sntm
03-15-2003, 12:05 PM
And those of his friend, emailed to me (good for a laugh, or frightening, depending on how seriously you take them!)
SNTM,
Here's the funny email conversation on parenting ideas Marcus and I have had. Thought you may get a kick out of reading some of it. This could turn into a collaborative book project for he and I; we could make millions! Talk shows, seminars, a whole product line of 'useful' baby items,.....
Love,
Chip Mc.
Chip-
Evidently you and I went to the same school of
parenting. I have been talking about how people spend
ridiculous amounts of money on kids things they do not
need.
1) Why buy formula? Breast milk is free. Why even
buy a breast pump? My mouth is free.
2) Diapers. Why buy disposable? Old T-shirts can
soak of ##### and piss. And kids are washable. I
talked about the waterhose idea, and it bothered Cara.
Not sure why. Kids love hoses. Hell, I drank more
water out of hose when I was a kid than I ever did out
of a sink. And I know I took more "showers" out of
hose as a kid than I ever did in a bathtub.
3) Kids clothes. Goodwill ##### is nice, and seeing as
all kids clothes are basically going to get crapped
on, pissed on, thrown up on or dirtied beyond
recognition, why buy nice stuff? Hell, I am all for
trashbags as clothes.
Evidently my philosophy on parenting can get you put
in jail or something, but I think it is clearly the
most logical.
Well, we'll miss you here in April.
Marcus
> Marcus,
> Thanks for the quotes! Have you seen all the
> articles about serving 'Freedom Toast' and 'Freedom
> Fries' these days? Funny stuff.
>
> April is Shannon's vacation so I'm packing her onto
> a train and sending her up your way. I
> unfortunately have to work, so she's on her own.
> This is potentially very dangerous since my sister
> has agreed to show her lots of shopping places
> around town. She spends crazy money now on baby
> stuff...I personally think the kid should run around
> naked (no clothes to buy) for the summer and I could
> send him out on the deck most of the time. If he
> makes messes, I could hose him off instead of
> changing diapers. Shannon dismisses my suggestions
> and claims they aren't as helpful as I seem to
> believe...!
>
> Have fun up there in the frozen north,
> Chip Mc.
shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
SNTM,
Here's the funny email conversation on parenting ideas Marcus and I have had. Thought you may get a kick out of reading some of it. This could turn into a collaborative book project for he and I; we could make millions! Talk shows, seminars, a whole product line of 'useful' baby items,.....
Love,
Chip Mc.
Chip-
Evidently you and I went to the same school of
parenting. I have been talking about how people spend
ridiculous amounts of money on kids things they do not
need.
1) Why buy formula? Breast milk is free. Why even
buy a breast pump? My mouth is free.
2) Diapers. Why buy disposable? Old T-shirts can
soak of ##### and piss. And kids are washable. I
talked about the waterhose idea, and it bothered Cara.
Not sure why. Kids love hoses. Hell, I drank more
water out of hose when I was a kid than I ever did out
of a sink. And I know I took more "showers" out of
hose as a kid than I ever did in a bathtub.
3) Kids clothes. Goodwill ##### is nice, and seeing as
all kids clothes are basically going to get crapped
on, pissed on, thrown up on or dirtied beyond
recognition, why buy nice stuff? Hell, I am all for
trashbags as clothes.
Evidently my philosophy on parenting can get you put
in jail or something, but I think it is clearly the
most logical.
Well, we'll miss you here in April.
Marcus
> Marcus,
> Thanks for the quotes! Have you seen all the
> articles about serving 'Freedom Toast' and 'Freedom
> Fries' these days? Funny stuff.
>
> April is Shannon's vacation so I'm packing her onto
> a train and sending her up your way. I
> unfortunately have to work, so she's on her own.
> This is potentially very dangerous since my sister
> has agreed to show her lots of shopping places
> around town. She spends crazy money now on baby
> stuff...I personally think the kid should run around
> naked (no clothes to buy) for the summer and I could
> send him out on the deck most of the time. If he
> makes messes, I could hose him off instead of
> changing diapers. Shannon dismisses my suggestions
> and claims they aren't as helpful as I seem to
> believe...!
>
> Have fun up there in the frozen north,
> Chip Mc.
shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03