The Completely Pointless Thread

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No1 son has gone to see that but unfortunately not with Carly, she is 'grounded' (or fortunately since it has saved him the theatre ticket)

I like her Mother's tactics- every mis-demeanour gets penalty points which tot up to getting grounded for 24 hours. Phil' went to the beach with Carly and her family.
Kirstie got 10 points for refusing to dust off the sand before getting in the car (but got 5 back for fetching the pan and brush and sweeping out when they got home).
Carly got 3 points for swearing at which Phil thought was cool (!) He told her Mother he tries not to swear around either of us, I 'ping' his ear, if I'm in striking distance and his Father says 'Language Timothy!' in a BBC accent*. He hates both so..........doesn't swear.
*Mark's phrase comes from a very old BBC comedy soap, where an elderly couple still have their middle aged son living with them. He is desperately trying to leave the clutches of his aging mother who treats him like a 10 year old and anything he says to stand up to her, his father says that line (usually from behind a newspaper).