# In Which My Daughter Gets Grounded For Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174 "2010-10-14T20:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/1 "2010-10-14T20:28:58Z")
They keep a bin filled with small toys in the classroom at my daughter’s school to be used as rewards. Today, The Littlest Briston comes home proudly showing off the trinket she earned today – a small My Little Pony doll (her latest obsession…the kid much have 30 of 'em). Fulfilling my role of father _and_ child torturer, I snatched it out of her hand and began gushing about how thankful I was that she brought a present home for me, and how much I simply _loved_ ponies. She jumped up, grabbed the doll out of my hand, and muttered (with an amazing amount of attitude for a not-quite-five-year-old: “_You_ don’t like ponies…_YOU_ like sheep. And. Lambs.” (with accompanying head-shake to punctuate each of the last three words). Funny, kid. Real effing funny. Your mother taught you that, didn’t she? Revenge for me teaching you that it’s funny to sneak up behind your mother when she’s about to climb in the shower and whap her on the butt, isn’t it? Want to know what else is funny? Me spending the college fund on a new TV – that’s gonna be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/2 "2010-10-14T20:32:13Z")
Knowing what she does about you and sheep, I’m not surprised that your daughter won’t let you near her pony. Especially when you say you “love ponies”: we all know what that implies! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/3 "2010-10-14T20:32:16Z")
I lolled. That’s either gonna be one helluva TV, or else you were just gonna send her off to Mr. Jimmy’s College O’ Learnin’ and so can now only afford a used TV/VCR combo on closeout at Kmart with her “college fund”. Which is it? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/4 "2010-10-14T20:39:43Z")
What kind of sheep? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/5 "2010-10-14T20:42:16Z")
My daughter is 29 years old and she WILL NOT let us get rid of her My Little Pony collection. Pace yourself. You’ll want to ground her and/or spend her college fund 50 more times before she’s 18. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/6 "2010-10-14T21:00:13Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My daughter is 29 years old and she WILL NOT let us get rid of her My Little Pony collection. > > Pace yourself. You’ll want to ground her and/or spend her college fund 50 more times before she’s 18. Only 50 times? I think I’m already at 50 and they’re just about to turn 4! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/7 "2010-10-14T21:14:47Z")
…and the Basque shepherd replies, “I wish it were dark.” ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/8 "2010-10-14T21:19:21Z")
**Hal** - I could get your daughter a real pony. You’re in NJ, right? The Camelot feedlot has ponies and horses and minis go through every week. A pony for the Littlest Briston is a pony not sent to slaughter. How big is your back yard? StG ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/9 "2010-10-14T21:23:11Z")
Hilarious. Hal’s drive-by sheeping by an anonymous hijacker - the gift thread that keeps on giving… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/10 "2010-10-14T22:35:22Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hilarious. Hal’s drive-by sheeping by an anonymous hijacker - the gift thread that keeps on giving… You said it, **WordMan**! There was loud laughing heard in my living room as I was reading the OP. I think you might be raising a smart-aleck, **Hal**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/11 "2010-10-14T22:51:06Z")
Of course, I clicked the thread and started reading the OP without paying attention to who was the OP. When I got to the “sheep. and. lambs.” part, I cracked up. Then I started thinking, “Man, too bad that this didn’t to happen to **Hal Briston**! That would be hilarious!” Turns out, it was pretty hilarious, but it was a slight delay for me. Thanks for brightening my day, Hal! Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/12 "2010-10-14T23:27:28Z")
Just yesterday I was telling DH about the sheep joke that would not die… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/13 "2010-10-14T23:31:14Z")
Are you sayin’ she was a baaaaaaaad girl **Hal**? What?_Somebody_ had to do it!😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/14 "2010-10-14T23:49:54Z")
The story behind My Little Pony is pretty disturbing. The world started barren with two goddess ponies. One created the sun and the day, the other created the night and the moon. The ponies all played during the day and slept at night, which caused the night goddess pony to become angry, dubbing herself Night Mare and trying to destroy the world. The good pony created six power elements and used them to seal away Night Mare in the moon, taking over the duties of both, but Night Mare will be released when the starts align in such a way, which draws a Lovecraft/Cthulhu comparison. Naturally, most of the ponies are content fools while the one that’s been studying the doomsday prophecy is written off as a bookworm. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/15 "2010-10-14T23:55:55Z")
Okay, I thought _this_ thread was about somebody’s kid stealing a car or something. And I thought, isn’t **Hal** ’s daughter about, what, five now? And, like, adorable? And then I started reading his post and thought she had _stolen_ the pony toy. And then I thought he was going to take it away from her and _hit_ her for some reason! A five-year-old! Whom he adores! I need a vacation. Or a nap! WTH…! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/16 "2010-10-15T00:03:46Z")
I’d say you could get even by showing her the egg trick, but it sounds like she already doesn’t trust you and might not cooperate. So you’ll just have to leave it with her being one up. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/17 "2010-10-15T01:09:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Are you sayin’ she was a baaaaaaaad girl **Hal**? > > What?_Somebody_ had to do it!😃 Ewe certainly did… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/18 "2010-10-15T01:13:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@swampbear](#): > > > > Are you sayin’ she was a baaaaaaaad girl **Hal**? > > > > What?_Somebody_ had to do it!😃 > > Ewe certainly did… I would be very sheepish around the board if I had posted that. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/19 "2010-10-15T01:16:13Z")
… … … BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Mini-Briston’s got a real talent for comedy. Sheer genius, even. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/20 "2010-10-15T01:20:01Z")
Be honest, **Hal** - that apple didn’t fall far from the tree. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174.md?page=2)