great mistakes in parenting, prole edition

[Van Cruncheon]

things never to tell a five-year-girl with asperger's

mother: "me and grandma are going out, you stay here and keep an eye on daddy"


:'( :'( :'(

[Ichirou]

Your kid has asperger's?

[Cormacaroni]

remember to lock the door before visiting trannysurprise, Prof

[Van Cruncheon]

actually, she's diagnosed pdd-nos, but i think that's falling out of favor as diagnoses go and probably won't make the cut for dsm-v

everyone knows what an asspie is so it's easier to use that when explaining her quaintness to associates and teachers

[Van Cruncheon]

remember to lock the door before visiting trannysurprise, Prof

cormac, it's the opposite problem, she won't let me get off the couch without a complete explanation and possibly a note!

[Madrun Badrun]

 

[Ichirou]

"MOMMY TOLD ME TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU!" *sits in a chair and just STARES at Prof. Prole*

[Cormacaroni]

"MOMMY TOLD ME TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU!" *sits in a chair and just STARES at Prof. Prole*

only way to be sure when dealing with a cruncheon

[Cormacaroni]

remember to lock the door before visiting trannysurprise, Prof

cormac, it's the opposite problem, she won't let me get off the couch without a complete explanation and possibly a note!

You know, I'm beginning to think people have figured out my real name. And I thought I was being so cunning!

[Diunx]

Your kid has asperger's?

I blame the nintendo DS.

[Ichirou]

Is your last name McCarthy?

[Ichirou]

Your kid has asperger's?

I blame the nintendo DS.

That Nintendawgs is some crazy shit, man.

[The Fake Shemp]

I have a friend whose daughter (less than a year) fractured her arm this week, he was about to commit seppuku out of parenting failure.

[Ichirou]

Jesus, can't blame him.  I would freak out too.

[Van Cruncheon]

"MOMMY TOLD ME TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU!" *sits in a chair and just STARES at Prof. Prole*

you have no idea! :'(

[The Fake Shemp]

I have a visual image of Prole staring down his daughter until the point where she begins to nod off, then he begins to sneak off to the den and when his back is turned, he hears a loud shout of, "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING?"

[Van Cruncheon]

well, i got "DADDY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MARIO KART" to which i responded with "i don't like mario kart!" and then "WELL THEN I WILL TAKE YOUR PROTEIN BARS AWAY" and now what do i do!

[Ichirou]

In my mental image, he's just sitting in front of the computer and posting on EB or surfing the web or whatever, while his daughter sits across from him just LOOKING at him, without getting tired or showing any sign of being bored.  It's unnerving to him because he occasionally looks up from his monitor only to see her just...staring.  Unblinking.

[Van Cruncheon]

now add in a disney princess cash register on her lap

[Madrun Badrun]

Who doesn't like Mario Kart?  Your daughter is right in her punitive measures.

[Cormacaroni]

I have a friend whose daughter (less than a year) fractured her arm this week, he was about to commit seppuku out of parenting failure.

I accidentally dislocated my daughter's elbow about a month back. It's really easy to do. Now I pop it in and out all day long. Beats twirling a pen any day!

[Ichirou]

Cormacaroni, you sound like the best dad ever.

[Great Rumbler]

Sometimes I think it would be great to have kids. Then I read threads like this and I then I think that maybe I could just raise turtles instead.

[Van Cruncheon]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

[cool breeze]

well, i got "DADDY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MARIO KART" to which i responded with "i don't like mario kart!" and then "WELL THEN I WILL TAKE YOUR PROTEIN BARS AWAY" and now what do i do!

I like how the Wii's greatest competition is a protein product.

[Madrun Badrun]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

[Ichirou]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

This is good practice for her for when she grows up and gets married.

[Van Cruncheon]

well, i got "DADDY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MARIO KART" to which i responded with "i don't like mario kart!" and then "WELL THEN I WILL TAKE YOUR PROTEIN BARS AWAY" and now what do i do!

I like how the Wii's greatest competition is a protein product.

mario kart wii and nasty protein bars are her two favorite things right now. don't ask me!

[Cormacaroni]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

Hypnotist of Cruncheons!

[Cormacaroni]

Is your last name McCarthy?

It's MUCH more Irish than THAT

[Ichirou]

O'Shaugnessy?

[recursivelyenumerable]

the future of humanity

[Ichirou]

It always warms my heart to hear stories where the child is now in charge. It's like that movie where all those kids lock their parents in the basement. The name escapes me, but Shooter McGavin and Jennifer Love Hewitt were in it.


Anyway, sorry about your predicament Prole.

House Arrest.

Jennifer Love Hewitt.

oh my god

On 12 January 2010, Hewitt revealed on the George Lopez television program that she had removed her pubic hair and replaced it with glued-on gems. The procedure, known as vajazzling, was described and the results characterized as "shining like a disco ball."

[Flannel Boy]

Is your last name McCarthy?

It's MUCH more Irish than THAT

I'm guessing that it's not McCormac

[BlueTsunami]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

Oh God Don't let her watch Star Wars lest she'll incorporate some Obi hand waving

[ToxicAdam]

Not to hijack Drinky's thread, but my 4 year old has an infected toe. So, we make him soak it for about 10 minutes to get the swelling down and draw out the pus.  While he was sitting there, he decided to throw my DS, the tv remote and dvd remote in his pan of hot water. Just to see if it would float.

Amazingly the DS still works, but the two remotes are toast.

[Cormacaroni]

Luckily, 4yr olds make very good remote controls eh 

[Mr. Gundam]

actually, she's diagnosed pdd-nos, but i think that's falling out of favor as diagnoses go and probably won't make the cut for dsm-v

As of now, Asperger's is going away in DSM-V, and will fall under Autistic Spectrum Disorder. That's gonna be a fun one to explain to parents. 

[Madrun Badrun]

Luckily, 4yr olds make very good remote controls eh 

Not ones with infected toes.

[ToxicAdam]

Not ones with infected toes.

Luckily, there is a another one who looks just like him and has two good feet!

But as I am finding out, changing channels or accessing your DVR is a bitch without a remote in this digital age.

[Himu]

Not to hijack Drinky's thread, but my 4 year old has an infected toe. So, we make him soak it for about 10 minutes to get the swelling down and draw out the pus.  While he was sitting there, he decided to throw my DS, the tv remote and dvd remote in his pan of hot water. Just to see if it would float.

Amazingly the DS still works, but the two remotes are toast.

The ds works?

...

Amazing.

Reminds me of the time I accidentally washed my copy of Etrian Odyssey in the washer because I forgot to take the cart out of my jean pockets and it still worked after being washed - saves were intact and all.

[Beezy]

vajazzling

[Madrun Badrun]

Drinky hasn't posted in here for a while.  I assume he has been sent to his room for lying about sitting on the floor not being his favorite. 

[muckhole]

That, or he's on the floor, sourly eating a protein bar, while staring longingly at his computer.

[Diunx]

When I get my nephew to call me uncle instead of mario I will consider that a personal victory.

[Boogie]

Sometimes I think it would be great to have kids. Then I read threads like this and I then I think that maybe I could just raise turtles instead.

Are you kidding?  Threads like these make me want kids more than ever

[Human Snorenado]

I think I'm ready.  I'm going to hide my girlfriend's birth control and take this relationship to the next level. 

...anal?

[Himu]

Threesome.

[BlueTsunami]

Ass 2 Ass

[Van Cruncheon]

That, or he's on the floor, sourly eating a protein bar, while staring longingly at his computer.

this. actually, she is now in bed and i am playing heavy rain and wishing life was more like videogames

[Ichirou]

That, or he's on the floor, sourly eating a protein bar, while staring longingly at his computer.

this. actually, she is now in bed and i am playing heavy rain and wishing life was more like videogames

So you're wishing your daughter was kidnapped by the Origami Killer? wtffffffff

[Van Cruncheon]

<shifty eyes>

[Mandark]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

Prole's daughter for Icon.

This reminds me of Yotsuba& and of how I should be recommending it to everyone.

[Ichirou]

Didn't it get cancelled in the US due to ADVision's financial troubles?

[Great Rumbler]

Didn't it get cancelled in the US due to ADVision's financial troubles?

Yeah, it originally got cancelled after volume 5, but Yen Press recently picked it up and is has gotten through volume 7.

[Himu]

update

"DADDY CAN YOU COME SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WATCH ME PLAY"
"no, it's not comfortable, i will watch you from here"
"IT IS COMFORTABLE, YOU THINK IT IS COMFORTABLE"
"sweetie, i can't tell you what to think, and you can't tell me what i think"
"YES, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK"
"no, you can't"
"YES, I AM VERY GOOD AT TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK AND YOU THINK SITTING ON THE FLOOR IS YOUR FAVORITE"

what orwellian nightmare has my wife consigned me to!

Prole's daughter for Icon.

This reminds me of Yotsuba& and of how I should be recommending it to everyone.

Yep.

[Mandark]

I've heard that the Yen Press translation is literal to the point of Yotsuba referring to herself in the third person.  That might fly in Japanese (or not, you tell me), but I think I'd stab myself in the eyes if I read more than one chapter of something where a kid does that in English.

But f'real, it's the best comic featuring a child since Calvin and Hobbes.  It's one of a very few manga I've really liked, and maybe the only one I'd unhesitatingly pimp to non-weaboos.

[Ichirou]

Azumanga Daioh is also awesome.

[Great Rumbler]

I've heard that the Yen Press translation is literal to the point of Yotsuba referring to herself in the third person.  That might fly in Japanese (or not, you tell me), but I think I'd stab myself in the eyes if I read more than one chapter of something where a kid does that in English.

But f'real, it's the best comic featuring a child since Calvin and Hobbes.  It's one of a very few manga I've really liked, and maybe the only one I'd unhesitatingly pimp to non-weaboos.

I read through some of one of the Yen Press volumes and nothing about the translation stuck out as being wrong or annoying to me, but, on the other hand, I don't really remember much about it at the moment.

By the way, Yen Press also released an all-in-one of Azumanga Daioh. It's got a vastly better translation than the awful, awful ADV translation [especially in the first volume].

[Mandark]

Azumanga Daioh is also awesome.

I think I preferred the anime of that to the manga.

Probably the best thing that I've watched which I will never recommend to anyone, cause it'd necessitate me giving a summary.  "You see, it's an anime about a bunch of high school girls and... hey!  Where are you going?  Come back!"