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| Striking Parents Live In Front Yard |
| 2004-12-09 |
| Slideshow and (video at link) Cat and Harland Barnard said that inside their home there was dirty clothes in front of the washer, dirty dishes all over the kitchen and clothes and books on the floor in the bedrooms. The couple said they decided they were finished pleading for clean-up help from their children, who are 17 and 12. Two words: Tranquility Bay So they moved outside to their front yard until the children decided to shape up. "It's not that I want indentured servants," Cat Barnard said. "It's more that I want ... children (who) can see beyond their own noses to the world around them." The children admit they could do more to help out around the house, but said they are convinced their parents will give up after a few more days. Sounds like a couple of little sh*theads needs a good hard swift kick (or three) in the ass. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #10 LOL Mucki! Moms can finish the rest. LOL. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-09 5:50:13 PM |
| #9 soundin like you were lern my ole trick shipman. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-12-09 5:43:57 PM |
| #8 Ok, I admit. I don't have kids....yet. Me & the Mr will be working on that in 2005. But....shouldn't the little brats be living the friggin' tent instead of the parents? I mean, hell, I got a REI membership and would get a good deal on the damn tent, but I sure as hell wouldn't be living in it if I was the momma. I might let them in to use the toilet, but other than that....they could use the hose for a shower until they clean the bathroom, that kind of thing. Want to live indoors? Pick up your "Hot Topic" tee shirt, put it in the wash machine, and dryer....fold the freakin' thing, and don't bitch if you put a red shirt in with your white socks. Pink is the new black, kids. I don't know what offends me more....the fact that these parents have no spines, or that they are advertising that fact in the media? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-12-09 5:18:39 PM |
| #7 This is a done deal at this point. The parents might as well move back in and hand the little shits the key to the car and the access codes to the bank accounts. The little brats will never do what they're told because no one ever told them that's what they HAD to do. Little ducks follow mama duck because it's what they're expected to do, and mama duck would peck them if they didn't. Thus endeth the lesson for today. |
| Posted by: Weird Al 2004-12-09 4:48:06 PM |
| #6 ..note their note, heh - proving the PC / wussification is nearly complete Yeah, I was kind of wondering how that little "note" was relevant to the phrase's definition. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-09 4:23:09 PM |
| #5 I am avilable to help. Turn on the SHIP light and I will appear as by magic and administer theraputic velocity dope slaps. Parents first in this case. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-09 3:55:12 PM |
| #4 Dont forget.... these little consumers (the only thing they produce is sh*t) will soon be voting... Probably just like their idiotarian parents. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-12-09 3:16:16 PM |
| #3 Why are the people in these types of stories always named "Harland?" |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-09 3:13:08 PM |
| #2 Wow. This is an interesting symptom of a much larger issue... the breakdown of the family as a social unit responsible for producing functioning contributors to society. Too many contributors to the failure of this mechanism to thank here, heh, but it sure as hell starts with the social engineering and feel-good wussification dipshits. Obviously, these "parents" are not really parents... they are now merely the biological entities responsible for spawning these 2 twits. Funny, but the simplisme cowboy in me says that, were these parents not neutered, they would've used something called "discipline" and, hold onto your hats (Take your Valium!) corporal punishment (See Dictionary.com's entry - note their note, heh - proving the PC / wussification is nearly complete) if necessary - oooooooo!, and then these biological burdens might just have never have become such obvious losers. And just think, soon they'll be out here in the world with us - irresponsible wankers for life and probably burdens upon us all - because society has been re-engineered and "fixed"... Yeah, I know: "It was for the children." Right. And for the common good, eh?, not to mention some really spiffy and cushy jobs judging others and drawing up nifty social designs which have since proven to be worse than worthless. Can you say recidivism? I knew you could. Uh, gee thanks. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-09 3:11:34 PM |
| #1 Sounds like an "Afterschool Special" from the 1970s. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-12-09 2:59:44 PM |