Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Strawberry Patch

Well here's a nuffy House Elf J.




Explanation :


We all went to the local Sunday market where House ELf J waited in the hot sun til the strawberries came down to 4 punnetts for $6. (I'd tell you House Elf L was in the hot chips que, but I'd get put to be sans dessert for that..)

The Shopaholic House Elves bought so much at the market that I was ousted from my pram and it got loaded up with goodies, including the bargain Strawbs - not happy Jan!

On returning home House Elf J declared that we'd been ripped off as there were only 3 punnetts in the bag.

One week later, after the pram had been folded up in the boot of the car in the hot sun, the HouseElves were heard to comment the I was a bit whiffy. in the pram. Sort of an off- fruity smell really.

I protested my innocence stridently , and demanded a recount. This turned up the rather embarrassing fact that the House Elves had not been ripped off, they just hadn't unpacked the pram well enough, and I was lying in a delicate bed of overripe strawberry pulp. from the missing 4th punnett...


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Advice from Aunty K:

All good training for those rotten squishy bananas that will find themselves in the bottom of your school bag in a few years!