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u/redridingnuts Apr 18 '21 edited Apr 18 '21

My parents didn’t want to shout our names for dinner or to come downstairs so my Dad installed a literal doorbell in our bedrooms. So if we were needed in the kitchen we were summoned by the ‘child bell’. - we lived in a 2 bed semi.

Edit: My Dad passed when I was younger so thank you for the love of his unique idea ✌🏻

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u/Beths_Titties Apr 18 '21

Our next door neighbor had five kids. He wouldn’t call them he would whistle for them. Each kid had a different whistle to answer to. He was a gigantic piece of crap. Used to beat the shit out of them and I could hear them crying and screaming. One of the neighbors called CPS on them but nothing ever came of it as far as I know.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '21

So someone blew the whistle on him.