I'm glad I'm not the only one with parents like yours Mad, it's my Dad though that does this. He watched the news and anything that could impact us (the kids) such as cutting down on gaming he will randomly enforce for no reason, except ANYTHING else he hears he won't believe. To top it off he will also have those days where he says "Okay off the computer" when asked why he will respond "Because I said so now get off".