So, I'm pretty tolerant of most things, but I have BANNED a kids' item / activity known as Slime. If you've not seen it, Slime consists of jars full of some kind of goo. Kids also make it out of white glue, water, baking soda, shaving cream and finally, food coloring. All mixed together. Then they play with this rather gross substance.
After a carpet incident which took hours to fix. Well, honestly our carpet will NEVER be the same in that spot, I have banned slime from the house. The only problem is that it seems to be a popular gift for elementary school kids to give each other. As a result I've thrown away about 10 jars of it.
So, what have you banned from your household?
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Posts: 11406 | Location: 45 miles from the Pacific Ocean | Registered: February 28, 2003
Cats. I’ve not had one around in over 20 years. We had a couple when I was I kid. There has never been one in my house. I am deathly allergic to cat dander. And no, I don’t want one that’s supposed to be hypoallergenic. Because on top of being allergic, I just flat don’t like them.
Posts: 6376 | Location: East Texas | Registered: February 20, 2008
Though my wife still smokes, she takes it outside. Yes, even in the dead of winter. (Though, on rare, very rare, occasions, "outside" is sometimes the garage.)
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
Any toilet paper other than Angel Soft. It just works the best of anything else.
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
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Hookers and blow, it was costing to much. Not really. Just TV is banned. Oh, weak beer also. No Bud, Bud Light, Miller, etc. I've become a bit of a beer snob. Strong Ale, Porter or the like.
I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.
Posts: 3652 | Location: The armpit of Ohio | Registered: August 18, 2013
Various womenfolk, including some of my wife's friends and my stepson's girlfriend, kept bringing over 6 packs of Mike's Bacardi Claw Watermelon Rhubarb Peppermint Hurricane Bellini Blasts, opening one, taking two sips, tossing it (because duh... it sucks), and leaving the other 5 bottles in my beer fridge. A couple days later, someone else does the same with a different flavor. Rinse and repeat.
At one point, there were over 20 of these shitty malt liquor sugar bombs cluttering up my beer fridge. And the beer fridge is one of those dorm room fridges that only holds like 35 bottles max.
It's not a total ban, but now the rule is that if they bring it over, they take it home with them, even if they didn't like it.
Originally posted by sigalert: Cable TV. Happy to cut the cord.
Yep. Got rid of all our TV's 25-30 years ago. best thing I ever did for my kids. When traveling and at hotels, i'll occasionally turn the tv on just to see what is on. 50-100 channels of unadulterated shit. just unbelievable what people are watching these days. explains a lot of what goes on in society/public.
A1 sauce-don't need that shit either. Story behind it: years ago my father in law was visiting. In another thread, I detail how the guy abandoned 2 families and I don't like him. However, back on subject. He was visiting years ago and he fucked up in 2 ways. 1. he wanted his steak well done and 2. he was searching in the cupboard and I asked him what he was looking for, he said A1 sauce and I said we don't keep that shit around here.
