tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post654930127271927012..comments2010-07-01T16:50:33.586-05:00Chucklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01075284629099022340noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-69364282974959321412010-07-01T11:02:16.782-05:002010-07-01T11:02:16.782-05:00Can we bring babies to Babies the Movie? I keed.<br /><br />I agree, though. Kids are necessary, but c&#39;mon, do you really need to bring your infant to Land of the Dead? Crying does not add to the soundtrack!Sadakohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164802394129505587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-46486376319578558692010-02-17T16:42:32.135-06:002010-02-17T16:42:32.135-06:00Hear Hear, Scottish Princess! There does indeed exist a balance.<br /><br />Just as we, the writers of this blog, would never ever even hurt a child, let alone <i>smother</i> one (nor do we appreciate the assumption, Anonymous #2). Once again, you&#39;re missing the point that a number of other readers obviously get: the PARENTS are the problem. Not the kids. We don&#39;t hate kids, we quite like them, actually!<br /><br />It&#39;s inconsiderate grown-ups we&#39;re not so fond of.<br /><br />Oh and by the way -- we would not apply such an etiquette critique to a situation such as a bank teller line. You have no choice there. <br /><br />We would agree that one must be able to conduct one&#39;s business, so no matter how unpleasant it might be (to anyone), you have full rights in our book to keep the screaming little tikki-tyke by your side. In fact, <i>please</i> keep them by your side!<br /><br />Anyway, good luck avoiding our site, Anon#2! And good riddance!Chucklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01075284629099022340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-81507000554664250632010-02-16T10:27:49.755-06:002010-02-16T10:27:49.755-06:00As a parent who did not inflict her children on other people when they chose to turn into screaming, stroppy, little nightmares I can see exactly where you&#39;re coming from on this one. I loved my children to bits and tried to teach them manners but they have their limits and there are times when it&#39;s appropriate to leave them at home with a babysitter for the sake of your sanity and other people&#39;s. I wish everyone could learn when those times are.ScottishPrincesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12105834952729095184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-86111338752690985702009-11-09T08:14:38.245-06:002009-11-09T08:14:38.245-06:00Tom is a douchebag. Just because &quot;the human race needs to be perpetuated&quot; doesn&#39;t mean you need to bring your stupid kid to the movies. Ever heard of a babysitter? Any self-respecting parent wouldn&#39;t dare bring his screaming shitbox into a theater, let alone stay when little Cody throws a fit. In sum, eat a dick, Tom. With parenthood comes some responsibility, and that includes not being the same &quot;cool dude&quot; you were before who goes out all the time, dragging his kid with like a boombox. Fag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-78570285203171264732009-11-08T00:21:49.194-06:002009-11-08T00:21:49.194-06:00I agree that having kids at the movies is nearly always inappropriate. It&#39;s usually way too loud for them, to begin with.<br /><br />As for the rest of your rant, I see your point but you might have made it better had you been slightly less acrimonious. You just came across as a child-hating jerk, even in your &quot;clarification.&quot;<br /><br />Sit-down restaurants and banks are places human beings go, and this includes babies and toddlers. Hell I would have you over to my house the next time I wanted to go to a movie alone, or perhaps stand in line at the bank for 30 minutes, without a child in tow ... if I didn&#39;t think you&#39;d smother my kid.<br /><br />I got to this blog because you won some award. Won&#39;t be coming back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-82820254810751491472009-10-07T05:26:14.892-05:002009-10-07T05:26:14.892-05:00Totally agree with Chucklyn. I think something has gone wrong when parents thought that everything their babies do is natural and beautiful. I mean, you wouldn&#39;t say this about adults.<br />Why do people think you can get away with allowing babies/children everything?<br />I don&#39;t hate babies, but I hate it if they are being unpleasant and everyone who doesn&#39;t lies or is hard of hearing and unperceptive.VVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12950221583004651031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-38425150353528847502009-06-01T11:44:18.435-05:002009-06-01T11:44:18.435-05:00re: avoiding kiddie movies ... I don&#39;t go to a ton of movies at the theater, but I was pretty surprised to see young kids at 300 a few years back. They weren&#39;t very loud, tho, since their mouths were hanging open at the gore, T&amp;A and let&#39;s not forget the orgy scene.Blake K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-76643554345634517882009-05-31T15:32:13.005-05:002009-05-31T15:32:13.005-05:00Nyuck Nyuck you guys are funn - nny!<br /><br />First of all, Anonymous: *ahem* <I>Fuck</I> You. I'll go see <B>The Hannah Montana Movie</B> anytime I damned well please.<br /><br />Second, Tom: you&#39;re missing the point, dude.<br /><br />It is for people like you that we often include the &quot;Do&quot; &amp; &quot;Do Not&quot; sections; to clarify. <br /><br />But since this humor blog has stricken you as taking a rather darker stance on human life than we intended (&quot;A Modest Proposal,&quot; anyone?), allow me to reiterate in an alternative manner:<br /><br /><B>DO</B>Have kids. Love them, hug them, hold them close. Teach them how to be good human beings and to "perpetuate the species." And, while you're at it, how to be courteous to their fellow man. 'Do unto others' and all of that.<br /><br /><B>DO NOT</B>Forget to teach them manners. Best to lead by example. <br /><br />...which is why you damned-well <I>should</I> take your effing children out of the movie theater when they're crying!<br /><br />And you <I>should</I> hold keep they away from strangers' tables in restaurants. And you <I>should</I> explain how to properly give the right-of-way to pedestrians when driving. And you <I>should</I>...aww hell, go read Good Housekeeping already or something, Tommy boy. Because I'm not going to spell it all out for you.<br /><br />No Tom. We never said not to have kids and to raise them. By all means. The message here is the same as in nearly every post on this blog: just don't be an inconsiderate asshole. <br /><br />;^) Thanks for reading. <br /><B>See you at the movies!!</B>Chucklynhttp://www.urban-etiquette.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-68016329632573171252009-05-30T19:11:42.977-05:002009-05-30T19:11:42.977-05:00Yeah - screw kids! Why does anyone have them, anyway?? I mean, how selfish! Raising more human beings! What the f*ck?! Spending all you time/money/effort on little crying sacks of poo! Why? So you can not go on vacations, not have fun at bars, not do all those cool things?!<br /><br />Oh, yeah, right, perpetuation of the species. Right. Um, the human race needs that. Well, next time your baby is crying, maybe I will offer to help out.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359266430742140308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-24729359580194964002009-05-30T16:54:36.526-05:002009-05-30T16:54:36.526-05:00It was inspired by this little gem right here that plays before every movie at an AMC theater. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWh3bUwwTmA&amp;feature=relatedTwoNamehttp://twitter.com/twonamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561345106245031798.post-38036450190210653892009-05-30T16:49:04.640-05:002009-05-30T16:49:04.640-05:00Grow up and stop going to kiddie movies and you won't have that problem. True story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com