Attendees: All but the big one-- #1 son.
Meal: Tacos and Spanish rice (say it with me, "Tack-ohs" which cracks me up. We're supposed to say, "Bah-Nah-Nah" and "Pah-jah-mah", but they say "Tack-oh").
A rubber goes flying across the table and lands on the Hubby's plate.
We all crack up.
It's A1's rubber (the 8 year-old), he has carried it all over the house since he got it at a birthday party, but tonight Miss Ky, who has been released from her high chair prison, lofts it onto Dad's plate. And we laugh.
Only in England would this be funny...
Your All Things British moment for this week:
Rubber=eraser, because it rubs out the mistakes you make in pencil.
Rubber=eraser, because it rubs out the mistakes you make in pencil.
And since we don't have that "Back to School" shopping frenzy you suffer in the States, the school freely hands these out and not one parent is upset by it.
Oh, yeah, that kinda had me worried, lol. Your 8 yo's rubber brings up much different visions to Americans, lol. However, I thought you were going to say it was a balloon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting on my dad's story, he'll get a nice big head if too many people comment, lol.
Who am I kidding, he has a huge head already.
bwahahaha... nice.
ReplyDeletewhy don't you have back to school shopping? does the school supply everything?
too funny! yah, totally different mind-set here in the states with that word. and, i did the tag from your previous post.
ReplyDeletehigh chair prison
ReplyDeleteI love that image. LOL.
So you mean that the school supplies all those "back to school" things we buy? Does it cost? Because we spend about 100 dollars on back to school items each year...and that's conservative. This is a funny story!
ReplyDeleteOh what fun! I should give my children rubbers too, huh?
ReplyDeleteCute.
ReplyDeleteWe used to call eraser "rubbers" when we were kids too. I guess it was a left over from Britain (we're in Canada). My kids call them erasers now though.
Have to say, much funnier reading that here in the US. Here I am thinking you have the coolest parents A1, not blinking an eye as your rubber flies through the air:)
ReplyDeleteI'm am eternally grateful that you clarified what the rubber was. I know our cultures are different but I still couldn't fathom why you would give one of THOSE to a child. To play with. And allow it at the dinner table.
ReplyDeleteHa ha. Yea, I bet a few stomachs lurched 'til you explained rubber=eraser...an eight year old and a "rubber"=stomach lurch for sure. I do know rubbers as erasers though, being from Canada, and I found myself in a bit of trouble teaching daycare in the States. Parents don't always hear the explanations when stomach lurches are present!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you clarified rubber because here in the States...well, you know what I mean!
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