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PAGE 4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993 More specifically for us, it was the rec room, our bedroom, the washroom. None of us ever did it, especially in the rec room where it would mean racing up the stairs in the dark if we did. No thank you. But Jordan and Drew have to get better at it. Especially in the next couple of years when they get tall enough to reach the switch. ‘There‘s always water in the tap. This, of course, from Dad in response to our cries of being thirsty. Naturally, we were looking for ice tea, or Koolâ€"Aid, or lemonade. What we got, was, well, water. Ask Drew what he gets when he bleats "me need a draank." Koolâ€"Aid? Not! +Put the top on the toothpaste, and your brush in the rack. I was so sloppy at putting my toothbrush back the proper way, I was grounded and prevented from watching my beloved Argonauts in a playoff game. Yes, today kids sue their parents for less. But I never recall, whereas Drew might, using my toothbrush to scrub the toilet bowl. He still wonders where his fluorescent flosser went. *Get off your bicycle and walk it beside the car. Not that dear old Dad didn‘t believe we were expert cyclists. It‘s just brother John once did a threeâ€"carom scrape job with the 1961 Pontiac losing out to the Raleigh. The other day, Jordan, training on his twoâ€"wheeler, used the 1990 Corsica as his brakes. *Keep your toys out of the driveway. Since we played with them in the driveway, I never could underâ€" stand the rationale behind this one. Oh, you mean when we aren‘t there with them! We‘re talking the early pioneer of erunch time. Last year, I backed over a golf bag and snapped a club in two. No, it wasn‘t the kids. I still haven‘t learned. +No drinking at the dinner table until your food is gone. The first thing all kids do at dinner is give themselves a milk moustache. When we tried it, we‘d hear "whoa, whoa, put that milk down and get eating your dinner first." The other night, I said exactly those words to Jordan. To which he gave me the same look I‘m sure I gave my father. As in, "get a life." +One toy out of the cupboard at a time. Now, what kid do you know who is content playing with one toy only? Right. The deal is, you dump all the toys out of the closet, or off the shelf, and check around a bit, finding the one or two that catch your fancy. When you‘re finished, or when your parents call you to bed, you claim you are too tired to clean up. This is a truism that easily stands the test of time. *That‘s an outside toy. Which is precisely why it is sooo much fun playing with it inside. It may be a ball, a stick, bow and arrow, shovel, truck, skipping rope, doesn‘t matter. The minute you declare geographic exclusivity, you‘re in trouble, big time. +Close the fridge door, you trying to get a tan? We would think nothing of spending three, four, 10 minutes restâ€" ing against an open fridge door, analysing the abysmal shopping selections poor Mom made whilst we tried to satisfy the hunger pains. Dad would cringe when he‘d pass by the kitchen, and again after reading the paper, and we‘d still be there leaning. Drew does it today, with no hint of how aggravating it is to his mother and espeâ€" cially father. And so, just like Dad, I am developing this arsenal of commandâ€" ments,readywttotmyorallwnnmmmt’lmficafirw,the next 20 years. It‘ll give all three of them something to chew on, while they thirstily eye their milk. I don‘t think there is a Campbell kid among the four of us who would argue that our mother was the disciplinarian during our Having said that, Dad was notorious for verbally setting stanâ€" dards around the house, those dreaded unwritten laws that we were to abide by. Now the father of three, I‘m finding it richly ironic that I myself am uttering virtually the same decrees to our guys, a classic case of what goes around, comes around. Amazing, isn‘t it, that the things we found useless and distasteful in our childhood now seem to be perfectly acceptable, logical, etc., etc. Here are some examples, though I‘m sure more are bound to surface as years go by + Always turn the lights off when you leave a room. Waterloo Chronicle Canadian Publications Mail Sales 1 Published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group Incorporated I can‘t believe I‘m saying that #136379 Y j . 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