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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2008-02-22 01:13 pm

Saudades dos Bolos da Vovó


Grandma with her brother


Grandparents
by Dr Theophilus Pudding

A grandparent is a human that has produced one thousand offspring, (hence the origin of the word). On achieving this feat, the new grandparent shouts 'full house!', and is then officially designated with the title and given some comfortable shoes by Her Majesty the Queen.

Grandparents can be found in armchairs, at bus stops and in deckchairs in UK seaside resorts. Indeed, they are so common these days that they can easily be acquired; you may even have one yourself.
Your grandparent should be refuelled regularly with Werther's Originals and tea (some high-performance models also take sherry).
It can be useful to cover your grandparent with a tartan blanket. This will calm him or her down, and discourage attempts to escape.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2008-02-22 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
That does sound indeed strange! The guy should have been more polite to you, considering you were being friendly. Oh well; they were definitely not brasilian. :-)

And no, it's not grandma's birthday; I ran into this poem and thought it would go well with the pic (which had been languishing in my flickr account.)

By the way, I've had this idea of buying a Flickr account and getting visitors to my mom's guesthouse to submit photos for it. Then it could be linked to my mom's site, for anyone who hasn't visited before to see what it's like. What do you think?

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2008-02-22 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yah, I think that's a great idea for the Flickr account! I'll send you some of my photos.

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll probably send them tomorrow night b/c I work today and will be in Red Hook all day tomorrow.

*yawn* Good morning! I go to work now!

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2008-02-24 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Good morning! Have fun at work. :-)

[identity profile] desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com 2008-02-26 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It was fine, I had a Scottish lady! She was funny and very nice.