R at her swimming lesson today.
There is a steep downhill incline on the way back from the grandkids’ school. It is the custom of 6-yr-old R and 3-yr-old J to treat this as a roller-coaster, and to utter high-pitched screams on the way down. Friday is when we take Peta the School Budgie (that used to be Peter until she laid an egg) home for the weekend as usual, and I told the kids that screams were not allowed as they would startle the bird. I said we could all utter refined, ‘Eeks!’, which we did.
At the bottom I remarked that we had ‘Eeked’ out an existence more quietly than usual.
R responded, ‘It was more “Eek-oh-friendly”.’
I could hardly drive straight, I laughed so much. It wasn’t as if she were repeating one of my puns she’d heard before; this was her own original production.
When I told Much Better Half about it, she gave a groan. ‘Oh, no; not two of you!’
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That is FABULOUS, Col! What a great little punster.
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We came up with the latest version today. It was that it was more Eek-oh-nomical!
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Your poor Missus!
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Imagine if the youngest starts it, too!
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The gods forbid!
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Puns get even better with a partner.
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We “punners” must stick together! 🙂
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Start ’em young, I say!
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Got that right!
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Clever girl she is!
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Another cruel teaser of words!
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Well, you have obviously rubbed off on her Grandpa… you can be VERY proud. 😉
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Not everyone is convinced that it is a good thing! 🙂
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With you as an example, she is sure to come up with more puns. I look forward to hearing about them 🙂
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A school budgie to take home is very cool, we had a school guinea pig.
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We have one of those, too!
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Double cool.
Mum was worried the entire weekend that we had it, three of us, picking it up, chasing it around the garden, over feeding it etc. lol
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I bet you were Eekstatic! I think Little Miss R deserves a poem for her efforts! G…wan, you know you want too!
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Aaargh – I think it’s time we started to Eek-conomise on them!
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Well she’s had very good tutor, Col. I’m sure MBH is proud of you both. That’s a great mid winter pic of Little R. 🙂
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If I want a happy shot of her, just add water!
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It’s in the genes, there’s not escape.
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I remember when I had a wasp in my jeans, and there was no escape there, either!
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She obviously takes after her granddad, I’m not too sure if that’s a good or bad thing 😉
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Please is this a summer photo?
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Midwinter – today!
I must admit my swim in our own pool was of fairly short duration.
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I love it. Give that kid a Bells when she is old enough. Obviously the apple did not fall very far from the tree!
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I do have to take the blame for such awful habits!
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Much Better Half should be proud to have two of you there!!! 🙂
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I don’t think MBH is a fan of Really Awful Puns!
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