So today my mom came across the “New Rules” list that we had when I was In about jr. high. I’m not positive though… Anyways this lists contains list of actions and then their monetary consequences. Lets just say I made BANK off this list from my brothers. And now I will share it with you. Parents take note… JK
Food and/or drink in living room- 50 Cents
Calling names- 25 cents
Making Faces- 50 cents (this is where I paid out the most)
Hitting- 50 cents ( I made pretty good money off of this)
Socks in face- 25 cents
Butter cupping- 1$
Blowing/ burping in face or ear- 50 cents ( I made BANK off of this)
Gleeking- 50 cents… if we still played by these rules this rule would make me rich
Water in house- 1$ to person squirted 1$ to mom AND loss of squirting device
Running into people with car- 50 Cents (this is my personal fav)
Spit wad above shoulders- 1$
Spit wad below shoulders- 50 cents
Swearing and Shut up- both 1$
I love that we had to differentiate between spit wad places. As if one is so much better then the other. Also I just discovered that this list was made in 03. heh love it. I imagine that the authors of all the parenting books my mom has read would be horrified
what is butter cupping?
what is gleeking?
I have no idea what butter cupping or gleeking are. But I love you only paid 50 cents if you ran into someone with your car. LOL And I love the fact that had to be a rule – was this a problem??
LoL!!! I seriously have tears running down my cheeks. I love these rules. Pretty sure you should implement something like this with your roomies; you know, 50 cents to everyone for a dirty dish…$1 for hair in the shower drain, etc. Get on that!
Running into people with cars. Yeah my older brother used to do that all the time. Gleeking is spitting on someone and buttercupping is making someone smell you farts. I have two brothers. Our house was and is pretty much disgusting.
lol I also love that you only got 50 cents if someone ran into you with the car….
I never thought I would be grateful for my brothers…. suddenly I am very very grateful.
That was absolutely hysterical!!! There’s GOT to be a story behind the car rule. One that I simply MUST hear. And I LOVE that it costs less to hit someone with the car than it does to squirt water in the house!!!! This is great stuff.
My parents worked on a “Do chores and maybe you can play on the computer, punk!” system.
Couln’t stop laughing!!! Oh my gosh! I know that your household was like that from plenty of personal experience but reading it is hilrious!