[gmku]

Originally Posted by touch me i'm sick

see i would get a job. but aruond here you have to be 16. and i, at the meager age of 15 do not meet that demand.

Then do what other kids your age do... soak your parents for every last dime they have in their pockets.

[touch me i'm sick]

hmm maybe i'll jsut become a drug dealing child prostitute. that'll make me some money.

[gmku]

I think it would be a helluva lot safer and easier just to hit up your parents.

[Pookie]

Maybe do some jobs for them?

[gmku]

That's the way it works in my house. Kid walks the dogs everyday and mows the lawn once a week, and walks away from me and mum with more cash in his pocket than I usually have.

[Pookie]

gmku, sing them this:

Now our little boy came up to his mum in the kitchen this evenin'
While she was fixin' supper
And he handed her a piece of paper he'd been writin' on
And after wipin' her hands on her apron
She read it - and this is what it said

For mowin' the lawn - five dollars
For makin' my own bed this week - one dollar
And for goin' to the store - fifty cents
An' playin' with little brother, while you went shoppin' - twenty-five cents

Takin' out the trash - one dollar
Gettin' a good report card - five dollars
And for rakin' the yard - two dollars
Total owed - fourteen seventy-five

Well, as mum looked at him standin' there expectantly
And I could see the mem'ries flashing through her mind
And so she picked up the pen, and turnin' the paper over
This is what she wrote

For the nine months I carried you
Growin' inside me - No charge
For the nights I've sat up with you
Doctored you, and prayed for you - No charge
For the time and the tears
That you've cost through the years, there's No charge
And when you add it all up
The full cost of my love is No charge

For the nights filled with dread
And all the worries ahead - No charge
For advice and the knowledge
And the cost of your college - No charge
For the toys, food and clothes and even for wipin' your nose
There's No charge, son
And when you add it all up
The full cost of my love, is - No charge


Well, when he finished readin'
He had great big old tears in his eyes
And he looked up at her standing there and said
Mama, I sure do love you
Then he took the pen,
And in great big letters
He wrote PAID IN FULL

Lord knows when you add it all up
The cost of real love is - No charge

[gmku]

Sniffle.

My kid's response would be: Ah, Mom, I love you. You ARE the greatest mom in the world, and I really appreciate all you've been through for me. So... I'd prefer cash or you could just transfer funds to my account, whichever is easiest, and oh, yeah, Dad, if it's not too much trouble, I need gas in my car.

[touch me i'm sick]

i have no lawn.
i have no dog.
i have no money.

[gmku]

do you have parents?

[touch me i'm sick]

yes.
BUT NOT THIS WEKKEND CAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF TOWNNNNN!!!!!

[Pookie]

Rifle the house and find their savings.

[touch me i'm sick]

goodness it is so rare that i have the house to myself. my parents are divorced so usually one of them is in town. but not this time... and better yet. they're both not only out of town, but out of the countryyyyy

[Pookie]

So who's looking after you? You're a minor.

[touch me i'm sick]

my sister's in town as well. she's 18

[Pookie]

Mmm. I think I might call the authorities, just to be on the safe side.

[touch me i'm sick]

hmph. you're an old man

[finding nobody]

"a guy that goes by pookie! that's so gay!"- MY MOM

[touch me i'm sick]

hahaha

[TheDom]

Go find somebody else's lawn to mow.

[touch me i'm sick]

i live on a street with crackhouses and the like. none of them have lawns, and even if they did, i would be scared to mow them and they would prolly pay me in crack