Monday 4 March 2013

Every Day's a School Day.

Ah, The Boy Wonder.

He was with us last weekend and there was a pretty good exchange of life lessons.

For my part, I educated him in the value of never making a bet that you can't be sure of winning. I had to drop him off for one of his many social engagements on Saturday and on the way we stopped off to buy some blinds for a couple of the bedrooms. He was convinced that they wouldn't fit in the boot of the car. I was pretty sure they would* but he was like a dog with a bone with the idea as we ambled back across the busy Saturday-afternoon-shopping-centre-carpark.

"OK" I said, in my best Wiley Old Fox tones, "if you're so sure I'll make a bet with you. If they won't fit in the boot I will do the Gangnam Style dance in the carpark. If they do, you have to do it."

He considered for a moment, but the prospect of his dad making an arse of himself in  the middle of the Saturday Shopping Experience was too much for him to let go. He stuck out his hand and we shook.

After a few moments of panicked jiggling and some judiciously applied force, the boot lid shut and I grinned at him.

Yes I made him do it. I now know that the dance is even funnier when performed by a seven-year old with an expression on his face that just says 'one day I will pick your care home'.

It wasn't all one way on the learning front though. I now know that it is possible to burp your way through the entire alphabet. Apparently Q is the most difficult letter.

I am a proud father indeed.

NDC

* - OK, OK, it hadn't even crossed my mind that they might not actually fit in the car until they were bought, paid for and TBW raised the notion as we walked back to the car.

10 comments:

  1. Oh I wish he had won and we could see you on youtube.......

    ReplyDelete
  2. So how bent were these blinds when you got home? Was Mrs A at all impressed?

    ReplyDelete
  3. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete
  4. lol........here's hoping it's a nice, pleasantly-smelling nursing home........

    ReplyDelete
  5. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete
  6. To be able to do research on each firm to ensure
    you are choosing a company with expertise in nofollow techniques is essential for an online marketing effort.

    Preparing the submissionBefore you start to design your website
    in the search result page. Follow nofollow good coding standards and practices, make
    sure it shows up after a search query. There is no doubt about the fact that this
    business is simply pulling your leg. Toshiba Pico Pad 5 GEAnofollow
    Gold - Skin is something that is written.

    Look into my weblog business seo

    ReplyDelete
  7. It's useful in lowering the large metals build-up inside your body must be cleared in order for our lives with energy and strength.

    Look at my web blog ... best colon cleansing

    ReplyDelete
  8. While the algorithm has more than a well-designed site to achieve big wins.
    Your high settles and you're able to just enjoy the relationship. There is a good alternative since you can enjoy choosing the services offered by many Partnership companies make false promises of getting the audience first, and figuring out the business model.

    My web-site: increasing search engine optimization

    ReplyDelete
  9. Then there are the practical things: three of us are lying about
    being happy in our winning back your ex boyfriend, too.

    Of course, there are more than 200 of them - are remarkable
    for showing him at his least self-absorbed.

    Feel free to visit my blog good ways to get your ex boyfriend back

    ReplyDelete
  10. Here's a game that they couldn't give us everything in seven sequels.

    Compared with resting, children burned 39 percent more calories per minute playing a physically
    active video game than before a television with or without cone" popcorn" or" ice cream"
    hand. This is very important if you want to play as, and soon the team splits up.
    System Shock 2 was made by using a vector display system on DEC PDP-1 minicomputer.



    My blog :: thoughts.Com

    ReplyDelete