Because I said so

[Abraxas Winterlight]

I keep threatening to sell my kid to the gypsies, & he keeps telling me they have a playground.

I'm the king of empty threats. Ask OregonGal, she knows me well

 

[OregonGal]

I keep threatening to sell my kid to the gypsies, & he keeps telling me they have a playground.

I'm the king of empty threats. Ask OregonGal, she knows me well

absolutely, years of rolling my eyes at the emty threats... luckily the munchkin is still young and hasnt asked what the else is in "or else"

my personal favorite of his is "the beatings shall comence until my morale improves" ... only there never was a beating...

I do the " May I ask a question on that topic, please?" Usually its met with groans because my questions generally ask if he is aware of some flaw in whatever direction he has just given me so will likely be withdrawing the command due to complete lack of my ability to accomplish it while the laws of physics are still in effect.

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

absolutely, years of rolling my eyes at the emty threats... luckily the munchkin is still young and hasnt asked what the else is in "or else"

my personal favorite of his is "the beatings shall comence until my morale improves" ... only there never was a beating...

I do the " May I ask a question on that topic, please?" Usually its met with groans because my questions generally ask if he is aware of some flaw in whatever direction he has just given me so will likely be withdrawing the command due to complete lack of my ability to accomplish it while the laws of physics are still in effect.

i'm siccing yer Dom on you!

 

[OregonGal]

i'm siccing yer Dom on you!

Which is in itself an empty threat since you dont know how to get ahold of him.

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

I am the king of empty threats.


(but I do have yer address woman!)

 

[Evil_Geoff]

The only threat I made with the kids that was empty was the "...or I will beat you within an inch of your life." I never got closer than 6 inches.

 

[caela]

~makes a note of some of these for when the munchkin get's older~

I used to be responsible for my brothers when we were all young (I had 9 and 10 years on them respectively) and they learned quickly that Mom was the Queen of empty threats but that Sissy meant business! I rarely had to threaten them but I think my favorite was telling them if they didn't quit the damned fighting I was going to knock their heads together just to see if they could fight through the headache.

They didn't believe me until they actually DID have headaches about 20 minutes later. After that I couldn't threaten them with darn near anything and they believed it! hehehe

 

[Yasashii_Kaze]

We always got the "Quit crying or I'll give you something to cry about" from our father. Our mother had a unique approach; she'd sing. The louder we got, the louder she did. We hated it, but it was effective.