Unusual rules you had to follow in your home or when visiting other people's homes

[oldman]

same...

OMG, at our house, my dad was always telling jokes. He was military, so mom made sure he cleaned them up before telling us kids.

 

[JaniceM]

OMG, at our house, my dad was always telling jokes. He was military, so mom made sure he cleaned them up before telling us kids.

Like "Pass the butter but don't describe it"?

 

[JaniceM]

My mother said laughter was good for digestion.

Not if you laugh so hard that you choke..!

 

[JaniceM]

Probably don't want to get me started.

We had to ask "may I be excused" before leaving the dinner table. It wasn't to raise polite kids, it was all about control.

We couldn't wear shoes in the house and I don't either. Strangely. But! We also couldn't go barefoot. Had to wear slippers. I'm always barefoot at home unless it's cold. And I own no slippers, I utilize slipper socks.

Also if we were actually released from the yard, we had to "check in." Sometimes it was every 10 minutes. Control. Control. Control.

I wasn't able to join any groups ect. Of coarse I wanted to be in the Brownie's, Girl Scouts etc. It was the thing. I was allowed one meeting and then I noted my mother standing at the door backlit by the light like Dirty Harry in the Sudden Impact movie. Interestingly filmed in Santa Cruz. I walked over to her and she started berating me "what goes on here, I don't like what I'm seeing." What she didn't like was her possession interacting with other's and out of her control. I never was allowed to go back.

Maybe there should be another thread- "Wacko mothers, enabling fathers, and their lil bands of 'flying monkeys'"

 

[oldman]

Like "Pass the butter but don't describe it"?

No, like, “A Priest, a Rabbi and a Pastor walk into a bar” ——-I’m stopping there, but you can use your imagination to fill in the blanks.
OK, I’ll finish it. The bartender says, “What is this, some kind of a joke?” When my dad told that, we laughed, but I didn’t get it then and still don’t get it.

 

[hollydolly]

The joke is a play on words of an old joke title...

A priest a Rabbi and a Pastor.... or it could have been an Englishman, Scotsman, irishman...

get it now ?...

 

[officerripley]

Or:

A horse walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Why the long face?"

 

[JaniceM]

Oh, I have a couple more to contribute- although I don't think they're odd, more along the line of manners:

- Don't chatter when somebody is watching t.v., and especially don't talk if someone is watching the news, wait for a commercial.

- If two or more people are talking to each other, don't "invite" yourself into their conversation.

 

[Pepper]

Or:

A horse walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Why the long face?"

Or:

A termite walks into a bar and asks "Is the bar tender here?"