An unexpected google encounter brings much mirth…
We all know that most women, myself included, go to public toilets in packs. In bars or restaurants, shopping centres or cinemas, we rarely enter a public toilet alone. Why is this?
My daughter, at just 4 years old, is clearly already an environmentalist.
‘Look mummy!’ she pointed excitedly to the road works sign, the ubiquitous image of a man struggling to open an umbrella.
‘Do you know what that means?’
‘Yes, there’s a man, and he’s on the road, and he’s digging a …
Nothing get’s in the way of Heather’s first cup of tea in the morning. Nothing.
One of the often overlooked side effect of having kids is getting to form sentences that would otherwise never have been called into being.
They’re not really an ASBO waiting to happen, just misunderstood
I know what you’re thinking, it’s about time the world recognised my talents and started beating down my door demanding me to write hilarious anecdotes for widely read publications. Funny, I was just thinking the exact same thing.
The one where Heather realises with horror that they have become a family of scrubbers
There are millions, squillions even, of blogs out there, some written by magnificent, hilarious writers that you just love so much you want to squish them up really tiny and keep them in your pocket to pull out to entertain you at random intervals throughout your day.
Lucky they invented the …
We’d just got back from visiting hubby’s relatives and congratulating his brother on his graduation over sandwiches and cake when hubby’s phone rang.
Nothing new there. My fella, and indeed most Finnish males, can spend aprox 22 hours a day on the phone. Unless of course I call him and …
The absolutely divinely lovely Heather (I can say this cause I’ve met her) has asked me to do a little post for her while she is gallivanting across the UK drinking herself silly in every bar she can find (remember I met her). Did she tell you she was …
Dumdad is a former Fleet Street journalist who lives in Paris with his wife, The Frog Queen, and with whom he has spawned two children, Brainbox and Princess Perfect. His blog, The Other Side of Paris, records his life in the city of light plus a sprinkling of his past …
By Jo Beaufoix
As lovely Heather is winging her way to sunny Britain, I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to guest post for her, which is kind of cool as she’s a bit fab. I however, am less fab, as even though I meant to be all organised and …
