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Bribery and How I Win Too.

Posted 05-03-2010 at 11:44 AM by OANST
I give Abbey five dollars for every book that she reads cover to cover without me helping her with a single word. If I have to help her then she is done for the night, and will have to try again the next night. Now, she already likes books, but this just gives a bigger incentive for her to spend her time investigating the many worlds available to her in books.

I asked her the other day what she was going to buy with the money that she's been saving from this. You know what she tells me? She wants to get the Boomer toy from Left 4 Dead. So after high fiving I explained to her that the toy is pretty expensive. She doesn't care. She'll just save her money, she says.

You kids don't know how awesome it is to have a 6 year old girl who wants to buy toys of obese, vomiting zombies.
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Pilot's Avatar
I'd always figured you rolled your own.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 11:30 AM by Pilot

Ridg3's Avatar
Snoking's bad mmkay. Actually, I thought the same as Pilot...you've always had a "I rolled my own" attitude about you.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 11:31 AM by Ridg3
Updated 05-05-2010 at 11:46 AM by Ridg3

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
You know what fucking sucks? Washington state keeps upping the tax on smokes, so a pack of my preferred brand would cost me around 9 dollars at this point.

Luckily I only smoke when I drink the booze, and when I drink the booze, I care not about the money.

As far as you being a smoker, I didn't know. Or care. I noticed you coughing on xbox live, but I figured that was unrelated.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 01:15 PM by Disgruntled Intern
Updated 05-05-2010 at 01:17 PM by Disgruntled Intern

OANST's Avatar
I'm going to make another quiting attempt soon. I figure that I need to survive at least until Abbey turns 18. Hopefully much longer, but at least that long I hope.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 01:27 PM by OANST

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
Yeah, Dorian made me quit when she found out she was pregnant. When we lost Zoe I started again, but she was mean to me so I've been reduced to being a smoking drunk only. For whatever reason that is acceptable to her.

Smoking pot is fine, though.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 02:04 PM by Disgruntled Intern

OANST's Avatar
I hardly ever smoke pot anymore. Once or twice a year at most.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 02:09 PM by OANST

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
I started again once I started juggling full time school with full time work.

Prerequisites are fun, LEMMETELLYA.

On topic, sort of, when I was a kid, Pizza Hut did this thing where if you read a book you got some kind of fucking stamp on this little pizza hut card, or maybe a star sticker, and when you got the card filled up, you got a free fucking personal pizza OF YOUR CHOICE.

Probably why I'm fat now. Probably also explains why I snack while I read, and why most of my books are so greasy. I think your way is better than the pizza hut way.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 02:14 PM by Disgruntled Intern

OANST's Avatar
Oh' buddy. I was involved in that as a kid, let me tell you. It's called Book It, and it still exists.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 02:25 PM by OANST

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
Book It. Holy shit.

BOOK IT.
Posted 05-05-2010 at 02:35 PM by Disgruntled Intern

Nate's Avatar
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Children's_Minds_Do_Not_Work_Like_That
Yes_They_Do.

Hell, they're probably more like that than adults are. Kids are pretty damned selfish creatures.
Posted 05-06-2010 at 04:42 AM by Nate

Wings of Fire's Avatar
No they don't. Listen to the person who's been writing essays on developmental psychology for four years on this one.
Posted 05-06-2010 at 05:22 AM by Wings of Fire

Nate's Avatar
So you're suggesting that bribery has no effect on children?
Posted 05-06-2010 at 07:02 AM by Nate

Wings of Fire's Avatar
This isn't bribery, not the negative kind anyway.
Posted 05-06-2010 at 07:26 AM by Wings of Fire

OANST's Avatar
Yeah. I'm done defending my parenting decisions. I'll let WoF take that over.
Posted 05-06-2010 at 07:44 AM by OANST

MA's Avatar
Can't we all just get along?

First I need someone to explain what is parenting thing.
Posted 05-06-2010 at 08:27 AM by MA

 

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