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Monday, June 18, 2012

Father's Day was badly timed this year. If it had come six weeks later, I'd have had two children, and would have received twice as many gifts.

But despite that overwhelming sense of frustration, I had a nice day yesterday. Amelie gave me the card on the left, which contained a message she'd personally dictated, thanking me for a bagel I'd made her the day before. And the gift she presented me with was as much from the baby as from herself. It was a bedside lamp, for use during the sleepless nights we'll be having in August.

As for my own father, I got him something far more practical...


It's the latest in veterinary healthcare products, and allows you to boost the local squirrels' caffeine consumption in a particularly civilised manner, thus ensuring that they're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at all times. If they weren't already.

Having bought the thing last week, I showed it to Amelie, and explained to her that Grandad would be having coffee with the squirrels in his garden, and would no doubt send her some photos to prove it. Frankly she'll believe anything, and I wanted to see how my Dad would get out of that one.

Annoyingly, the answer was 'very well'. Never mind photos, by the end of yesterday afternoon, he'd sent video footage...


Next year I'll buy him the badger cutlery.

5 comments:

Phil's Dad said...

The unmentioned animal trainer was, of course, Phil's Mum.   After years of training a husband and three children, a squirrel was a piece of cake (or at least a cup of coffee!!)

Peter Chapman said...

No Way! Did the squirrel leave the cup behind or run off with it? It'll be wanting a self service machine next.

Phil's Mum said...

It did run off with it at one point, Peter.  We had to retrieve it from the bushes.

Jp Cheshire said...

I've looked it up and the correct terminology is a 'complete sett of Badgers cutlery'

Phil said...

Boom-boom!