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  • Southerly: The Joys of Unclehood,

    O, and I.m reliably informed by aforesaid nephew that the niece then said/coined the family word for KFC - standing there in her vomit she said "Yuk. Yukky tucky."

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Joys of Unclehood,

    Amy - it gets worse-

    I have a 9yrold nephew staying - verbatim:

    "She gets *how* much chocalate? Is that each day or what?"
    "I love maths. I can be bribed.though."
    "America - o way good." (Probably the only one of the family who'd actually say that.)

    Now, can I load him as a parcel to you? Addresss please-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Up Front: The Innocent Sleep,

    *All* my neighbours know NEVER to knock on my door before noon...all my family are nightowls so obviously they're never a problem.

    Ancient history: I have/had 5 siblings: we lived one section along from NNB school. We were almost always late-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Joys of Unclehood,

    Re: chunder chook

    -one of my nieces got quite ill after eating KFC (it was flu' rather than- well, we *assume* it was the flu...): the next time she was given KFC she went (we're talking a 4yrold here)into the shower with it. Why? asked her perturbed parents. "Because I know I'm going to vomit." And she did.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: National Exuberance,

    Matthew - more than any thing else posted here , this gives me pause,
    I am a working writer, with all contracts worded in western english terms. I've never had a (for instance) Chinese contract- I doubt me such is ever going to happen which means- I lose.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: Awesome,

    Re: ultimate sentence from Deborah- TOTALLY!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Joys of Unclehood,

    Steven C - wow! thank you - takes me back to the 1970s (early!)I've eaten KFC about errrm - 10 times in my life? That ad so -FAILED!
    (But etched on my brain 'so Hugo said you go and I said No you go"
    ARRRGH

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Joys of Unclehood,

    Oh wow! The Little Mole Who Knew It wasnt any of His Buisness! Right up there with Granny Mango, and Gary Larsen's "There's a Hair In My Dirt!" I must have given *dozens* to lucky kids! (Not sorry parents!)

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Up Front: The Innocent Sleep,

    Another Lucubrator here...

    In summer I go to bed at dawn. In winter I go to bed past midnight but always wake up just before dawn (I think I am seriously addicted to the dawn chorus (which does not consist of increasing traffic, sirens, and random dogs here.)) I have been known to stay up until well after dawn during the season to catch an early tide but that's getting rare these days.

    And I am a very restless sleeper - I revolve and flail all over the bed
    (necessarily queensized.) Thank goodness that my personal inclinations mean that this does not inconvenience anyone else, and that I am self-employed - it is one of the things I most enjoy, living time my own way round. Eating when I want to,(I cook for my guests, family or friends, when they want to eat, sit with them but dont always eat with them), working when I want to. Poor but happy-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Southerly: The Joys of Unclehood,

    Kia ora Stephanie...the molotov cocktails arnt compulsory (as you know some kids really like explosions and some kids really really hate 'em) -and I've already passed along some of these skills to friends' children: the only difficulty might be the slight distance between here & Lower Hutt...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

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