Comments on: Can you Handle the Horror?

By: Patrickduffy

Patrickduffy — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:30:23 +0000

What he need to do is borrow a excitable puppy (rotie, lab or whatever breed hootch was prefered) and unleash it in his sisters house when she is on vacation. Then call her at the crack of dawn and tell her that the he had to bring the dog he was watching over and it ate her sofa, stained the carpet and chewed up little Dillon’s baby shoes BUT it was a accident and he is not responsible but she asked him to water the plants.

By: Pawzy

Pawzy — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:06:07 +0000

I wouldn’t have been so nice. I would’ve hung my sister by her ears, proverbially. Perhaps this is why I’ve had a “no children under 12 allowed” rule at my apartment from day one. *MY* mother taught me to be very respectful and ask before using something that wasn’t mine. My cousins and their children? Not so much. I have to admit that I’m one of those women with a “doll room.” I have a display with my Barbie dolls from 1987 to about 2005 in there. I only stopped adding to the collection because I was tired of packing and unpacking them so much, and the space issues. *blushes*

By: freddyboomboom

freddyboomboom — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:41:36 +0000

When I was in the Uncle Sam’s Big Grey Canoe Club, I used to request, and receive, 24 hours special liberty to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Camerone. I always had to explain it to each person in my chain of command, but I always got the day off.

By: Thom

Thom — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:12:50 +0000

OK, this could just be me, but am I the only one who thinks the woman may not have been totally honest when she said she was “watering the plants” the whole time her son was tearing into this guy’s stuff? Especially given Cameron’s responses (“This is so typical!” “You can’t let the TV be the parent!”) I dunno … I just kept feeling like maybe she was out on the porch smoking up when she was “watering the plants.”

Just saying — just because this woman gave one version of what happened doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the truth.

By: Rakhman

Rakhman — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:08:30 +0000

I think I’d be annoyed, but maybe in time at myself. Just a door lock or even a high bolt would have stopped the little critter getting into the room. If i had something worth 1000 dollars, I sure would not leave it unsecured, even if just adults were around. I I even suspected a kid would be around, I’d be paranoid as he’ll and hide it right away.

But I agree that the kid is 6, and should have some respect for other peoples property, and that is down to the parents to teach. My daughter is younger than 6 and knows not to touch my stuff. So maybe in that sense, Cameron’s anger at his sister is understandable.

Family eh, can’t choose them, can’t kill em without the police getting involved ;)

By: Tsudrats

Tsudrats — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:45:55 +0000

hahah reminded me of a friend who had a visitor with a young child. Said child started pulling her books off the shelf and taring pages out. Child’s mother gushed ‘oh isn’t it wonderful, he’s exploring his environment.’ My friend responded ‘Get your child out of my house before my hand explores his backside’.

It doesn’t matter if the figures are dolls, si-fi, collectable or otherwise you respect other people’s things and make sure your kids understand this also.

…. high shelves don’t stop much :)

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:40:03 +0000

I have to leave a comment (I normally just quietly read and never say anything). Now, while I don’t have any rare collectibles, we do have some things which gamers might consider irreplaceable. I’m also a mom and I’m sorry, that woman should take full responsibility for her son’s actions. What she did is definitely the chicken way out and she should be glad it’s not me cause we wouldn’t be talking again.

Some may say that family (& blood) is thicker than anything but there are limits and not having control of your child is a deal breaker for me. On the other hand, Cameron should have kept that room locked, it’s what I would have done.

Sure, it’s a man collecting ‘toys’ but at some point those became collectibles and when one item is worth $1000 I don’t think it’s a toy anymore. It’s not like they can just go down to the store and buy another one.

By: Mannyac

Mannyac — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:13:52 +0000

I know what kind of mood I would be in after an all-nighter bachelor party in Vegas and awakened at 6 am with the news that one of my sibling’s offspring had destroyed the value of one of my collectables…I though he was remarkably restrained, ’cause I know that half of my replies (if not more) would have been censored.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:30:01 +0000

@cayro: A 6 year old and the responsible parent are FAR different entities than a ferret.

If the sister were at least halfway considerate of what really just happened, she wouldn’t have done this over the radio. (What kind of civil human being calls up someone at 6am who just spent the night at a bachelor party, to tell them that their spawn just destroyed a thousand plus dollars of irreplaceable collectibles?) She would have waited at least until noon, talked to him privately and up front offered to repay him the value of the toys. If it were ME? I would have already been looking for replacements.

The dj’s example of the expensive lamp doesn’t hold water. If you are at a sibling’s house and you break something expensive and valuable (the value part being beyond the monetary component), they shouldn’t need to even bring up you paying for it. You should be offering to do SOMETHING to make up for it if you can’t afford to pay for the object out of pocket. I would HOPE you wouldn’t stand there going “It was just an accident, you shouldn’t be so upset with me!”

I think Cameron was too much in shock to really respond and frankly… the worst he did was call the kid a brat and tell her not to let the TV be the parent. Is there something wrong with calling a duck a duck? (Keeping in mind none of us know how the kid is normally, nor the family relations between them.) I would have been TERRIFIED as a kid to touch things that belonged to other people. You just don’t open other peoples’ stuff. Ever. It’s not yours.

Yeah. I would have some total nerd rage. It wouldn’t even be about the money.

By: Talth

Talth — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:33:35 +0000

Still smelled fake to me, or at least Cameron is just in complete denial of the whole thing still.

My question is why you would air your dirty laundry over the radio. That may be why he is reserved and probably let her have it afterward. :O