Heard around the house

Me: If you don’t get your homework done, I’m going to crack you upside the head.

Junior: THAT’S CHILD ABUSE!

Me: No, that’s hyperbole, which you should be learning about right now.

Posted in Notes to Junior on January 28th, 2015 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

Weer'd Beard Says:
January 28th, 2015 at 11:45 pm
ZING!!!!!

Walked right into that one!
nk Says:
January 28th, 2015 at 11:55 pm
Tonight. Texts.
Me: Always question authority.
Daughter: Why
Me: That’s my girl.
Daughter: Oh, I get it
JTC Says:
January 29th, 2015 at 12:19 am
“That’s child abuse!”

Now *that’s* hyberbole. Sounds like she’s got it down.
comatus Says:
January 29th, 2015 at 10:08 am
You’re lucky you don’t live in Synecdoche. She’d have to take bathos.
Wyowanderer Says:
January 29th, 2015 at 10:47 am
My dad would have cracked me upside the head, and THEN told me to do my homework.
Kids sure have it easy these days.
Tirno Says:
January 29th, 2015 at 1:40 pm
I like Terry Pratchett’s view that, when threatening a child, you should take it to an amusing hyperbolic extreme.

“Do your homework, or I’m going the break both your legs, then tie them in a knot over a tree branch and play pinata.”

“You’re FUNNY!”
Joe Huffman Says:
January 29th, 2015 at 1:47 pm
@Tirno, that is my approach in general, not just my kids. I ran into problems when I didn’t know enough about the background of someone. They had been in an abusive relationship for decades and for some reason that particular humor trigger had been excised and replaced with a different sort of trigger. It resulted in a reaction that was unpleasant for everyone.

I try to know my audience better now.

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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