EP 30 - PARENTAL PUNISHMENTS

The Girls talk about the kid-crimes they committed, and the various punishments that resulted. Special background guest: Robbie-Ann's mother. Amy reports her most heinous kid-crimes, that led to severe parental punishment. Amy weaponizes a cookie tin, and explains how a sneaky tunafish sandwich sent her to the gallows. Sidebar: A breakdown of Amy's aversion to sauces, condiments, including mayonnaise. The tuna in question: what kind of tuna was it? Bread: toasted or not? Photo evidence?! Wasting bananas, another food-related crime. Robbie-Ann's sixth-grade winter report card crime, which led to a scary hour-long yelling lecture from her father. Robbie-Ann's threat from a 4th grade lunch lady. Shoutout: her childhood friend Pam as accomplice. Robbie-Ann's 4th grade teacher's aim with a thrown chalkboard eraser: accurate. Why did Robbie-Ann's ear-plugging experiment get her sent to a time out in kindergarten? Naptime rag-rugs. Amy's angelic behavior in early grade school. Robbie-Ann as accessory to a rubber chicken-orchestra recital crime, and refusing to rat on the perpetrators. Amy's pyromania phase. Soap in the mouth for swearing: what the **ck? The book in the pants trick when going for a spanking. "Walk it off" - punishment or sound parental policy? Amy observes that today, spankings are no longer used as childhood punishments. Sidebar: "Mommie Dearest" and Faye Dunaway's incredible, quotable performance. OPP - Other People's Punishments. What went on behind closed doors in the neighborhood? Robbie-Ann's mom offers bon mots from the background about Robbie-Ann's sugar addiction. Amy returns to food as a bad behavior catalyst: canned green beans, tomatoes. Robbie-Ann's mother from the background recalls one-year-old Robbie-Ann pulling a can of coffee out of the cupboard and pouring on the floor as a sandbox.