This is freaking awesome

[Uncle.Ruckus]

"Dad, that's great and all, but why the **** are you listening to my private conversations?"

THIS was my takeaway.

I don't know how your parents or your friends' parents were, but privacy was an iffy proposition with most of the people I grew up around.

 

[YankeeFan]

"Dad, that's great and all, but why the **** are you listening to my private conversations?"

THIS was my takeaway.

I don't know how your parents or your friends' parents were, but privacy was an iffy proposition with most of the people I grew up around.

And, btw, if this is a real story, hooray for the parents and the teen.

As for privacy, well, I'm older than you. There were no cell phones when I was growing up, and even cordless phones didn't come out until I was older.

So, there were phones in the kitchen, my parents bedroom, and in an office/den off of the living room. And, I had five brothers. So, there wasn't a lot of privacy.

But, if you think you're having a private conversation, then it might be a little odd to find out it was overheard.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

As for privacy, well, I'm older than you. There were no cell phones when I was growing up, and even cordless phones didn't come out until I was older.

Same boat, sir. Cordless phones did exist, but we didn't have one until I was 17 or so.

 

[dooley_womack1]

You think they really needed to look?

 

[BenPoquette]

The timing of this, along with the Portman story, is a little...uhh...suspicious?

 

[waterytart]

The timing of this, along with the Portman story, is a little...uhh...suspicious?

Portman is from Ohio. Maybe this was staged by the same people as Kent State. [/crossthread]

::)

 

[BenPoquette]

The timing of this, along with the Portman story, is a little...uhh...suspicious?

Portman is from Ohio. Maybe this was staged by the same people as Kent State. [/crossthread]

::)

I wish I had crazy-good photoshop skills so I could photoshop a picture of her standing over Portman's son, with Portman's face on her body.

 

[YankeeFan]

Growing up with three brothers, I wouldn't say anything on the phone other than, "I'll meet you [here] at [time]." Especially when girlfriends called.

Those assholes were looking for any ammunition they could find to make fun of me for.

Growing up with all brothers & going to all boy Catholic schools from 1st through 12th grades stunted my social growth as it relates to women.

But, yeah, having no privacy made the prospect of talking to a girl on the phone even more terrifying than it already was.

Back then, we were envious of families that had a second line. A couple of kids had actual phones in their bedrooms, but that was pretty rare.

Now, every kid has a cell phone, and girls don't even expect you to call. You can flirt, or set up dates via text. That's not terrifying.

And, I know it stresses my brothers and sisters-in-law that they can't act as gatekeepers in the way that our parents could.

God, we had to ask some poor girl's mother if we could talk to her daughter. Kids don't have to deal with that anymore.

 

[Songbird]

"Dad, that's great and all, but why the **** are you listening to my private conversations?"

THIS was my takeaway.

I don't know how your parents or your friends' parents were, but privacy was an iffy proposition with most of the people I grew up around.

And, btw, if this is a real story, hooray for the parents and the teen.

As for privacy, well, I'm older than you. There were no cell phones when I was growing up, and even cordless phones didn't come out until I was older.

So, there were phones in the kitchen, my parents bedroom, and in an office/den off of the living room. And, I had five brothers. So, there wasn't a lot of privacy.

But, if you think you're having a private conversation, then it might be a little odd to find out it was overheard.

This will (or at least should) be the one time the boy doesn't mind that dad was listening.

Kind of makes me think that a good newspaper or mag story could be reactions of parents when their kids come out -- if that story hasn't been done already on a large scale.

 

[cranberry]

Growing up with three brothers, I wouldn't say anything on the phone other than, "I'll meet you [here] at [time]." Especially when girlfriends called.

Those assholes were looking for any ammunition they could find to make fun of me for.

Growing up with all brothers & going to all boy Catholic schools from 1st through 12th grades stunted my social growth as it relates to women.

But, yeah, having no privacy made the prospect of talking to a girl on the phone even more terrifying than it already was.

Back then, we were envious of families that had a second line. A couple of kids had actual phones in their bedrooms, but that was pretty rare.

Now, every kid has a cell phone, and girls don't even expect you to call. You can flirt, or set up dates via text. That's not terrifying.

And, I know it stresses my brothers and sisters-in-law that they can't act as gatekeepers in the way that our parents could.

God, we had to ask some poor girl's mother if we could talk to her daughter. Kids don't have to deal with that anymore.

Ha. We had four boys and a girl (all within six years, good Irish Catholics that we were) and one landline -- in the kitchen. A parent always answered the telephone. I had more awkward telephone conversations with Mrs. Fradella than with her daughter.

 

[Boom_70]

Growing up with three brothers, I wouldn't say anything on the phone other than, "I'll meet you [here] at [time]." Especially when girlfriends called.

Those assholes were looking for any ammunition they could find to make fun of me for.

Growing up with all brothers & going to all boy Catholic schools from 1st through 12th grades stunted my social growth as it relates to women.

But, yeah, having no privacy made the prospect of talking to a girl on the phone even more terrifying than it already was.

Back then, we were envious of families that had a second line. A couple of kids had actual phones in their bedrooms, but that was pretty rare.

Now, every kid has a cell phone, and girls don't even expect you to call. You can flirt, or set up dates via text. That's not terrifying.

And, I know it stresses my brothers and sisters-in-law that they can't act as gatekeepers in the way that our parents could.

God, we had to ask some poor girl's mother if we could talk to her daughter. Kids don't have to deal with that anymore.

Quote from: YankeeFan on Today at 01:16:54 PM
Quote from: MisterCreosote on Today at 12:05:02 PM
Growing up with three brothers, I wouldn't say anything on the phone other than, "I'll meet you [here] at [time]." Especially when girlfriends called.

Those assholes were looking for any ammunition they could find to make fun of me for.

Growing up with all brothers & going to all boy Catholic schools from 1st through 12th grades stunted my social growth as it relates to women.

But, yeah, having no privacy made the prospect of talking to a girl on the phone even more terrifying than it already was.

Back then, we were envious of families that had a second line. A couple of kids had actual phones in their bedrooms, but that was pretty rare.

Now, every kid has a cell phone, and girls don't even expect you to call. You can flirt, or set up dates via text. That's not terrifying.

And, I know it stresses my brothers and sisters-in-law that they can't act as gatekeepers in the way that our parents could.

God, we had to ask some poor girl's mother if we could talk to her daughter. Kids don't have to deal with that anymore.

Ha. We had four boys and a girl (all within six years, good Irish Catholics that we were) and one landline -- in the kitchen. A parent always answered the telephone. I had more awkward telephone conversations with Mrs. Fradella than with her daughter.

Cranberry is Danny Noonan

 

[dreunc1542]

Growing up with three brothers, I wouldn't say anything on the phone other than, "I'll meet you [here] at [time]." Especially when girlfriends called.

Those assholes were looking for any ammunition they could find to make fun of me for.

Growing up with all brothers & going to all boy Catholic schools from 1st through 12th grades stunted my social growth as it relates to women.

But, yeah, having no privacy made the prospect of talking to a girl on the phone even more terrifying than it already was.

Back then, we were envious of families that had a second line. A couple of kids had actual phones in their bedrooms, but that was pretty rare.

Now, every kid has a cell phone, and girls don't even expect you to call. You can flirt, or set up dates via text. That's not terrifying.

And, I know it stresses my brothers and sisters-in-law that they can't act as gatekeepers in the way that our parents could.

God, we had to ask some poor girl's mother if we could talk to her daughter. Kids don't have to deal with that anymore.

Kids today are stunted, just in different ways. They're so used to using mediated forms of communication that they're not as good at asking a girl out by calling her or asking her in person. And the chances that something gets misconstrued is much easier online, which is how you have relationships that aren't really relationships to one side of the equation, and lots of general confusion.

Also, this may come as a surprise since I'm a good bit younger, but I had a similar situation to you. I went to Catcholic school grades K-12 and had three older siblings and one phone line. I didn't get a cell phone until I was in college. We did have dial-up so I could use AIM, but that would end up being annoying because I'd get kicked off when someone needed to make a call. Also, the computer was in my parents' bedroom, which also had a TV so there were often siblings in there and they could easily look over my shoulder.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Your brother knows the same about you, but does not know which name goes with which one

 

[Versatile]

One of the greatest days of my young life was when I found out my brother's girlfriend's pet name for him.

It's 22 years later, and they've been married for almost 20, and I still bust their balls about it all the time.

Which of you is adopted?

 

[cranberry]

Ha. We had four boys and a girl (all within six years, good Irish Catholics that we were) and one landline -- in the kitchen. A parent always answered the telephone. I had more awkward telephone conversations with Mrs. Fradella than with her daughter.

Cranberry is Danny Noonan

Except Danny had a better golf game.

 

[qtlaw]

"Dad, that's great and all, but why the **** are you listening to my private conversations?"

THIS was my takeaway.

IMHO, if you give your kids the same privacy that say you would give your parents or siblings living in your house? You're not being a very good parent.

 

[dooley_womack1]

qtlaw keeping track of his kids.

 

[qtlaw]

I wasn't referring specifically to phone conversations; more like facebook and instagram.

 

[Versatile]

qtlaw keeping track of his kids.

Why's he got to be Asian? Just because he's from the Bay Area?

 

[dooley_womack1]

Because the character who did this in Kentucky Fried Movie happened to be Asian, and I knew of no other microphone bits like this in other movies.