Comments on: Back of the hand http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/ "We're all naked underneath" Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:33:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6048 K8 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:19:50 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6048 Unstranger; Thanks!! I've got to admit to stealing the inspiration from Thomas Harris though. :) Holemaster; At least you weren't a girl - I love that boys tend to be door-slammers rather than abuse shouters. I grew up listening to three teenage girls screaming at their parents and each other all the livelong day... they didn't seem to have half the regret you suffered. How anyone could be a lesbian is beyond me. :-p Unstranger; Thanks!! I’ve got to admit to stealing the inspiration from Thomas Harris though. :)

Holemaster; At least you weren’t a girl – I love that boys tend to be door-slammers rather than abuse shouters. I grew up listening to three teenage girls screaming at their parents and each other all the livelong day… they didn’t seem to have half the regret you suffered. How anyone could be a lesbian is beyond me. :-p

]]> By: holemaster http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6039 holemaster Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:07:54 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6039 I told my mother to fuck off when I was about nine. She was trying to get me to wear a really naff wooly hat which was a hand-me-down from my sisters. To this day, I'll never forget the hurt in her face. My heart sank the second I said it. I told my mother to fuck off when I was about nine. She was trying to get me to wear a really naff wooly hat which was a hand-me-down from my sisters. To this day, I’ll never forget the hurt in her face. My heart sank the second I said it.

]]> By: unstranger http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6035 unstranger Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:31:58 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6035 That 'fricatives' is lovely. Who but a writer would have the wherewithal to come up with a way to use it as if it was always supposed to be there; excellent K8. That ‘fricatives’ is lovely. Who but a writer would have the wherewithal to come up with a way to use it as if it was always supposed to be there; excellent K8.

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6032 K8 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:03:20 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6032 Ha! The memories... I was no stranger to the wooden spoon either! But, there are better ways to win a kid's respect. They're tricky little buggers though, it's far from easy. I'm looking forward to getting my revenge on the aul' pair when they get old and doddery! 'Back to bed or I'll get the spoon!' Ha! The memories… I was no stranger to the wooden spoon either! But, there are better ways to win a kid’s respect. They’re tricky little buggers though, it’s far from easy.

I’m looking forward to getting my revenge on the aul’ pair when they get old and doddery! ‘Back to bed or I’ll get the spoon!’

]]> By: Voodoolady http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6030 Voodoolady Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:50:12 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6030 I don't have any kids but I would like to think I would discipline them well. I was chased around the house by my mam trying to slap me on the back of my legs with a wooden spoon when I was bold and we laugh about it now. I bloody deserved it most of the time as I recall. I know one parent who is almost reduced to tears when she sees her husband giving out to one of the kids and then she has a go at him afterwards for being harsh. Tis very amusing to watch, the kid barely notices it and its the mother who gets worked up. I don’t have any kids but I would like to think I would discipline them well. I was chased around the house by my mam trying to slap me on the back of my legs with a wooden spoon when I was bold and we laugh about it now. I bloody deserved it most of the time as I recall.

I know one parent who is almost reduced to tears when she sees her husband giving out to one of the kids and then she has a go at him afterwards for being harsh. Tis very amusing to watch, the kid barely notices it and its the mother who gets worked up.

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6028 K8 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:08:13 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6028 Jenny- A lot of parents just can't see the wood for the trees, maybe. I feel for the folks on Supernanny, it must be wicked hard to have somebody speak so blatantly about how useless you are, but it's an excellent lesson for the rest of us. It must be so hard being a teacher sometimes, I seriously sympathise. Baino- They are pretty dumb alright, but how did they wind up with such huge houses? That's what gets me! It's just not 'sseptable. Fat Sparrow- Yeah, I know a few kids who seem to be the devil's spawn alright. When they're your relatives it's all good, coz you can raid their bedrooms for the good toys when your bro's not looking! It's justified. Jenny- A lot of parents just can’t see the wood for the trees, maybe. I feel for the folks on Supernanny, it must be wicked hard to have somebody speak so blatantly about how useless you are, but it’s an excellent lesson for the rest of us. It must be so hard being a teacher sometimes, I seriously sympathise.

Baino- They are pretty dumb alright, but how did they wind up with such huge houses? That’s what gets me! It’s just not ‘sseptable.

Fat Sparrow- Yeah, I know a few kids who seem to be the devil’s spawn alright. When they’re your relatives it’s all good, coz you can raid their bedrooms for the good toys when your bro’s not looking! It’s justified.

]]> By: Fat Sparrow http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6025 Fat Sparrow Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:44:54 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6025 Celine Dion is too much; it would drive anyone to kill. My brother's eldest Hell Spawn is a good candidate for a right boot in the doot, but of course as he and his wife are massive twats who can't be arsed properly training their litter, that's not going to happen. I do take exception at being forced to put up with the wee bitch, though, and if she shows up here again and gets on like a princess, I'm going to have to shiv her in the yard. There's some children you can reason with, and there's some children that need beat. My grandma said it, and I believe it. Celine Dion is too much; it would drive anyone to kill.

My brother’s eldest Hell Spawn is a good candidate for a right boot in the doot, but of course as he and his wife are massive twats who can’t be arsed properly training their litter, that’s not going to happen. I do take exception at being forced to put up with the wee bitch, though, and if she shows up here again and gets on like a princess, I’m going to have to shiv her in the yard.

There’s some children you can reason with, and there’s some children that need beat. My grandma said it, and I believe it.

]]> By: Baino http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6023 Baino Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:37:46 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6023 It's one of my great regrets that I didn't start the supernanny series and I can pronounce 'acceptable' properly! Actually I'm compelled to the show as well but the parents she coaches are absolute fuckwits. Proving yet again that common sense is very uncommon. As for tough love. It works. I am living testament. I know the feeling of watching that hopeful face disassemble before your eyes though. They won't understand it until they're parents themselves. It’s one of my great regrets that I didn’t start the supernanny series and I can pronounce ‘acceptable’ properly! Actually I’m compelled to the show as well but the parents she coaches are absolute fuckwits. Proving yet again that common sense is very uncommon.

As for tough love. It works. I am living testament. I know the feeling of watching that hopeful face disassemble before your eyes though. They won’t understand it until they’re parents themselves.

]]> By: J Adamthwaite http://www.cackaloo.com/2010/01/22/back-of-the-hand/#comment-6022 J Adamthwaite Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:56:26 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=1539#comment-6022 I can well imagine how hard it is to be tough; I find it hard enough at school sometimes. But I'm always surprised by quite how untough some of the parents on shows like this are... surely part of loving them is wanting them to grow into pleasant adults? I'm surprised it isn't hard for them to sit back and watch that potential disintegrate. I can well imagine how hard it is to be tough; I find it hard enough at school sometimes. But I’m always surprised by quite how untough some of the parents on shows like this are… surely part of loving them is wanting them to grow into pleasant adults? I’m surprised it isn’t hard for them to sit back and watch that potential disintegrate.

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