I remember the "just give the tenant the house" thread too :o Also the one where an eight months pregnant woman was told she should clamber up a ladder after a cat.
I love the conflicting advice.
Op: Should I leave my ten year old home alone for fifteen minutes?
Poster: No, I wouldn't, you never know what could happen, my child never left my sight until the day she went to university.
Another poster: Of course you should, how else will they learn, mine have been left alone on a regular basis since they were three and I expected them to have done a load of laundry by the time I got back.
OP: my daughter loves dressing up in princess dresses and doing her nails in sparkly pink polish.
Posters: That's terrible, this isn't the 1950s.
OP: My son loves dressing up in princess dresses and doing his nails with sparkly pink polish.
Posters: How lovely.
Poster: You shouldn't get a dog unless it will never come in contact with anyone under the age of 26, will never be alone for a minute, has access to at least a fenced acre of land, and will be fed a raw diet of wild caught yak liver.
Same Poster: I wonder why the shelters are so full. I despair.
OP: I'm really concerned about the diet of some children I know. They are very overweight and eat ice cream and McDonald's for every meal, their mother tells me they have never eaten a vegetable and she puts Coke in the baby's bottle every night.
Poster: You sound like a complete snob. Have a word with yourself.
OP: I was tired today and used jarred sauce on the children's pasta.
Poster: Why didn't you just pick some tomatoes and simmer them with a handful of herbs from the pots you surely keep on your windowsill? You know, feed them real food.