And In Other News...

I've been a bit neglectful of this site recently - a belated thank you in passing to the Surfer Dude, who has done his best to keep it ticking over with a very cute small child attempts to make quite natural correlation between size of space and name given to dwelling story - so here's a very brief overview of what I've failed to report over the last couple of weeks :

• To the best of the PO's knowledge (which as we all know is entirely dependent on the BW's capricious shall-I-shan't-I divulgence logic), the BW didn't win the reading competition
• He did, however, perform admirably in his Grade V viola exam, the result of which should arrive imminently
• The Miscellaneous Other Parents took Young Mr Hoskins to swanky old Verbier for a few days skiing at half-term (I heard from colleagues who were there at the time that conditions were great and there was hardly anyone around). Before going, they sent the PO a charming e-mail in which they made some most complimentary remarks about the BW and suggested a joint skiing trip next year, which seems to the PO to be a Most Excellent Idea
• The BW, Button and Schmoo didn't go skiing for half-term; nor did they go to Cornwall as originally planned
• They did, however, spend a day with the Principal last week, which she appreciated enormously
• Upon Young Mr Hoskins' return from the Alps, he and the BW attacked the rock block and assault course at Rutland Water before heading to the mighty metropolis that is Peterborough, where they had a Starbucks and bought up half the local record store (amongst the purchases mentioned during my conversation with the BW were The Libertines, The Killers and Kasabian).
• Unfortunately, they then blew any street cred they had accumulated by losing (twice) at ten pin bowling to the Mother Superior.

So there you have it. Now you know as much as the PO does. In future I shall try to keep more up to date, I promise.

Comments

[Boy Wonder]

Hi it's the BW here! I am DEFINITELY up for your little "challenge" but if so, I must be able to state my part of the deal, just as you have! I propose that for every grade above 2B (where does 3A rank?) I get an extra CD. It would also be interesting to see some of your reports made by superior colleagues on this website, don't you? Sorry, I'm off now to have a well deserved chocolate sponge pudding with chocolate sauce, but I would just like to round this post off with a thank you to The Principal for our lovely visit and apologies for Mother Superior's appalling navigation through south London (she says that Lewisham was never one of her strong points! She's more of a Hampstead girl!!). I'd stock up on your HMV vouchers now because the BW is back in town, and there is only room for one of us!!!

[The Paternal Optimist]

Well, I must say there's really only one response I can make to that :

WHAT ARE YOU DOING STILL UP AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT ? I'LL GIVE THE MOTHER SUPERIOR A PIECE OF MY MIND NEXT TIME I SEE HER !

To answer your questions :

3A and 1C are the equivalent of 2B. Only 1A, 2A and 1B are better than 2B.
The deal stands as I offered it - take it or leave it.
I'll happily share the comments of my manager with you - unfortunately they are all in French, and judging by your latest grade in French you're not quite ready to understand them... perhaps you'd better put in a little more effort there, n'est-ce pas ?

[BW]

Harrumph!! If you're going to insult me do it with a bit of style at least!! Very well then, I accept your challenge (Unjust as it may be!!), Sir PO, and I shall expect to meet you at the jousting lanes (aka Tower Records) after my next report parchment. Until then, common knight, I shall await your reply! Anyway, french is for sissies.The real intellects spar in Latin. So, ex ore parvulorum veritas. Tace!
Maximilian ( or in Latin, the great lord/one)