Flattery

The Toddler is great at flattery.  The other day she said to me, “Did you hurt your big fat tummy?”  She may have taken tips from Big Gran (her great grandma), who is guilty of saying to my older sister, “You’ve put on weight!”  My sister responded with a simple, “Thanks.”  Now I could be wrong, but you aren’t actually supposed to say such things to people are you?  I thought that if anything, you were supposed to say things such as “Have you lost weight?” even if the opposite is clearly the case.  Hmm.  i must be going wrong somewhere.  But I do suspect I would be less popular if I followed in my grandma’s footsteps. 

I will also add that there have been further crossbow attacks on the seagulls.  Someone also attempted to strangle a donkey.  I don’t think it’s a particularly safe place for animals here at the moment.  Hmm.  Frog massacres, crossbowed seagulls, strangled donkeys…

Psycho’s been having fun lately too.  His bank have basically kicked him out because of the complete breakdown of relations or communication or something.  Basically he’s a crap customer.  And I thought The Ex was hopeless with money.  As far as I’m aware he’s never been kicked out of a bank before.  Oh, and the best bit is that it might be due to the trust fund account being ridiculously overdrawn.  Yes, Psycho may have fleeced his own brothers.  Charming man.  And even more charmingly, he had the nerve to ask The Ex if he could borrow The Toddler’s car seat for when he brings his son over from America!  He finally acknowledges The Toddler’s existence, but only because he wants her car seat.  Of course, The Ex has no access to her car seat, so it was a big fat no.  I like to think that it would have been anyway, but given what a pushover The Ex is where his family are concerned, I have to wonder.

I have to confess that I may be guilty of accidentally killing a fly.  Though it may really have been suicide.  I didn’t make the fly land in the pan of boiling water after all.  It was interesting to say the least.  I’ve never seen a fly land in boiling before, and I hope I don’t see it again.  There was rice in the pan at the time as well.  Yummy.