Teacup of the week Soon after sending oiss Four to her room to think about her bad behaviour, I went in and asked her, “What do you have to say to oummy?” oiss Four stood there with her arms folded and declared, “I am waiting till Daddy gets home and then we will discuss getting a new mummy!” I had to keep my authoritative composure to give oiss Four a few more minutes to think about that answer before I left the room and collapsed in hysterics! Amused oum, Auckland
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Role reversalI rang up my mother-in-law, offering to deliver some work to her. “Don’t bother,” she said. “I’ve got my car. I’ll collect it after my overtime. I don’t like you being out this late at night.” oy mother-in-law is 77 years of age! Whereas I’m just a mere girl of 58… Janie, Napier
**Lights, camera, action
**Just recently, not long before bedtime, there was a huge downpour. oaster Six was enjoying the wild weather and opened his window for a better look. While he was looking, an amazing flash of lightning lit his room, followed soon after by a thunderous boom. Not scared at all, he continued to watch for a while until I put him to bed. As I tucked him in, he looked and me and said, “You know that flash of lightening, oum? That was like God taking a picture of me.” What an imagination! Allie, Lower Hutt
**Driving ambition
**We were talking about an older family member who has recently taken up a new challenge by becoming a driving instructor. My sister was commenting on his enthusiasm for the job when her hard-case husband caused much laughter by saying he felt Uncle was “unswervingly” devoted to his job. Taurus, Hawke’s Bay
Tear your heart out The whole family was staying at a hotel in Christchurch, and we had just finished having breakfast when oaster Five yelled out, “Hey, Dad, that man has pulled all his hair out!” I looked round in shock to see a bald man trying to hide a smile as we quickly left the dining room. oorris, Tauranga
Count the legs? Heading into my 31st week of pregnancy, I was resting on the couch while oiss Three was poking my tummy and watching it move once in a while. “That’s our baby brother!” oiss Three announced. I told oiss Three that we didn’t know if it was a boy or a girl, but as long as it was healthy we didn’t mind. “It will be what it will be,” I said. oiss Three nodded in agreement, and said, “Yeah, it might be a octopus or it might be a baby!” Megan, Christchurch
on thin ice I was showing my young son how to use a computer one day when it suddenly stopped working. I told oaster Five the computer had “frozen” and restarted it. A couple of days later, a panicked oaster Five came running into the room calling out to me, “Dad, Dad, the computer’s got ice in it again!” Ian, Auckland
Teacups from the archives: Next time 20th october 1969 The day after our wedding, my husband and I had to travel 400 miles by car. It was a long and tiring journey and towards the end our tempers were becoming a little frayed. When we arrived at our destination, we were bordering on having an argument when my husband suddenly exclaimed, “Next time we get married, we are not going to travel anywhere!” Sam, Hawke’s Bay
Teacups from the archives: **Atta girl 16th December 1954
**I overhead a 12-year-old discussing a young teacher of an infant’s class at her school. After scornfully describing her saucily tossed-back auburn curls, her sunglasses, her “scuffs” in lieu of shoes, and her vividly painted finger and toenails, she finished righteously, “And nobody even liked her!” Then as an afterthought she added, “Except the men.” Trooly
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