Julius, following a builder around our house: “and I’ve got dinosaur pyjamas, and ladybug pyjamas, and cow pyjamas; but the cow pyjamas are in the summer clothes box”. By the time this job is finished the builders will know more about our lives than I do.
Meanwhile, Carl, who is doing his best to pretend that the renovation/extension isn’t happening, came home from school: “Mum, can you do the diarrhea club at school next year?” Clubs are something the kids do once a week for a few weeks, usually involving chess, kite making, computers or some other fun thing, and often with the help of a parent or two. A few more questions established that what he meant was the “diorama” club. A simple, but potentially messy, misunderstanding.
