So I was thinking, as Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 came on my MP3 player, and it reminded me one time of when I got in trouble as a kid. So that sprung this question:
What's the dumbest, stupidest, most ridiculous thing for which you got in trouble as a kid?
Mine? My dad had a tape in his car that was released by some famous orchestra and they were playing songs from Pink Floyd's catalog. When Another Brick in the Wall (they played the full three songs from part 1 to part 2) came on, I was humming along to it, until it came to parts where I knew the lyrics. This is when I was 12 or 13 years old, and I start singing "We don't need no education..." What happens? My dad starts laying into me, chewing me out for having such an ignoble notion. I couldn't figure it out, what did I do wrong? Finally it occurs to me, and I tell him that it's part of the song. He's still steaming, glaring me down for spewing forth such vile from my mouth. This was about a half-hour into a three-hour car ride. It didn't get any better.
My brother gave that tape to my dad at some point (this brother of mine who lived the Floyd lifestyle to its fullest), and my dad really liked it, played it all the time in the car. I don't think he knew one bit of the lyrics to any Pink Floyd song ever written. I'm willing to bet that my brother gave the tape to my dad as some method to bridge a gap. It may have worked for him, but certainly not for me!
What's the dumbest, stupidest, most ridiculous thing for which you got in trouble as a kid?
Mine? My dad had a tape in his car that was released by some famous orchestra and they were playing songs from Pink Floyd's catalog. When Another Brick in the Wall (they played the full three songs from part 1 to part 2) came on, I was humming along to it, until it came to parts where I knew the lyrics. This is when I was 12 or 13 years old, and I start singing "We don't need no education..." What happens? My dad starts laying into me, chewing me out for having such an ignoble notion. I couldn't figure it out, what did I do wrong? Finally it occurs to me, and I tell him that it's part of the song. He's still steaming, glaring me down for spewing forth such vile from my mouth. This was about a half-hour into a three-hour car ride. It didn't get any better.
My brother gave that tape to my dad at some point (this brother of mine who lived the Floyd lifestyle to its fullest), and my dad really liked it, played it all the time in the car. I don't think he knew one bit of the lyrics to any Pink Floyd song ever written. I'm willing to bet that my brother gave the tape to my dad as some method to bridge a gap. It may have worked for him, but certainly not for me!
I was playing in my friend's yard, when we discovered a squishy spot on the lawn. We started jumping up and down on it like a trampoline, and noticed it got squishier. Then it turned into mud and we were like "Cool! Quicksand!" And that's how I learned what a septic tank was.
