Anyone else remember waking their parents up on the weekends when they were little?

ceileen · 4 months

And now I remember why we use a penguin to represent social awkwardness.

chewysquirrel · 4 months

NYBoundCalifornian · 4 months

My parents had us conditioned not to wake them up. Example, my parents watched boring shows on weekends so the longer they were asleep, the longer we got to watch cartoons. We wouldn't wake them up until Soul Train came on because then we were ready to go outside, which we weren't allowed to do unless our parents were up.

My dad slept right in the living room, too, so Saturday morning was like the game "Don't Wake Daddy."

swordgeek · 4 months

As a parent of a four year old, this is every morning for me. Thanks for reminding me how tired I am.

fightingdove · 4 months

How did that sea lion birth that penguin? I don't watch enough Animal Planet.

6degreestoBillMurray · 4 months

When I was a kid, my sister and I were occasionally instructed to "go wake up your father, it's time for (insert family event here)". A very tense silence would follow, and one of us would go grab a broom, tiptoe into the bedroom, and attempt to prod him awake while staying ready to run. My dad did this really fun thing upon waking that involved sitting bolt upright in bed and flailing around, occasionally grabbing whatever was near him at the time and scaring the hell out of us.

Eboy65 · 4 months

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3px0og/

paroxyst · 4 months

My mom never worked during my childhood. She's also impossible to wake up sometimes, to the point where I question if I need to call an ambulance. My grandma was an angry sea lion though :D

ProSkrapeboarder · 4 months

My parents were never very little, somehow I always remember them being bigger than I or at least of comparable size.

brittytheboss · 4 months

I think for a good 3-4 years, I would walk into my parents' room every morning, pull the window curtains open - thus shining light on their faces - and scream "Wake up, wake up! It's a beautiful morning!"

And that is why I am the least liked child.

MK_Shamalamadingdong · 4 months

My dad always woke up at a ridiculously early hour, so it was the other way around.

mamakoepp · 4 months

Yup, I remember them having this reaction... sadly... I am now the angry sea lion...

GoodGuyGregsCousin · 4 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHnDykCCfaM

AriBBCP · 4 months

the same look

peeonyou · 4 months

Yep we used to sneak into my mom & dad's room once mom was up and whisper "dad's dead!" around my dad until he would wake up and scare the shit out of us.

Katykakle · 4 months

Oh man I wish this had sound haha

FFFRrraaannnkkk · 4 months

I would love to hear the audio that goes with this.

atdemonhead · 4 months

That's how I had to wake up my older brother on Christmas mornings. I wasn't allowed to open presents until everyone was downstairs, so I spent about a half hour trying to get him out of bed.

innosins · 4 months

I'm forever grateful that my mother never told my kids about how I would open her eyelids with my fingers to see if she was alive. How on earth did I never get beaten?

VestaDear · 4 months

My roommates ten year old cousin spent the night last night and it ended up being just me and him in the morning. I was shocked when the kid waited until 11 to finally wake me up and make me cook for him.

Legitamte · 4 months

God, this gif. It's not the random act of annoyance, it's the penguin's awkward escape. You can just hear him saying "WOOP WOOPWOOPWOOPWOOP"

bigfatjesus · 4 months

I would sneak up on my dad during his nap, which was right after watching golf for eight hours, and I would put my mouth as close to his ear as I could and let out the loudest shriek possible. It always made him jump up right out of his recliner with this look on his face like he'd shit his pants. I miss being a little kid sometimes. :)

Paper_Champ · 4 months

“IS IT TIME TO GET UP YEEEETTTT?!"

Zamisk · 4 months

"Can you change the arms on this lego man?"

doctoraw · 4 months

Relevant

My favourite.

Naranis · 4 months

"fuck fuck fuck fuck"

FlippyWippy · 4 months

Why are penguins so damn mischievous?

NeilAnthony · 4 months

DEAL WITH IT!!!!!

djstephaniebell · 4 months

my mother locked my sister and i out of her room so my little sister used to do this to me because she would wake up hungry. at the time i was pissed off but now i understand, she just really wanted to eat and was too small to do anything about it. she really thought i was an adult as early as junior high school

Epic_Coleslaw · 4 months

I can one up this, I used to crawl into my parents' bed and actually pry their eyes open when the sun came out.

Toobad113 · 4 months

Brave brave penguin

eire1228 · 4 months

one of those flippers should be whacking him back to Antarctica

Dorfattack · 4 months

But... But.... Don't those things eat penguins? How......

ec534 · 4 months

I did this and now I'm a parent myself there are so many things that I'm truly sorry for putting my parents through- really makes you appreciate everything they did. God I had 4 hours interrupted sleep last night.

[deleted] · 4 months

Yes.

But now the roles seem to have gotten reversed.

XtheXlanternX · 4 months

what kind of parent wakes up after their child? does not compute based on my upbringing

bacon_butter · 4 months

Once when I was like 6 or 7 I was combat rolling over my parents bed while my brother was watching tv laying down on the floor next to the bed. Anyway, at some point I overshot the landing and fell on what I thought was my brother's stomach. He cried like a baby and I later realized my feet must have also landed on his manbits.

moshbeard · 4 months

I often used to wake my parents up, sometimes if it was really early my Dad would somehow convince me to bring my duvet in and lay on the floor next to their bed quietly reading for a little while in an attempt for him to actually get enough sleep.

I have a strange memory of one day deciding rather than going to get them up I'd just stay in bed and get them up, so I shouted at the top of me voice 'DAD! MUM! DAD! MUM!' until I basically lost my voice completely. Strangely it was when my throat ws so destroyed that I was letting out a pathetic whimper that my dad finally arrived.

Fuqwon · 4 months

Just lock your kids in their rooms/closet/attic/basement/cupboard at night. Problem solved.

borateen · 4 months

Nope. I learned early on to turn the TV on by myself. It was the early '80s, so I didn't have to fool with a DVR or various settings. Just turn the damn thing on, find NBC's Saturday morning cartoons, and I was set.

JulianneW · 4 months

I am 100% this sea lion, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Superbob02 · 4 months

Scumbag penguin

avalonhill · 4 months

Yes, which is why I walk with a limp.

totescraycray · 4 months

How many times are we going to see this gif???

roflsandwich · 4 months

No, unfortunately those bastards were up at 7am and I was the one that would be put through a guilt trip if I slept till 9 or 10

Brooshie · 4 months

My brother did that to my dad Christmas morning once when he was younger, unfortunately my brother jumped right on his crotch. Obviously, my dad woke up SCREAMING.

Christmas started early that year.

mitzukaw · 4 months

lol socially awkward penguin ftw?

static_shock_in_blue · 4 months

I remember waking my dad, sleeping in one morning with his broken leg, but he wouldn't wake up. So I dragged his ass out of bed. I think he left a month later. For good - with that cast still on his leg. Ahhhh, such happy fucking memories!! Thanks Reddit!

vaultzero · 4 months

It's Saturday!!

lolturtle · 4 months

Yes, and as a parent now I regret picking up that bad karma.

semenbegger · 4 months

No, my parents were the same species as me.

GR147 · 4 months

no but i remember my parents me up when i was young.......

imright_anduknowit · 4 months

How could I wake them when they were little?

redshirt55 · 4 months

Upvote for penguins.

vonkey · 4 months

No, because my parents waking up meant I was probably going to get in trouble.

Sususulio · 4 months

My parents would have beat my ass if I tried to wake them like that.

DarthSokka · 4 months

As soon as I saw his flippers raise up, I imagined a caption saying something to the effect of "what you gon do bout it?"

eoinrade · 4 months

P: "Hum diddle dee, doddle doo.."

hops

W: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAH! WHAT THE FUCK?!

P: BITCH I DO WHAT I WANT.

swagger-exit stage left

antibios · 4 months

My dad wakes up at 5am no matter what day it is, so no. He's now 70 and he has kept that schedule for at least 29 years that I can prove.

CaptainMurk · 4 months

No but I remember walking in on my parents having sex :/

poop_friction · 4 months

My mom would growl "go away" at me if I bugged her before about 8 in the morning. She actually taught me how to make my own bowl of cereal, turn on the t.v. and everything. Lucky for her I was a safe responsible kid but my brother on the other hand...

Now that I think about it that sounds like horrible parenting, but she told me she always went to check on me later in the morning and made sure that I knew I could ask her if I really needed something.

MegaDaveX · 4 months

As a stay at home dad this is every morning for me. My children wake me up the moment they wake up. I don't mind it at all because we get to begin our day.

pete1729 · 4 months

Yep, and catching my dad in mid thrust.

I was told later on that morning that I could turn on the TV and watch cartoons without asking first.

[deleted] · 4 months

This made my day.

spartaninspace · 4 months

and then the penguin was Eviscerated by the seal.

sgtpppr · 4 months

No and neither do you. You just wanted a "reason" to post this gif for the 100th time.

Kitty_McBitty · 4 months

My mom would get me, my little sister and little brother to go wake up our dad for work, who worked nights. My job was to open the door and yell "WAKE UP!", my little sister would do the best impression of a rooster wake up call, and my brother would jump right on his gut. Worked every time.

unclesam65 · 4 months

THIS IS FROM DESERTS!!! I just watched that last night.

[deleted] · 4 months

Now my parents wake me up on weekends... "hurgglybraadfjals;dkf wat"

Aemulus · 4 months

"Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. I'm hungry."

xyphere · 4 months

In retrospect, I feel like a colossal asshole. Sorry, Mom. Sorry, Dad.

pilotoatomico · 4 months

I used to wake up and go on the computer until they woke up. Times change man.

FuriousLamb3 · 4 months

That's the most accurate description I have found yet :) Upboat for you!

Glad_Hander · 4 months

Man, there should really be little 'lol's, as the penguin is running away! :D

Chattonne · 4 months

When I was a kid I would try to go watch my Saturday morning cartoons without waking my parents up. The thing was, our TV had a physical knob you turn for the volume, not up and down buttons. I would try to turn it way down before I turned on the TV. But I kept forgetting which way was down (no idea why I had such a hard time keeping that straight). So half the time I turned the TV on quiet like I intended, half the time it came on full blast. That was fun.

pretzelzetzel · 4 months

I predict this gif will be posted under a slightly different title every single day from this day until the last day.

L-Buscus · 4 months

Trollolololollolollolll

g33kch1c · 4 months

Negatory. I may have but I don't have a single recollection of it. I have, however, babysat and such for nieces and they totally do that.

Fishstixxx16 · 4 months

My mom is not a sea lion. Close enough.

scubadivingzoo · 4 months

nope, I remember trying to and getting a wooden board across my face.

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