The Various Uses of Rubber
I have ordered a new pair of wellies from Amazon for the daily walk to school. My current hardly-at-all-old pair has developed a fissure along one toe. I only noticed this when I was wading along the stream that flows brownly past bobbing Argos bags en route to the afternoon pick up, and I was not pleased. They are a glamorous pair with pink spots and white swirls, bought to ease my daughter's pain in ackowledging a wellie-wearing, stream-paddling mother in public. I now distrust wellies with spots and swirls, so order a safe-looking green pair. Better to be waterproof than glamorous. Royal Mail gets them as far as my door, thrusts through a 'Sorry you were out' card, and promptly loses them. Amazon is sympathetic and dispatches a replacement pair. This also makes it to my door and again a card is left. This time I decide to pick them up in person from the Royal Mail depot. The man behind the glass screen makes off with my delivery card and probably has a cup of tea and
Damien the Omen child was alive and well and living in a box - surpriseeeee!
ReplyDeletedon't you know how much it cost to have a shoebox flat in Central London? we just like minimal living
ReplyDeleteI know the vicarage isn't quite what we're used to, darlings, but the C of E has to find savings somewhere
ReplyDeleteBest. Review. Package. Ever.
ReplyDeleteMWHAHAHA mere mortal you cannot keep my prisoner in this box ! Go go gadget laser eyes!
ReplyDeleteAfter three days in the dark, the stowaways were just grateful that someone had opened the box!
ReplyDeleteif they stayed really quiet then they wouldn't be made to eat Mums all day breakfast!!!!
ReplyDeletedon't think this was such a great christmas present mum!
ReplyDeleteAfter receiving so many unneeded Christmas presents, we decided to return the children.
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