Family is fuxored.

[kickaha]

Dear Mom.

While I know you enjoy the free, 24/7 tech support that I provide, I will need to amend the agreement with the following clause:

14) Above agreement does not apply while I AM IN THE SHOWER!

Comments

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Do you know how long your mom was in labor with you? If not, I suggest you not share the above sentiment with her, or you are liable to find out. :)

_My_ mom once called me at work because her NT 3.1 domain at home was not letting anyone log on, because she had managed to promote a second primary domain controller without demoting the first, and neither machine would let the other accept authentication requests. I eventually tracked down the procedure for demoting a PDC, but it was literally faster and less complicated to reinstall Windows and all her applications.

I envy people whose parents call them and ask *simple* questions, like, "why doesn't my modem work?"

[gwywnnydd.livejournal.com]

See, if one were a Luddite (like myself), one wouldn't *have* a waterproof phone, and would be able to argue that "I'm sorry, I was in the shower, and didn't hear your call..."

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

She bothered you *twice*? :O

I thought I was being a good wife on the other issue by not ratting you out on the shower pump.

[badger.livejournal.com]

Especially if the shower is part of the morning "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" evolving back to functional in the morning. Not that I'd know *anything* about that long slow crawl up from the formless muck....

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

If you answered her you have no right to complain. :p The proper answer was not to turn of the shower, it was to yell LOUDLY: "DON'T KNOW, DON'T GIVE A FUCK, SHOWERING!"

Parents must be trained with harsh tactics. :)