# Behave now, kids. And don't touch the stereo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422 "2001-07-06T00:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/81 "2001-07-07T15:57:09Z")
**Astroboy climbs out from behind the sofa, looking a bit worn…** Hey, what day is it? Someone pass me the bong, the nitrous tank, a beer, and a sledgehammer (in that order, please!)…😃 **Ginger**! You’re all…like… darker and stuff! Did you do tan lines? I LOVE tan lines!! They make it easier to play airport… [sup]What’s every one looking at? You never played airport??[/sup] Hey! COOL! Chia house!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/82 "2001-07-07T15:58:44Z")
I don’t know if they’re _really_ tan lines, since it’s fake-a-bake. I wondered what happened to you. I thought I broke you or something. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/83 "2001-07-07T16:03:39Z")
We’re, like **coff, splutter, choke** … in different time-spaces in our mental realities, man!\* 'ere! _Astroboy passes the bong to **Ginger** _\* ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/84 "2001-07-07T16:07:24Z")
_ **Ginger** passes the bong along to the next person as she’s terribly allergic to marijuana and all of its various forms…_ ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/85 "2001-07-07T16:13:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*_ **Ginger** passes the bong along to the next person as she’s terribly allergic to marijuana and all of its various forms…_ \*\* [sup]s’ry! 'ere!![/sup] **Astroboy passes the nitrous tank to Ginger** ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/86 "2001-07-07T16:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Good point, **Arden**. > What should I do with the tape from the video camera in the rubber bedroom? \*\* Hmm…I’ll take that. We’ll have a viewing party later. In a VCR that no one has sprayed silly string in. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/87 "2001-07-07T16:22:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > \*\*[sup]s’ry! 'ere!![/sup] **Astroboy passes the nitrous tank to Ginger** \*\* _ **Ginger** ’s head floats away…taking the video from the bedroom with her…_ ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/88 "2001-07-07T16:28:43Z")
**Astroboy quickly shotguns a beer… swoons for a second… then strightens up…** OK! Where’s the sledgehammers???😃 Hey, **Ginger**! Come back with that tape, dammit! I want to see!! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/89 "2001-07-07T16:35:37Z")
No, you can’t have it. If you let **Arden** get her muckers on it, the next thing you know it’ll be broadcast on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/90 "2001-07-07T16:41:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*No, you can’t have it. If you let **Arden** get her muckers on it, the next thing you know it’ll be broadcast on the internet. \*\* Well, duh! That’s what I’m hoping for!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/91 "2001-07-07T16:43:41Z")
**Wakes up saturday morning, wipes the drool from his face, crawls out of the bathroom closet** What the hell happened?? I feel like somebody hit me with that sledgehammer. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/92 "2001-07-07T16:46:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*No, you can’t have it. If you let **Arden** get her muckers on it, the next thing you know it’ll be broadcast on the internet. \*\* Hey! Not unless there’s substantial amounts of money involved! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/93 "2001-07-07T17:09:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > > \*\*No, you can’t have it. If you let **Arden** get her muckers on it, the next thing you know it’ll be broadcast on the internet. \*\* > > Hey! Not unless there’s substantial amounts of money involved! \*\* I’ll give you twenny bucks and a picture of Persephone if you _don’t_. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/94 "2001-07-07T18:02:24Z")
Well since I’ve apparently killed Whammo… ::Gets out of tub and heads towards the couch:: Astroboy, hand me a beer and something to poke a hole in the side with. Ihaven’t shotgunned a beer in years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/95 "2001-07-07T18:04:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \* > \*\*Well since I’ve apparently killed Whammo… > > ::Gets out of tub and heads towards the couch:: > Astroboy, hand me a beer and something to poke a hole in the side with. Ihaven’t shotgunned a beer in years. 🙂 \*\* **blearily hands hardygrrl a beer and an awl** ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/96 "2001-07-07T18:05:52Z")
Shotgunning is awe-inspiring? Damn, **Astro** , you gotta get out more. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/97 "2001-07-07T18:22:35Z")
::Pokes hole in side of beer can,lifts it smoothly to her lips,pops the top and drinks it down without wasting a drop:: Still have my touch I see 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/98 "2001-07-07T19:20:55Z")
::edges in through door hanging drunkenly from the hinges:: HOLY toxic waste dump! This place looks like cross between a Manila cathouse and a morgue! Is **Whammo** _dead_…? Well, he twitched. Could be post mortem spasms but damn, lookit his face. That greenish tinge is either lethal hangover or crusted guacamole. I myself just (ahem!) stopped by to check on **Coldy’s** plants. I, uh, just brought along Guinness because the plants like it. Great for dusting off plastic… Ah, hell. The stero’s smoking rubble. Drat. HEY! Anybody check to see if he took his Peugot or his new bike? Veb ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/99 "2001-07-07T19:50:31Z")
The Peugot’s in impound, the cops having taken a dim view of my latest attempt at the land speed record. The bike I used as part of my daring escape, but I had to ditch it in a canal some miles back. Oh well…we can replace _that_ with this here two-speed Huffy and he’ll never know the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422/100 "2001-07-07T20:07:13Z")
Pictures? Who’s got pictures of me??? Aw, hell. I told my husband I was going to a crochet convention. How much for the pictures? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behave-now-kids-and-dont-touch-the-stereo/71422.md?page=6)