trolley because, as bad as this may sound, it's easier to let a 2 year old have his way sometimes. At home, on the kitchen worktops, I'm fully confident there have been no children standing on them. Because it's a kitchen worktop in my house and not a trolley in a shop.

[PHuzzy]

KM666 said:

When I was younger living in a terrace we used to hear "Get dahn ere naaaah, before i break ya legs!" quite alot.

Your parents sound like fun...

[mjb1]

Hooli said:

How about fruit etc in open bags that can easily fall out? Would you let kids run on the kitchen worktops? it's much the same thing really.

I don't bag loose fruit. I let my kids stand in the trolley sometimes.

Are you for real? I've seen far more serious issues in this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Do you know where that fruit has been before it gets put in your trolley anyway? Even on it's last leg of the journey it's been likely to have been stacked on the shelf by a scrote of young lad who's picked his arse and scratched his balls before handling your fruit. And most of the fruit has been sprayed in pesticides and wax preservative before it got to the supermarket as well. If you have running water at home you could always wash it before you eat it (like the label on most packaged fruit/veg recommends).

[Huff]

Tango13 said:

Miguel Alvarez said:

Spare the cat bum the dog.

Is that the modern day equivilent of 'spare the rod and spoil the child'?

Just brilliant

[wainy]

We often hear:
"You f***ing tw*t"
"You f***ing idiot"
"You f***ing c**t"

From the single mum to her 3 kids (~9, 11, 13) on a daily / weekly basis through the windows / walls. Quite clear sometimes as the screaming is so loud with the windows open!

[Willy Nilly]

Seen lots of nice, well behaved kids today in town. There was a woman with 2 girl of about 10 and 7 who could have been my mum and almost certainly their grandma. They were (or she was) inspecting the broccoli which grandma couldn't decide if it was better to buy pre=packed or by weight, to which the 10 year old pipes up, "then weigh it then!" and her sister replied "the weigher is over there" pointing to the scales. It made me chuckle that they were sharper than she was.

[Riknos]

Gargamel said:

At one stage I removed the bedroom door from one of the childrens bedrooms, as I had threatened to do if they slammed it one more time.

Got the screwdrive and took it off. Worked a treat.

I haven't read the whole thread but just wanted to respond to this - This is awesome. When I have kids, this is exactly what I am planning on doing.

I was around my mother / brothers when they were raising their kids and they would threaten things, normally "no pudding unless you eat all your dinner" child would eat 90% and still get pudding. I think they are too soft, using idle threats personally. None from me, ta

[CO2000]

Crossflow Kid said:

Thing is, the dad seems reasonable enough. Just not sure he knows the full picture.

Ohh he does (re the working away )