Annoying things parents do with their children
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Ari said:
Baby On Board stickers. Yeah, because I was just about to smash my car into yours when I saw the sticker - good job you put it there!
If you ask people why they display them you get this ridiculous urban myth about a baby that got thrown out of a car in a crash and the emergency services apparently saw the sticker and searched for the baby and found it unharmed in a bush or some such (where presumably it was being completely silent).
If you then ask them how a baby strapped into a car seat could possibly exit the car you get a mumbled 'could happen', and when you ask them whether they (and everyone else with one) removes the sticker when motoring childless you get some crap about 'well it can't do any harm'.
It's basically 'look at meeee, I'm so special, I have a child!'
FFS.
If you ask people why they display them you get this ridiculous urban myth about a baby that got thrown out of a car in a crash and the emergency services apparently saw the sticker and searched for the baby and found it unharmed in a bush or some such (where presumably it was being completely silent).
If you then ask them how a baby strapped into a car seat could possibly exit the car you get a mumbled 'could happen', and when you ask them whether they (and everyone else with one) removes the sticker when motoring childless you get some crap about 'well it can't do any harm'.
It's basically 'look at meeee, I'm so special, I have a child!'
FFS.
Yep, never saw the point of these signs. Given that it's me driving in my pride and joy, I'll be taking care, out of self-preservation. What do you expect me to do differently just because you have a "Baby [or worse "Little Princess"] on Board" sticker, you self-important t
ts?Worse still are people with the stickers that say "Show dogs in transit"
....I'm just popping into the things that make you angry thread...LeoSayer said:
I took my son to Brand Hatch the moment he could walk and say 'car'.
I don't recall any screaming and ear defenders took care of the noise.
I went to Silverstone classic when he was 3 or 4 and they seem to cater for kids quite well with zorbing, bouncy castles and a funfair. Hardly unsuitable.
Great - good for you. Clearly a different demographic from what I'm getting at though.I don't recall any screaming and ear defenders took care of the noise.
I went to Silverstone classic when he was 3 or 4 and they seem to cater for kids quite well with zorbing, bouncy castles and a funfair. Hardly unsuitable.
I'm talking about the whole family, buggies, tiny - as in pre-walking - children who do just scream and cry. That's not right!
I work in the motor trade and one that really irks me is 'I really need the car to be spot on as I take my kids/grandkids in it'. Oh well I'm glad you mentioned that as normally I like to leave a fault on the car so all the adult occupants die in a fiery mess but as there's gonna be kids in it I won't do it to yours. Knobheads.
I've also had to work on cars littered with stuff kids hurl around, really nice when you remove a trim to get to something and there are fish fingers and chips in there (no really!!) or you jump in the car and there's a used nappy in the door poocket! (poocket was an accidental typo but it seems quite appropriate!)
I've also had to work on cars littered with stuff kids hurl around, really nice when you remove a trim to get to something and there are fish fingers and chips in there (no really!!) or you jump in the car and there's a used nappy in the door poocket! (poocket was an accidental typo but it seems quite appropriate!)
Flat6er said:
24 months. WTF!
TWO! your child is 2!
Was perusing mumsnet the other day for a laugh, the ammount of morons who'll say stuff like child is; 6.7 years old, 9.4 years old etc. is staggering. Shut the fTWO! your child is 2!
k up you pretentious tts, your children are 6 and 9 respectively. Why not break the whole year down into divisions of 365 then you can get it as accurate as possible, then your child can be 5 & 97/365 instead of just 5 years old.Some miserable fckers on here
OP, why didn't you just stop swimming for a second, have a quiet word with the parent (or life guard if you don't have the balls) , instead of whinging to strangers on the internet. Or choose a pool that is less geared towards families and more towards serious swimming.
OP, why didn't you just stop swimming for a second, have a quiet word with the parent (or life guard if you don't have the balls) , instead of whinging to strangers on the internet. Or choose a pool that is less geared towards families and more towards serious swimming.
BoRED S2upid said:
Several times I've been bowling and there have been breeders there having a Stella or three with babies at 10pm! It's a sport for chavs I'm going to build my own tenpin lane in my back gardens.
Blimey shock horror, some babies can stay up late and the parents unwind with a beer!! Should have taken a photo for the daily mail I was in a curry house last week with my 10 month old at 10pm enjoying a curry and stella, no complaints from her she was sitting there smiling enjoying being out.
g3org3y said:
Vincefox said:
Ignoring their poor behaviour when it's affecting other people in a public place.
This.Jasandjules said:
Talk about them as if I care....
And this.Ari said:
Parents who are so scared of upsetting Little Precious that they try and discipline it through a third party.
Especially this.Certainly not helped by the fact
s breed s. csd19 said:
g3org3y said:
Vincefox said:
Ignoring their poor behaviour when it's affecting other people in a public place.
This.Jasandjules said:
Talk about them as if I care....
And this.Ari said:
Parents who are so scared of upsetting Little Precious that they try and discipline it through a third party.
Especially this.Certainly not helped by the fact
s breed s. TwistingMyMelon said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Several times I've been bowling and there have been breeders there having a Stella or three with babies at 10pm! It's a sport for chavs I'm going to build my own tenpin lane in my back gardens.
Blimey shock horror, some babies can stay up late and the parents unwind with a beer!! Should have taken a photo for the daily mail I was in a curry house last week with my 10 month old at 10pm enjoying a curry and stella, no complaints from her she was sitting there smiling enjoying being out.
poing said:
TwistingMyMelon said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Several times I've been bowling and there have been breeders there having a Stella or three with babies at 10pm! It's a sport for chavs I'm going to build my own tenpin lane in my back gardens.
Blimey shock horror, some babies can stay up late and the parents unwind with a beer!! Should have taken a photo for the daily mail I was in a curry house last week with my 10 month old at 10pm enjoying a curry and stella, no complaints from her she was sitting there smiling enjoying being out.
It was a one off to celebrate one of my other kids getting As and A*s in his GCSES , so our method of bringing up kids cant be too wrong....
I get it in work all the time by people who try to hurry things up as they've got children.
I had a chap once who demanded that I visit ASAP, as he'd suffered a broken ceramic floor tile in the kitchen, and was worried about the safety of his children.
I said that I was sorry but I couldn't come for 36 hrs (or thereabouts), due to other visits.
He then shouted 'So! if my child loses a toe, would you be happy to be sued?'
I pointed out that
1. He could keep the child out of the kitchen for a day,
or
2. He could make the child wear shoes.
He wasn't too impressed
I had a chap once who demanded that I visit ASAP, as he'd suffered a broken ceramic floor tile in the kitchen, and was worried about the safety of his children.
I said that I was sorry but I couldn't come for 36 hrs (or thereabouts), due to other visits.
He then shouted 'So! if my child loses a toe, would you be happy to be sued?'
I pointed out that
1. He could keep the child out of the kitchen for a day,
or
2. He could make the child wear shoes.
He wasn't too impressed
anonymous said:
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I assume this a public pool. Can you confirm if you had a reserved lane, which they were encroaching upon?If so, it's a f
kING DISGRACE that your RIGHT to swim lengths unhindered was so blatantly denied. I trust that you asked them to move away, or alerted a staff member to do so? Because it would be rather pathetic for a grown man to get so f
ked over by a child in an inflatible to the extent that he was forced to start a thread on a motoring-based forum about it.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff