is it only MY parents??

dad: you like the blueberry post cereal ah?
me: yeah yeah its quite nice, and i can eat at night when i'm hungry too.
next day: 7 boxes of post blueberrry cereal.

dad: why you always eating that biscuit?
me: the oreos? they're great!!
next day: a pack of 10 Stereos (have you seen those? look the same, taste like shit)

me: mom, are you at the market? can you buy me some bobby pins?
mom: yeah sure okay.
next day: nothing
day after: 2 packets 12 of bobby pins
day after that: another 2 packets of 8 bobby pins
day after that: 2 more packets of 12 bobby pins.

does this happen to anyone else?!?! how can i possibly go "gee, thanks mom, that's real sweet, but seriously, i have only one head and i'm pretty sure i can't fit 52 bobby pins all in at once". i just wish the same trick would work if i said that i really really liked money.

damnit.