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Quirky house rules prompted by bitter experience

336 replies

KERALA1 · 26/06/2017 08:54

No under 8s allowed to use cling film (rendered unusable)

Windows always to be closed when you go out for day however high up you are (pigeon lays egg in bedroom drama)

Cheap feather boas not allowed in house (purple feathers everywhere for weeks)

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StrangeLookingParasite · 26/06/2017 21:32

No Coldplay, ever.

"Coldplay. Not even once."

AddictedToDrPepper · 26/06/2017 21:30

Do not whisper while mum (me) is sleeping.
Do not stand and stare at mum when mum is sleeping.
Do not take pictures of mum when mum is sleeping.
Do not try to be helpful and turn off mums alarm clock.

SleightOfMind · 26/06/2017 21:29

Just one superule round here:
Do What I Say, Right Now.

JamaisDodger · 26/06/2017 21:26

And no Heeleys in the kitchen!

KatnissNeverdone · 26/06/2017 21:26

No trumping whilst wearing a leotard (DS told DD(4) that it would inflate and she's been trying to make it happen at every opportunity).

JamaisDodger · 26/06/2017 21:25

No bikes on the trampoline.

No writing on your sister.

No bare bums on my pillow.

No talking during Brooklyn Nine Nine.

No painting daddy's nails while he's asleep on the sofa (his rule, not mine).

mermaidsandunicorns · 26/06/2017 21:19

For birthdays/Christmas

No lego
Absolutely nothing that could potentially be used as a weapon - this has very much been learnt the hard way

ToothFairiesHaveNoChange · 26/06/2017 21:18

No Coldplay, ever.
Ditto U2.
No using the arm of the sofa as a table for hot mugs of tea.
No washing of clothes until every pocket has been triple checked for paper or tissues.

Mitzimittunz · 26/06/2017 21:06

No chasing the kids with weetabix or watermelons.....

ProfAnnieT · 26/06/2017 21:03

If you bring a bucket of slugs into the house you MUST put a lid on it.

GinSwigmore · 26/06/2017 21:02

I see your glitter and raise you Easter grass, which I am reliably informed will be cited on the divorce papers if it ever darkens our door again.Wink

OhOurBilly · 26/06/2017 21:00

No holding the baby in "shelf mode" because he will choose this moment to do a massive shit, it will explode up his back/out if the leg holes and it will look like a poopocalypse has happened.

No competitive tiredness.

dontpokethebear · 26/06/2017 20:56

A minimum of pants at the dinner table (ds2 and DD are wannabe nudists).

No screen time until everyone is dressed and has had breakfast (except at weekends). This has actually brought peace on our household, should have done it a looooooong time ago.

No glitter. It's the herpes of crafts Grin

Zippyzulu · 26/06/2017 20:44

No dogs allowed on the trampoline (regularly broken)

DonkeyOaty · 26/06/2017 20:33

Bear bum

Grin
Quirky house rules prompted by bitter experience
thebear1 · 26/06/2017 20:15

No eating your feet.
No bear bum on the sofa
No playing on the stairs

StrangeLookingParasite · 26/06/2017 20:04

No Sweet Home Alabama or My Sherona to be played in this house.

I like this rule.

No standing looking at my screen over my shoulder and eating or drinking, or I will keeeeel you (misophonia).

Don't leave any nutella or nutella-related substances where the idiot kitten can get at them. She will eat it/them. She also goes loopy over small broccoli florets.

paxillin · 26/06/2017 19:19

If you are looking for something and whine hard enough, I'll help. If I find the item really easily after the fuss you made, I get to whack you one the head with it.

Found in under 2 minutes- 1 hit.
Found in under 1 minute- 5 hits.
Found in the exact spot I said to look- unlimited hits.

chumpchange · 26/06/2017 19:17

(air guitar with naan bread incident) Grin

I was thinking we didn't have any in particular but then I remembered: Mummy (ie me) is banned from cutting DS's hair after the infamous ear cutting incident of 2016 Blush

I don't even know how it happened, honest! Blush

Shitalopram · 26/06/2017 19:01

No Status Quo at the dinner table (air guitar with naan bread incident)

MyOtherNameIsTaken · 26/06/2017 18:55

No playdoh at all. That's a toy for playgroup or nursery. Wink

jellyshoeswithdiamonds · 26/06/2017 18:54

No putting eggs on to boil and going out.

No putting fairy liquid in dishwasher to degrease.

Don't believe a word the ddog says, he's been fed.

Put your own shoes away, no complaints later that "Mum has dumped them" in the shoe cupboard where they are supposed to live.

If you are expecting food for breakfast/tea/dinner please inform me that you will be here.

If you expect me to feed friends please tell me they are coming here preferably before they walk through the door.

If its not written in one of the columns on the family calendar it's not happening.

No swapping my new lightening charger thingie for your tatty old one ... I've lost the last two new ones, gone.

My makeup is my makeup, you have your own dd18.

Tomato sauce is not a main ingredient.

If you use the last of something tell me.

No nicking my shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, mouthwash.

No teasing sibling that they are adopted bc they don't like rugby as much as the rest of us.

No clecking, unless its life threatening.

RhinestoneCowgirl · 26/06/2017 18:50

No bare bums on the sofa (after DD had worms)
No wheels in the kitchen

starfishmummy · 26/06/2017 18:49

No singing at the dining table - instigated this when ds was small, has now been repealed as he no longer does it!!

Ds's socks have to be on in the kitchen/before computer time depending on whether its me or dh in charge. Mine is the more lenient "before computer time" which is at 5pm. Ds will wander round all day holding his socks but not putting them on. I hate wearing stuff on my feet hence me being more lenient!!

Florence16 · 26/06/2017 18:47

No number 2's in the upstairs loo (it has no window).

My mum used to ban my dad and brothers from poos upstairs too. The downstairs loo was so cold she refused to be forced to go in there because the upstairs warm one stank!

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