A most appropriate quote:Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I’ve got to do something.
Man #1: Bob, there’s nothing you can do.
Bob: Well, I guess I’ll just have to develop a sense of humor.
And another just for shits and giggles I love the luke perry episode where Peter tells the little kids something like and when you die you go to a magical place called heaven, im just kidding you rot in the ground.
Yeah, well Lev Drakon’s mom used to ban stuff all the time. It usually only lasted a week or two. By then I’d give her something worse to ban and she forgot the other bans. YMMV.
Excuse me Larry, but the manor in which it was written could either be START or START’s mother on his account. If his mother is doing shit like banning Family Guy, why not peruse on her sons private SDMB acount?
START and his mom live in a manor? Cool; that might even make up for not being allowed to watch Family Guy.
BTW…the identity of START was mistaken in the second post and established in the third post. Hence the confusion over your confusion. Those who read the thread already knew who posted it.
I had the cold sweats when you said it had been banned.
About your mom. I don’t really think that you are going to get anywhere with you. See… We had a ban on Beavis and Butthead in our house. Beavis and Butthead wasn’t as clever, and no where near as Family Guy can be. You need to show her the part where the guy says, “Well, I guess I’ll just have to develop a sense of humor.”
But I got around the B&B by getting my father into it. It was such a guilty pleasure for him that he wanted to keep it a secret too. But maybe that’s not an option either. If your mom is pretty religious, which I imagine she is, you are probably not going to get her to accept it. Seriously, because Family Guy cracks more jokes at religion that probably any cartoon. The Simpsons has Ned Flanders and the Reverend, but this is nothing compared to the blasphemy of the Family Guy. Let me just put it this way. You have a computer. That computer can play video. Figure the rest our for yourself.
I remember there was a time when there was this station on the Internet in Winamp 5 had these awesome channels. They had a Family Guy channel, and a Futurama channel. That’s probably why I have seen all of these eposodes. But really, you have a DVD of the Family Guy, and a computer. Doesn’t it play DVDs?
Parents are around for lots of good reasons, and by the time you get my age (22) you’ll start to appreciate a lot of things your parents did for you. Not just financial support, but other things too. But then you will start to realize the things that you would do different as a parent. But once you get older or more mature you’ll start to gain trust from your parents anyways, and they figure that you have it enough together to realize that you aren’t going to F up, then its all good. I had to leave home at the age of 16 to do that. I went to a special highschool. It took me a long time of trying to cut the umbillical cord. You’ll just have to sneak around till you get your parents to respect you enough to not screw up. The only way to do that is by making mature deciscions without being told to. I don’t know anything about your deciscions at this point, but that’s the way to do it.
START,
all you need to do is walk into the kitchen with a 50 gallon drum of fertilizer and express an interest in federal buildings…
while she’s temporarally speechless, lament about you downward spiral into depression since you’ve been deprived of televised levity. if she doesn’t cave, hit her with a big rock.
i assume your mother is a devout christian, i’m guessing southern baptist? or perhaps catholic?
Point out to your mother that the fingers form the letters I, L and U and this is legitimate hand signal meaning “I love you” and has nothing to do with Satan.
The “Satanic salute” gesture (the “cornu”/horns) was indeed used by Anton LaVey so it’s not a figment of Fundy imagination, but it’s been so overused by rockers & even confused with the ILU gesture that it’s practically meaningless now. I’ve seen C’tian singers using the cornu, thinking they were doing the ILU… unless of course they are just Satanic infiltrators… like Amy Grant…
JOKING!!! (for the benefit of Amy Grant’s legal team)
Descending to comment seriously on the “horns” gesture, waaaay back before it developed any satanic connotations, it was used as a superstitious gesture to ward off the “evil eye.”
And then as a rude gesture suggesting the recipient has been cuckolded. (Come to think of it, maybe the “evil eye” explanation was made up afterward to ward off the black eye. :dubious: )
And then to indicate that the giver is a cheesy 'banger.
Doper’s my mom isn’t that bad, I know kids that are 16,17 and 18 who are not allowed to watch any TV unless it’s a religous program and as far as music, movies and video games, forget about it. I’m not saying that it’s good or bad all I’m saying is as long as my mom doesn’t get into my DVD, CD or Video Game collections or try to ban the Simpsons and Futurama, then everything is cool. Got’s to have my Bender before bed.
