To the over-booklearned, underexperienced and clearly opinionated sharing a ride on the Metro Transit bus with my husband and daughter: you had no business asking for my daughter’s name then throwing it into my husband’s face while asking rhetorically if he thought it might be inappropriate to answer her question. She’d asked about tequila (she’s 8, not the most sheltered kid on the planet but only because we don’t bullshit her about anything), and my husband was explaining how it’s made. You decided that that was not an appropriate topic for my husband and daughter to discuss and made a point of butting in and pissing off my husband to justify your posing rage. I’m not surprised that you’d choose such an obvious mark for whatever gender-studies-induced hatred or self-righteous indignation you wanted to spill onto the scene. We discuss a wide range of things with our child – on a level she can understand and tolerate – because she’s a curious kid and because engaging her tends to encourage curiosity. Were I there, that would be the first part of my extensive telling-off to someone clearly lacking in either real-world experience or in parenting. Heaven forbid that a father and daughter might discuss basic chemistry on a bus. Far worse conversations take place on Metro Transit buses – save your huffing for the snogging teenagers or the gangsta-wannabe screaming expletives into his Smartphone. —P.O.’d Parental Unit
This article appears in Aug 22-28, 2013.
Next time some FYP loser asks questions like this, ask THEM what they do for a living and when they finally admit that it has something to do with Starbucks be all like “In.. teres..ting…” And end the conversation there.
awful lot of extrapolation in this one but even cutting through the chaff, the busybody sounds like an idiot.
Chaff is Winnowed, GDM. I learned that in FYP.
Just kidding.
So where does the bass-playing part come in?
klyde played electric bass,
played it with finesse and grace…
set on the porch ain’t got no shoes
picking the bass and singing the blues.
oh yeah! Waylon!
Nice One Good Dog Molly, my dad had that song on one his records, not a big country fan but always loved Waylon.
I wonder if other Bass Players act this way, Paul Simonon, Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke, begs the question.
I used to say the only music I didn’t like was barbershop quartets and opera, until I heard Tosca.
country music is for Friday nights alone when you want to sink into a tub of hagan daaz and belt out the tunes while your cats watch, unsympathetically, from the couch.
That’s funny and catchy GDM, although I like drums.
Dr. Cato demonstrated to his class
That his testicles were cast from pure brass.
When he banged them together
they played “Stormy Weather”
Whilst lightning shot forth from his ass.
while mine ( a legitimate song )
spurred others to rhyming along
a teacher’s brass balls
though in hallowed halls
is sending this thread so far wrong!
Ivan, you’re too much lol
RSVP
: Ivan Sonofabitch (08/22, 2:40PM)
I can see that you have the rhyming talent of a poet Ivan, but can you sing and play bass guitar, particularly “Stormy Weather?” If so, I will hum along. If not, don’t stand behind me.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
OB, if this bass-playing dick is bothering your kid, punch him in the trout.
I play the bass, to move your waist,
But if you touch my bass, I’ll kick your ass.
Totes m’goats, me old trout
OP I couldn’t agree with you more. I had a similar experience years ago when my son was around the same age. I think our parenting styles are alike and just so you know, my son has grown into a responsible, intelligent, and independent young man. Keep up the good work.
What Meaty said.
I think its very important with our technology today that parents are open and honest with their kids, even if it means discussing topics that are ‘older’ than the child. With the internet comes the ability to get answers on any topic and if you are not willing to discuss certain things with your kids than they will find the answers a different way. Or their friends are going to tell them what they think and it prob will be far from the truth.
But most important people should really just keep to them selves.. Just because you think something doesn’t make it the truth and everyone on this plant has their own way of thinking, feelings and being. And there is nothing wrong with that!
Busybody bass playa was prolly wondering how your kid even knows what tequila is, bein so young and all. My guess is, if you and your hubby would leave the bottle alone a minute, you’d be able afford a family car to drive your precious jewel to school. On the drive, you could teach the kid how to make a nice toilet hooch from a potato -without those pesky “busybodies” interrupting to make conversation.
So some complete stranger decides what is appropriate for anyone who comes near her Universe.
I wonder what the bitch would think of your husband asked your daughter to cover her ears while he told Ms Busybody to
Fuck Off !
& mind her own damn business ! !
Because after all she has entered into the periphery of their Universe as well. ~;)