What to do with Mom & Dad F'edgaijin?

[Taro Toporific]

Parental Guidance Recommended
Mom and dad are coming to visit. Here's how to ensure that it's (fairly) stress-free
TIME Global Adviser | TOKYO / Monday, Jun. 14, 2004
Out-of-town visitors can test any expat's patience, and none more so than parents. Deciphering mom and dad's interests and energy levels can be difficult at best. ....blah, blah, blah, <meaningless puff piece>....

Question: Whatz your favorite cruelty to Mom and dad FG?
What I do is to go on the" Taro Death March(tm)" 200 temples in 2 day, kabuki and Kabukicho, Takarazuka and New Half show at the Black Swan. Make Tokyo summer vacation the perfect revenge for that 5-day road trip from hell they took you on to Branson Missouri.

[GomiGirl]

The GG solution to FG Mum and Dad..

Set them up in an apartment and let them cook roast dinners for you once a week for three years..

oh and PS, Mum still comes over and does my ironing!!

[Taro Toporific]

Set them up in an apartment and let them cook roast dinners for you once a week for three years..

Live in Tokyo: Oh the cruelty!

[sillygirl]

oh and PS, Mum still comes over and does my ironing!!

Same here. Next month will be her 9th annual visit. She made me new curtains last year!!

[katakori]

i so much look forward to tsukiji at 5am...

[Taro Toporific]

i so much look forward to tsukiji at 5am...

My mom liked waving the Japanese flag for the Emperor during his annual birthday greeting at the palace. She said it made an interesting experience to pair with her riveting B-17 bombers at the Long Beach Plant to, "kill those damn little guys."