# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/21 "2010-10-15T01:29:04Z")
God. That’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/22 "2010-10-15T02:26:53Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > What kind of sheep? Black Sheep? Ahhh, I got mutton… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/23 "2010-10-15T05:44:47Z")
So your kids know too, huh? Was your daughter the one who called 911 during potty-training? Heh ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/24 "2010-10-15T06:03:26Z")
A smart-kid anecdote that really raises the baaa! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/25 "2010-10-15T06:08:10Z")
I remember the original sheep post but how long ago was that? A decade now? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/26 "2010-10-15T06:24:07Z")
Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333640) the thread people are talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/27 "2010-10-15T06:34:45Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > I think you might be raising a smart-aleck, **Hal**. 😃 Well, it’s not like he can claim he doesn’t know where that gene comes from. And seriously, **Hal** , if that’s the only revenge your wife has taken for the wacking thing, be grateful! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/28 "2010-10-15T06:46:29Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > 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…! I had a friend whose five-year-old son stole his car. Didn’t get far. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/29 "2010-10-15T15:22:04Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > 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. Mrs. Hal has found the perfect revenge for [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11937470&postcount=296) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/30 "2010-10-15T15:33:12Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333640) the thread people are talking about? Why yes; yes it is. 😃 As you read it, you’ll see that someone got into Hal’s SDMB account and posted the OP as a prank. Hence my reference upthread to a “ **Drive-by Sheeping** ” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/31 "2010-10-15T15:41:34Z")
Kids still like My Little Pony, eh? Good stuff. Didn’t realize those crappy toys had such staying power. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/32 "2010-10-15T15:48:58Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333640) the thread people are talking about? Yep, I see it was only five years ago. **twickster** in post 11 has shown himself to be a prophet. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/33 "2010-10-15T15:49:58Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Kids still like My Little Pony, eh? Good stuff. Didn’t realize those crappy toys had such staying power. They’re pastel chubby-cheeked little ponies! What’s not to like? Other than they’re witches. _G_ ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/34 "2010-10-15T15:55:23Z")
Hell, I liked My Little Pony when I was a kiddo. The happiest day of my life at the time was when my father retrieved one of my ponies from the roof, that a certain sibling’s a-hole friend threw up there on purpose. Sure, one side of her was permanently sunburned, but I still loved her. That’s what made her special. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/35 "2010-10-15T16:24:41Z")
Am I the only one who noted that both the original thread, and Hal’s daughter, are 5 years old? Coincidence? I think not. Hal, you need to tell her that this is the kind of pony she’ll be getting: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u-prMb6BdNs/hqdefault.jpg "Verizon Wireless Miniature Horse Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-prMb6BdNs) Fiendish dire pony! ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/36 "2010-10-15T16:29:18Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **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 Wow…I had no idea that [this](http://www.nj-feedlot-horse-rescue.com/) was even a thing – neither the rescuing, nor the _need_ for rescuing. Seems like quite the worthy cause. And while, yes, we do live in Jersey, our condo association frowns on us keeping horses. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/37 "2010-10-15T16:38:45Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > 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…! I went through EXACTLY the same series of thoughts. Except for the hitting part. But every thought I had was identical. Get out of my head! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/38 "2010-10-15T16:55:32Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > **twickster** in post 11 has shown himself to be a prophet. When **twickster** reads that, she is going to rip you a new title. Or give you puzzles to review. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/39 "2010-10-15T17:44:54Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > [@a35362](#): > > > > 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…! > > I went through EXACTLY the same series of thoughts. Except for the hitting part. But every thought I had was identical. > > Get out of my head! No, _you_ get out of _my_ head! ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-daughter-gets-grounded-for-life/557174/40 "2010-10-15T19:33:13Z")
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