Archive: “Family”

Whilst explaining to daughter Sarah why I had taken a wrong turning in the car on a recent trip, I mispronounced the operative word, saying “It was because your mother was acting as nagivator.”

These were related to me by Lee, who does like to tease people, especially ladies. His next door neighbour on one side was explaining that she was having trouble with a smoking chimney and concluded “I shall have to call the swimney cheep”. “Ah” said Lee, “The swimney cheep, excellent idea”. “Oh, trust you not […]

John describing Samantha’s breakfast habits “She eats this mixture of yoghurt and birdseed. It then sets like concrete around the bowl because Sam’s idea of putting it to soak is to leave it in the bottom of the sink, where I find it hours later. It’s so hard that it’s liable to take the pattern […]