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I really don't think this is funny

51 replies

SantanaLopez · 28/07/2016 17:10

Apparently I am in a minority of one IRL.

metro.co.uk/2016/07/21/parents-leave-some-very-wise-but-blunt-words-of-advice-for-children-6021221/

It's just..... urgh. None of that behaviour is funny!

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SantanaLopez · 28/07/2016 17:11

Here's the letters.

I really don't think this is funny
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BodsAuntieFlo · 28/07/2016 17:13

Do you have teenagers OP?

squoosh · 28/07/2016 17:15

The parent obviously wrote these in the hope of 'going viral' on Twitter and Facebook. It seems everyone wants their 15 mins of Facebook fame.

SantanaLopez · 28/07/2016 17:15

Nope!

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SantanaLopez · 28/07/2016 17:15

I thought that too, squoosh.

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KoalaDownUnder · 28/07/2016 17:16

Cringe-inducing.

facebookrecruit · 28/07/2016 17:17

Lighten up

BodsAuntieFlo · 28/07/2016 17:18

That's the type of tongue in cheek notes I'd have left my teenagers when I was going on holiday without the drugs part or annoying neighbours as we have none.

KoalaDownUnder · 28/07/2016 17:18

It's just not actually clever or funny, though? Confused

BodsAuntieFlo · 28/07/2016 17:21

koala it was a note a mum left for her teenage children. I can see the humour in it. It was her son who put it on Twitter.

SantanaLopez · 28/07/2016 17:22

They just sound like our old neighbours from hell. That's not the usual teenage antics, it's shitty behaviour.

IMO.

Grin
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KoalaDownUnder · 28/07/2016 17:25

I know what it was - I just think its trying too hard, and failing. Sorry.

nanetterose · 28/07/2016 17:25

Poor parent. I like the handwriting - but that isn't even slightly witty.

Lasagna · 28/07/2016 17:25

No it's not funny. Just showing the world now what shitty people the whole family are.

I have never had to leave any note like that for any of mine or my partners children as I brought them up to be respectful kind people.

whateveryousay · 28/07/2016 17:28

I have teenagers, I leave them when we go on holiday, and think it's a great idea, very funny. Makes the point in a humorous way, which is better than just a dry list of rules which would never get read.

2nds · 28/07/2016 17:28

This lot sound like the neighbours from hell!

I. Found it a bit boring if I'm honest. I didn't / couldn't read it all.

2largeglasses · 28/07/2016 17:28

Somewhere in their house, there will be a "welcome to the madhouse" sign.

Urgh there's nothing worse than something designed to go viral.

NotYoda · 28/07/2016 17:29

I've got teens and i don't think it's funny

I probably could have done better - not more dramatic, just better

M0nstersinthecl0set · 28/07/2016 17:30

Cringe. So fake, the teenager wrote that I take it?

LumpySpacedPrincess · 28/07/2016 17:31

Love the fact their daughter has to be responsible and look after her brother and the dog. The son just has to remember not to spend all their money on prostitutes, just lovely.

LumpySpacedPrincess · 28/07/2016 17:32

2large spot on!

JohnLithgowsLargeForehead · 28/07/2016 17:33

It's alright, not really that funny but her teenagers sound like shits Grin

ZippyNeedsFeeding · 28/07/2016 17:36

I can't imagine calling my kids arseholes, and they seem to make a career out of finding new ways to mess up.

MissClarke86 · 28/07/2016 17:39

I couldn't get past the bad grammar. Didn't find it funny either.

LoreleiGilmoreIsMyBFF · 28/07/2016 17:39

Super-judgemental, I know, but 'Robbie' does look a bit of a tosser with his cigar.... I mean, that's the pic they chose to accompany the article?

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