I see this book as Sachilles does, a joke for parents to enjoy, and not to be read to children.
Beyond that, I'm staying out of the argument over moral decay, profanity and breeders.
I see this book as Sachilles does, a joke for parents to enjoy, and not to be read to children.
Beyond that, I'm staying out of the argument over moral decay, profanity and breeders.
dupe.
Bobzilla wrote: You already answered this. A chuckle. Does any reading material need to offer more than that? We're DINK's. We decided to not be another Breeder and pop out kids that we didn't want to satisfty society's need for everyone to be "normal". We don't have to deal with the typical Breeder bullE36 M3 and the "Im a better parent than you" crap. We get to enjoy our lives. So we THOROUGHLY enjoy things like this video. It's funny. It's comical. It gives me a smile. I'm guessing this all makes me a horrible, terrible human being yadda yadda yadda. But guess what? I have exactly zero chits to give.
I would like to buy you a beer.
z31maniac wrote:Bobzilla wrote: You already answered this. A chuckle. Does any reading material need to offer more than that? We're DINK's. We decided to not be another Breeder and pop out kids that we didn't want to satisfty society's need for everyone to be "normal". We don't have to deal with the typical Breeder bullE36 M3 and the "Im a better parent than you" crap. We get to enjoy our lives. So we THOROUGHLY enjoy things like this video. It's funny. It's comical. It gives me a smile. I'm guessing this all makes me a horrible, terrible human being yadda yadda yadda. But guess what? I have exactly zero chits to give.I would like to buy you a beer. I could use one.
If that book offends you, better steer clear of Louis C.K.
1988RedT2 wrote:4cylndrfury wrote:I'm sorry, you have a problem with what exactly? People who object to those who choose to swear around young children? I bring up my children's "excelling" to validate my performance as a parent and to separate myself from those parents whose role consists entirely of being part of a baby factory. I fully understand your difficulty with the word "decency" as it is a concept quite foreign among today's youth. To quote Websters: a : the quality or state of being decent : propriety b : conformity to standards of taste, propriety, or quality1988RedT2 wrote: In reply to 93EXCivic: Dead serious. As a parent raising two boys who are excelling at school and active in scouting and sports, I am amazed at the frequency with which parents swear around their small children. Sad truth is that decency and civility are dead in this country, and we haven't even the self-respect to curtail our foul language in front of our children.I couldn't love GRM the magazine or the website more, and believe me, I don't like to be the P.C police or anything or the guy who has a problem with everything thing, but I do have a problem with this... I find it a bit offensive that you use terms like “Children" and "excelling" for your little offspring or whatever in the discussions. I myself am not a parent, but I feel sensitivity for people with who are, as I am a student living among them, and my nephew is pursuing his masters in the field. This "Decency" thing you speak of, although I'm pretty sure is not even a real trait, is obviously meant to resemble the words used to describe people with impaired common-sense, and it appears that you are using it on this board in a joking sense which, as I view it, makes light of people who liked snakes on a plane.
Um....sacasm tags would be nice....I know you've been here long enough to know that 4cylndrfury's paragraph is a GRM joke meme
JoeyM wrote: Um....sacasm tags would be nice....I know you've been here long enough to know that 4cylndrfury's paragraph is a GRM joke meme
Wow. First I've seen that. Thanks for enlightening me! 
Bobzilla wrote: This. Some people can't take a joke. They are super serial all the time. They usually have high blood pressure and stress related illnesses. I have neither.
C4. 
Did your blood pressure go up?!?
Oh my goodness, why would anyone think this was meant to be read to children? It's for sleep-derived, exhausted parents who only want a bit of a laugh – many of my friends with young ones have gotten a kick out of this book.
When my wife and I heard it read for the first time we were rolling. Not for kids but very funny.
I'm buying this book for my wife. I'm sure we'll read it to Kourtlyn when she's older just for a laugh, but that'll be when she's like 20. LOL
Samuel L Jackson is the PERFECT choice for the narrator though.
Javelin wrote:Bobzilla wrote: This. Some people can't take a joke. They are super serial all the time. They usually have high blood pressure and stress related illnesses. I have neither.C4.
Nope! I'm letting someone ELSE work on it! I'm all peaches and cream right now.
my first word was E36 M3 (no, not the car, I am older than the first M car). According to my mom, I even used it correctly. I was supposedly sitting in my highchair eating cherios when I pushed the bowl off of the edge to the floor. From what she told me.. I inched up to look down at the bowl and mess I made.. then looked right at my mom and said the magic word.
It was then that she realised she used her favourite word far too much
I thought it was funny when I first heard it...a year ago.
I didn't think it was that amusing the first time I heard it last year. 
It's better read by Christopher Walken.
I swear we had a thread nearly identical to this one, maybe a year ago. But not the breeder diatribe. That was bizarre.
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Okay, I'm getting off my high horse now. Think I'll read some William S. Burroughs to my kids.
If they do not enjoy Burroughs they might enjoy Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski.
Yea, WSB was a real icon of decency, a junky poet version of Norman Rockwell, if you will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDR9zULPcFk
pilotbraden wrote: Charles Bukowski.
Yes.
Read some of his poetry to the children. They'll love it.
I've got 4 kids. One girl who is 20 and three boys at 24, 13, and 9. I've even got a couple of grand kids. So parenting is something I'm fairly familiar with.
If you are a parent and didn't laugh your ass off the first time you heard SLJ read this book, I'd hate to be one of your kids. Boot camp comes to mind.
I wouldn't buy a copy, I wouldn't give it to my wife or any parent I know, I think it's in poor taste, but I did laugh out loud. So did my wife when I played it for her.
I have a kid. I can't begin to fathom how many times i've muttered "Just go the berkeley to sleep" under my breath at 2am. That is all.
4cylndrfury wrote: I couldn't love GRM the magazine or the website more...
Where is the original thread this was used in? Can someone link it?
I've been unsuccessful finding it myself. I know it was regarding the use of the word tard or retard in jest
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