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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: scoubidous
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snowball
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 7:44 pm Post subject:
What our daughter does is make friendship bracelettes. Older son then steals them and gives them to his girl friend. Girlfriend thinks son has made them, and therefore he is sweet. Daughter lets cat out of bag and world war three ensues. What's wrong with cats' cradle anyway.

Bugs

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 7:46 pm Post subject:

Can daughter not teach son, resulting in peace and harmony and fewer teenagers in hair of mother and father?

Or is son typical son who doesn't appreciate wise words and admirable dexterity of little sister?

I've known at least three like that

Never saw point of (translated - got hang of) cat's cradles...I wasn't half bad at "laggy" as we poetically called it in the playgrounds of Leicester, though...which I guess is a bit like cat's cradle, only with legs?!

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 7:49 pm Post subject:
Little sister will not do anything to promote harmony, I think she is allergic or something. School holidays can't be much longer can they?

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 7:58 pm Post subject:
There's a home education article on here so no need for children to go back to school.

snowball
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jema
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 8:58 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

There's a home education article on here so no need for children to go back to school.

hell way no in (rearrange to suit)

amiphist

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 9:12 pm Post subject:

Snowball wrote:

What our daughter does is make friendship bracelettes. Older son then steals them and gives them to his girl friend. Girlfriend thinks son has made them, and therefore he is sweet.

Daughter lets cat out of bag and world war three ensues.

What's wrong with cats' cradle anyway.

In my defence, this is not true. I never ratted out my brother about the scoobies, the CD maybe, but not the scoobies.

and Bugs, do you really think any self-respecting older brother would accept advice from his little sister?

cab

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 9:19 pm Post subject:
Snowball, Jema, I still think that with all the excess labour in your house you should get an allotment. What else are children for?

amiphist

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 9:32 pm Post subject:
children are not slaves (as I regularly point out) so they can choose what they work on. Last edited by amiphist on Mon Aug 22, 05 9:44 pm; edited 1 time in total

jema
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 9:33 pm Post subject:

amiphist wrote:

children who are not slaves (as I regularly point out) and can choose what they work on.

perhaps grammar would be a good place to start then?

sean
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 9:33 pm Post subject:
Capitalisation first, I think.

Quelly

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 10:24 pm Post subject:

I have an old fashioned high chair and needed some sort of restraints to stop my baby falling out..so made some out of scoubie dous. They are flexible yet strong. And at least I did something constructive and functional with them. Pictured is the top of the "crossbar" I then added another "bar" which went vertically so that my little 'un wouldn't fall out. I use the extra length to tie the chair to the table so she can't tip herself backwards.

I have other ideas for these things. Placemats and baskets are on the agenda. It's carp that bits of plastic plague us like this, but seeing as they have found their way in my home, I'm going to make sure I use them!

cab

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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 05 10:27 pm Post subject:

amiphist wrote:

children are not slaves (as I regularly point out) so they can choose what they work on.

Children aren't slaves... Hmmm... So what use are they then?

snowball
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 05 12:09 am Post subject:
That's obvious Cab, they are a drain on resources and a device for making parents prematurely grey.

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