Talk:The Modern Parents

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The modern parents existed, I swear to God. They occupied the flat below me in Crystal Palace, London, with one son. He was fortyish, balding, beard, fierce glasses. She was a scrubbed blonde, quite attractive with a beautiful voice.

I had a shared flat and I was the landord. He hated me for that. He would find ways of complaining about things in my flat but always got his wife to deliver the reprimand.

A few times I attempted to fight back. I had a Nigerian girl sharer at that time who was devoid of political correctness and had no black attitude. When it was her turn to Hoover the common staircase, I would shout loudly in a South African accent "Get on with your work, you Kaffir Bitch!" "Yess'm, Master" she'd say. Mister down stairs looked as if he would have an apopletic fit. After the girl and I would fall about laughing.

Another time we had a tiff (I can't remember what it was about now) and she said I was a male chauvenist pig. Now I had heard the term but never believed it was used in real life. I couldn't help it: I just collapsed with laughter.

Yet when Missus was alone and not under his influence she was a nice person. She apologised for the chauvenist pig remark: "God", she said "did I really say that?" If it wasn't for her, I think it would all got more serious than it did.

Richard Ahearn Los Angeles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.181.216 (talk • contribs) 15:31, 9 October 2005

Guin
The article says "Guinevere (who is, despite the name, a boy)" - are you certain Guin is meant to be a boy?? 217.155.116.125 10:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Yep, he's always referred to as "he" or "you boys" when he's with his brother Tarquin. And he looks like and dresses as a little boy. I think the idea is that he was given a girl's name because the Modern Parents wanted to show they do not believe in gender roles, or something like that.

-I remember the episode Guinevere was born, and indeed it is a case that the Malcom and Cressida liked the name Guinevere and decided that that the baby being a boy should be no reason they shouldn't use the name in this age of "gender neutrality". 62.49.146.107 15:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

John Fardell
The man's a genius! Chris Henniker 18:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

To the people who wrote this
Huge ups! I had no idea there was such a backstory, thanks for bringing it together... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richdrich (talk • contribs) 08:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm with Tarquin on this one. (Chris Henniker (talk) 16:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC))