Stuff split off from the Old Blues Day 2007 topic

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:16 am

The mind boggles.

I have had a rapid return to looking after younger children tonight.

Daughter was playing the Gryphon in a production of 'Alice (in wonderland)' I had bought a ticket for her/and brother's best friend to come but at very short notice he couldn't. so I asked the Mum of a 6 year-old next door if her daughter would like to come. She would and was perfectly delightful, much better behaved than MY hoodlums ever were. We had an ice cream in the interval and all was going well. Then as we were leaving she turned pale, put her hand to her mouth and said she was going to be sick, we made it into a cubicle in the ladies but no further, walls,seat, floor, all covered in 1 hour old chocolate ice-cream, and not even from my own child!!

Yeeeeuch.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:13 am

englishangel wrote:The mind boggles.

I have had a rapid return to looking after younger children tonight.

Daughter was playing the Gryphon in a production of 'Alice (in wonderland)' I had bought a ticket for her/and brother's best friend to come but at very short notice he couldn't. so I asked the Mum of a 6 year-old next door if her daughter would like to come. She would and was perfectly delightful, much better behaved than MY hoodlums ever were. We had an ice cream in the interval and all was going well. Then as we were leaving she turned pale, put her hand to her mouth and said she was going to be sick, we made it into a cubicle in the ladies but no further, walls,seat, floor, all covered in 1 hour old chocolate ice-cream, and not even from my own child!!

Yeeeeuch.

There's a moral there somewhere Mary !!

cj · Post by cj » Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:58 pm

englishangel wrote:all covered in 1 hour old chocolate ice-cream, and not even from my own child!!
Yeeeeuch.

I can quite happily clear up anything that our kids produce without batting an eyelid,

but as soon as it's anyone else, it makes me retch awfully. Even children with snotty noses - just gross!!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:22 pm

I don't mind bodily messes, but not much I could do in a public toilet. Fortunately she had missed herself so I just bundled her into the car with a crrier bag and loads of tissues and took her home to her Mum.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:10 am

.......... and all this from 'a date for your diary.'

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:58 pm

Aaah, I've caught up now!

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:10 pm

it takes a little longer these days like some other things...?

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:52 pm

huntertitus wrote:it takes a little longer these days like some other things...?

(and I get accused of excessive use of the double entendre ?)

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:45 am

...like tying up shoelaces, remembering where you put the reading glasses...

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:39 am

HAHAHAHA I use them too.....

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:46 am

Reading glasses, shmeading glasses, it's when you are shortsighted like I am and you take your glasses off to read, then go and make a cup of tea and come back to watch TV and can't see it because you don't have your glasses on and can't see well enough to find them, then you are REALLY in trouble.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:55 am

You made me laugh - I need that - just got a mobile bill for over RMB 5000 for a month - thats still a lot in English money

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:06 am

Rory wrote:You made me laugh - I need that - just got a mobile bill for over RMB 5000 for a month - thats still a lot in English money

That's about Â£330, isn't it? Blimey....

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:11 am

Thanks for reminding me.....

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:28 am

We have five mobiles, a landline and internet access, all for under Â£200 a month.

Two of the mobiles make up about Â£150 of that though.