| How to make a Paternal Optimist |
| Ingredients: 3 parts success 5 parts brilliance 2 parts ego 1 part superstition |
| Method: Layer ingredients in a shot glass. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of lustfulness. |
| How to make a Boy Wonder |
| Ingredients: 1 part competitiveness 1 part self-sufficiency 5 parts empathy 3 parts vagueness |
| Method: Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Add a little caring if desired. |
It occurs to me rather belatedly that perhaps I ought to be contributing more to this site, being in a very similar position to the Paternal Optimist, with a five-year-old non-resident son. Here's the little mite's comments on our new flat:
He: "I like your new house, it's like a haunted house but nice."
Me: "Yes, that's a great description, although of course we only have a flat in the house."
Him: "But your place is not a flat."
Me: "Well, it's a flat because there are other flats in the house."
Him: (confused tone) "But the ceilings are high, it's not flat..."
Posted by: Surfer Dude | February 19, 2005 at 12:09 AM