In some ways I blame myself. I tried to make G more industrious, more able to multi-task, more willingly to use time efficiently. In reality, what I have done is create a monster. Now every time there is an ad break in a programme we have to get up and do chores – primarily clearing up the trail of destruction that G has left in the kitchen (not that I’m complaining that I have my dinner cooked for me…). I now get dragged away from my important tasks such as sitting in a stupor to instead load the dishwasher. This might be part of a cunning plan to try and convince me that we should get a cleaner, but I will not be moved on that subject. Particularly given that the main reason we would need one is out sheer laziness rather than living in palatial surroundings that we need to employ staff to maintain.
Mind you, every time there is a lottery draw, I do always firmly believe that I’m going to be a millionaire. I am always therefore disappointed when the lottery lets me down by failing to draw the correct numbers. However, when I do actually win the jackpot I might allow us to have a chauffeur.
In other matters, I read the story about the council that has renamed Spotted Dick as Spotted Richard. Apparently a local councillor described it as “political correctness” gone mad. But if you actually read the story, it seems that the name change was in response to some immature colleagues making a joke about the name of the dessert. So, not really anything to do with ‘political correctness’ and more about trying to stop the catering staff from using their knives for something other than slicing the sponge dessert. It seems a reasonable compromise to me.
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We now record all of our tellie programmes so we can fast forward adverts!
You get no sympathy from me about the wave of destruction left in the kitchen. I do in the cooking in my household and Mrs K always wonders how I manage to get food up the walls!
Kahless - we were just discussing tonight that we watch too much on the BBC so don't get many ad breaks. It would be worse if we didn't watch any TV with no breaks!
Are you being "artistic" in the kitchen? G does actually also clean the kitchen, so has an incentive not to get too much on the walls. I have to put things away, wash up, throw away all the peelings etc. And eat the food of course.
Its because I am so strong...
When I pull the can pull on the tin of plum tomatoes it comes off with such force.....or maybe the plum tomatoes are explosive plum tommies...
Kahless - I see... we normally use cartons of tomato related products rather than cans. I don't think it was for health and safety reasons though. I will be suspicious of canned tomatoes from now on though.
Ha ha! No sympathy from me either. Something like "hoist by own petard" springs to mind.
This is largely because I am a strong believer in picking my battles ie not fighting the unstoppable force which is entropy...
(There are those who would simplify my beliefs, in favour of unkind words like slatternly...)
Sarah - what an excellent phrase (but clearly entirely misdirected at me).
I tend to pick my battles as well and normally favour ones about who is going to get the last biscuit etc.
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