Your kid, and what has he dragged you into?

kiwi_2005 · 03-07-07, 12:01 AM

When my son was 8 he was into Pokermon, i use to play the card game with him although i had no idea what i was doing yet went along with it for months on end every nite i managed be suckered into one game before his bedtime. Then he wanted to go and see the cartoon movie Pokermon which ran for 2hrs & nearly drove me insane i found myself looking at my watch ever few minutes making out this was a cool movie but i hated it! :rotfl:

When Pokermon weared off after a few yrs he started an interest in Risk type board games we use to played "Risk Starwars Clone wars edition" alot, that i could handle and is actually a good game.

Now at 15 hes into deathmetal & Emo music, PC stragety games and girls

The Avon Lady · 03-07-07, 01:35 AM

My 10 year old is dragging the entire family into electronics. If I hear one more word about nano and pico farads, I'm gonna blow a fuse.

The Noob · 03-07-07, 02:15 AM

hahahaha. I dragged my Dad into Computers n stuff. Now the whole family is computerized. :p

bookworm_020 · 03-07-07, 02:25 AM

I taught my parents about the internet, how to program their VCR (they couldn't understand how to do G-Code), MP3's and USB thumbdrives.

They're school teachers by the way (they are planning to retire soon, so they don't feel the need to keep at the bleeding edge of technology)

BTW Avon Lady, Your almost to 5000 posts

Congats!

baggygreen · 03-07-07, 06:30 AM

A number of years ago when i was still at home, I managed to drag my father into AFL.

Now, he's a Sydney man born and bred, which for everyone outside Victoria or NSW means that he is a diehard rugby league fanatic. The mere mentioning of AFL is like to draw several

of those looks in NSW.

Anyway, i converted him, and even now when i travel up to Sydney to umpire (im an umpire for it) he comes along for the drive, just to watch his son in front of 10k people. At least thats what he says. We both know its really to watch the game, because he cant get enough of it!

AVGWarhawk · 03-07-07, 09:10 AM

My two girls and me spend a lot of time at EB Games getting new Nintendo DS games and Game Cube games not to mention CPU games. The list goes on and on, mom goes nuts

. Heck, my eight year old got the Pirates of the Caribien game and I have started my own game on the Nintendo DS.

Thank God they got over Barbie!!!

Dan D · 03-07-07, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Thank God they got over Barbie!!!

LOL
Barbie dolls, being a beautiful princess, doing the ape, and horses, that’s it, basically.

The 2 years old forces me to wear pink Barbie princess paper crowns like her and then we play princess with Barbie dolls and we have imaginary tea parties.
Sometimes I have to put on an ape mask to chase and scare her as an ape which she enjoys a lot. I am very good at doing the ape, actually.
With the 6 years old, who thinks that the saddest thing in the world that can happen, is to be born an ugly princess, I go for pony riding each Saturday morning. Thus, I learn a lot about grooming of ponies and how to saddle them :-)
I took her to the stadium to watch a football/soccer match once. She hates football/soccer. I accepted that. May be, it has to do with the fact, that when she was a baby, I sometimes took her to the pub on week-ends to watch football matches on TV. Once, when I was putting on my football dress again to go playing football with the boys, she asked me: “How comes that you are never on TV with your football team?” How cute, she believes in me.

Wim Libaers · 03-07-07, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

My 10 year old is dragging the entire family into electronics. If I hear one more word about nano and pico farads, I'm gonna blow a fuse.

No problem, you have someone who can replace the blown fuse

03-07-07, 12:01 AM	#1
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	When my son was 8 he was into Pokermon, i use to play the card game with him although i had no idea what i was doing yet went along with it for months on end every nite i managed be suckered into one game before his bedtime. Then he wanted to go and see the cartoon movie Pokermon which ran for 2hrs & nearly drove me insane i found myself looking at my watch ever few minutes making out this was a cool movie but i hated it! :rotfl: When Pokermon weared off after a few yrs he started an interest in Risk type board games we use to played "Risk Starwars Clone wars edition" alot, that i could handle and is actually a good game. Now at 15 hes into deathmetal & Emo music, PC stragety games and girls __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

03-07-07, 01:35 AM	#2
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	My 10 year old is dragging the entire family into electronics. If I hear one more word about nano and pico farads, I'm gonna blow a fuse. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

03-07-07, 02:25 AM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I taught my parents about the internet, how to program their VCR (they couldn't understand how to do G-Code), MP3's and USB thumbdrives. They're school teachers by the way (they are planning to retire soon, so they don't feel the need to keep at the bleeding edge of technology) BTW Avon Lady, Your almost to 5000 posts Congats! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-07-07, 09:10 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	My two girls and me spend a lot of time at EB Games getting new Nintendo DS games and Game Cube games not to mention CPU games. The list goes on and on, mom goes nuts. Heck, my eight year old got the Pirates of the Caribien game and I have started my own game on the Nintendo DS. Thank God they got over Barbie!!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-07-07, 02:15 AM	#3
The Noob The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: de_dust2 Posts: 1,417 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	hahahaha. I dragged my Dad into Computers n stuff. Now the whole family is computerized. :p

03-07-07, 06:30 AM	#5
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	A number of years ago when i was still at home, I managed to drag my father into AFL. Now, he's a Sydney man born and bred, which for everyone outside Victoria or NSW means that he is a diehard rugby league fanatic. The mere mentioning of AFL is like to draw several of those looks in NSW. Anyway, i converted him, and even now when i travel up to Sydney to umpire (im an umpire for it) he comes along for the drive, just to watch his son in front of 10k people. At least thats what he says. We both know its really to watch the game, because he cant get enough of it!