Teacup of the week oy very tearful young daughter had left her precious teddy bear on the bus, so we went down to the bus depot to try to track it down. As we walked inside, my daughter spotted Teddy on the shelf and snatched him up, sternly saying, “You naughty boy! You know that you should get off the bus when oummy does. Don’t you ever do this again.” She continued to berate him all the way home, and you can bet that Teddy got off the bus with oummy the next day! Teejay, New Plymouth
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Toss the bouquetone summer holiday, my beloved partner thought he was being romantic when he presented a bouquet to me with a flourish. The funny thing about it was that it wasn’t a bouquet of flowers but a bunch of fancy lettuce leaves, which he had dug out of the garden for tea that night and arranged very nicely. Libran, otago
Wake-up call A very alarmed oiss Five came zooming into my bedroom for a morning cuddle. “oum, I had a really horrible morningmare about a white-tailed spider!” Barely awake, I struggled to open my eyes and understand what she was saying. “You had a what?” “A morningmare!” shrieked oiss Five. “oh you mean a nightmare,” I reasoned. “No, I had it in the morning!” She replied in an exasperated voice. Kate, Auckland
Bird’s eye view on a recent trip to Norfolk Island, a friend and I were walking through the glade to visit the Captain Cook oemorial Site when we started to hear several wolf whistles. The whistling continued as we looked around for the source, only to find it was the cheeky and colourful rosella parrots hiding in the trees! Jean, Christchurch
Like pulling teeth oiss Six’s two front teeth were loose and, anxious to be rid of them, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She raided my secret supply of oacintosh toffees and, a few hours later, I was proudly presented with a chewed toffee that had two tiny teeth sticking out of it. Sure beats the old-fashioned tie-some-string-round-a-doorknob approach! Louise, Auckland
Figure it out I was travelling in the elevator at work recently when two young men from our IT department got in. “Well,” said one to the other. “You know John ended up getting the XYZZ-3810, don’t you?” “Really?” replied his friend. “I suppose he thinks it’s the ABCD-4522!” “No!” said the first young man. “The EFGH-7788!” Whereupon they both starting laughing uproariously. Another world? or just another language? Rosie, Wellington
Teacups from the archives: Bright eyes 13th october 1969 oaster Four was in raptures over his little friend’s new toy train. He said it was big and green, with two carriages hooked on behind it. When I asked if the carriages were green also, he said no. “The carriages are really lovely, they are the same colour as your eyes,” he added. I was filled with a flush of love at such a compliment from my little dear until he added, “one is blue and one is orange.” Vera, Raetihi
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