Saturday, January 05, 2008
Some say I've gone wrong somewhere along the line.
We're at Grandma's place. We've had a nice dinner that she has cooked, and then she jumps up and starts rattling dishes around in the kitchen. I make noises about helping, but she tells me to stay at the table.
"I made the mess so I clean it up" she said.
"Yeah, but that kind of sucks, really..." I say... and everyone at the table knew exactly what I meant. Except Ms 9, who starts up as if from a reverie and says:
"But why? That's how it is at home!"
"I made the mess so I clean it up" she said.
"Yeah, but that kind of sucks, really..." I say... and everyone at the table knew exactly what I meant. Except Ms 9, who starts up as if from a reverie and says:
"But why? That's how it is at home!"
Friday, September 21, 2007
Don't you know ANYTHING?
My mate, Misc Mum, was today poetically lamenting her woes in regard to Facebook.
Given that's one area of the internet I haven't as yet explored, I turned to my resident internet expert, the 14 year old, Ms Cait, and asked:
"So have you got a Facebook thingy?"
She looked at me in exasperation, and slowly and carefully answered me, enunciating her words clearly so there'd be no risk of confusion. (Much like you'd speak to someone with, say, dementia...)
"I have MySpace. Facebook is for OLD people."
(So does that make your day Misc Mum?)
*****
[Edited to add: ]
And then she said "I knew you'd blog that!"
Given that's one area of the internet I haven't as yet explored, I turned to my resident internet expert, the 14 year old, Ms Cait, and asked:
"So have you got a Facebook thingy?"
She looked at me in exasperation, and slowly and carefully answered me, enunciating her words clearly so there'd be no risk of confusion. (Much like you'd speak to someone with, say, dementia...)
"I have MySpace. Facebook is for OLD people."
(So does that make your day Misc Mum?)
*****
[Edited to add: ]
And then she said "I knew you'd blog that!"
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