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May 03, 2004
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JC's school had an "International Fair" yesterday. This comprised of 10 classrooms turned into countries and the kids ran around with their passports collecting stamps, painting, colouring and the like. If only all airports were like that travelling would be so much more enjoyable. As part of the bribery to get parents to come the school raffled off some prizes. At the end of the afternoon I discovered we had won a hulking great big box. That's obviously Daddy's job. So I picked the thing up and immediately realised there was no way I was going to be looking the elegant, sophisticated and yet in touch with my feelings father that would create envious stares from all the yummy mummies. (Mrs M standing next to me was also a factor here.) Carefully I carried the box back home with the aid of a shopping trolley (we live in the same complex as the school). On opening the box JC and PB were delighted to discover it contained a toy car that just needed to be assembled by Daddy. Daddy looked and thought, "It cannot be too hard, after all, it's a kid's toy." How wrong he was. The instructions contained 27 different steps. At random points the diagrams differed from the parts, even though they were helpfully labelled part M or part F, instead of "Orange thing with a metal bit". Step 6 required hammering, as did steps 7, 11, 12, 18 and 26. Actually, steps 12 and 18 didn't require hammering, but they got it anyway. Step 20 said to screw some bolts into certain holes. Except the holes didn't line up. So Daddy had to drill through the PVC to make the holes line up. After finishing step 27, Daddy looked at what he had wraught and agreed it was a damn fine job. But he was puzzled. There were still two orange things with metal bits, one bolt, one nut and two plastic thingys left over. Daddy did the only thing he could do. He got PB to sit in the car and drive it around to make sure it was road-worthy. Given a clean bill of health by a 20 month old was all that was needed for Daddy to consider it a job well done. The extra bits went straight in the bin. Not the box, though. That'll be a cubby house. Now JC and PB have 3 cars between them. It's a worry when the kids have more cars than we do. posted by Simon on 05.03.04 at 03:29 PM in the
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Hey, Does JC go to HKIS? When I went to school there we had an International Fair! Great fun. posted by: Alex. on 05.04.04 at 05:45 PM [permalink] |
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