Picture the scene ... boy*jelly and me walk through the door from school yesterday afternoon:
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Me : Granny came round earlier today with some shoe boxes for you
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Me : Granny came round earlier today with some shoe boxes for you
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Me : That's a good idea. Hey! I could make you a guinea pig out of a sock to put in the box.
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boy*jelly : Okay!
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Off I go upstairs to look for a suitable sock. Amazingly, none of us have any guinea-pig colour socks. I find an old grey terry sock that is a bit fluffy when turned inside out.
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Me : Your guinea pig's going to have to be a grey one.
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boy*jelly : Yes, they are grey.
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I cut up the sock and sew on some buttons for eyes.
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Me : Right, I've done the eyes, I'll make a start on his ears.
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boy*jelly : They don't have ears.
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Me : Oh! Don't they?
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boy*jelly : Nope
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Me : Right. Well, I'll give him some whiskers then.
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boy*jelly : They don't have whiskers.
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Me : You sure?
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boy*jelly : Yup.
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Me : Right. Well, what colour nose shall I give him?
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boy*jelly : They don't have noses.
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Me : Now look here! I'm pretty certain guinea pigs have noses mate.
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boy*jelly : Oh yes, you're right.
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Me : Fine. So what colour nose shall I give him?
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boy*jelly : The same colour as his shell.
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Me : Errr, what shell?
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boy*jelly : His shell!
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Me : I'm almost fairly positive that guinea pigs don't have shells?
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boy*jelly : THEY DO!
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Me : Let's have a look on the computer then and I'll show you that not only do they not have shells, but they also have whiskers and ears.
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boy*jelly : That's not a guinea pig!
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Me : Ummm, it is .....!
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A thought slowly occurs to me.
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Me : Do you mean this?
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boy*jelly : Yes! That's a guinea pig! That's what I want you to make me!
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Me : Garrr! THAT'S A CHUCKY-PIG!!
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boy*jelly : Chucky-Pig, yeah! Not guinea pig.
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So, being the brilliant mother I am, here is my attempt at a chucky pig
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I don't know about you, but I can't spot the difference.....
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5 comments:
That is sooooo funny!!
And nope, can't tell the difference either!
so sweet!..must admit I've never heard them called chucky pigs but that's a fab one you made!
hahaha! Fantastic! Yup my nan used to call them 'pigs' when I was little. He's fab. What's his name?
Wonderful!
It reminds me of a friend of mine who went to a posh hotel withe their young daughter who insisted on ordering prunes for breakfast. After much 'are you sure?' and 'You don't like prunes' and 'yes I do I've had them before'the waitress disappeared and they asked her what she thought they were like. She said 'they're pink and long and you eat them with a stick'.
Prawns.
Are they the same things as Tater bugs!
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