The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
Well, that was a laugh! 7 and I'm surprised I could manage that many. Actually, I found 5-year-olds much more terrifying to teach than 16-year-old louts! [You sort of know where you are with the latter, even if it is in hell, and they don't cry on you all the time....]
Well, that was a laugh! 7 and I'm surprised I could manage that many. Actually, I found 5-year-olds much more terrifying to teach than 16-year-old louts! [You sort of know where you are with the latter, even if it is in hell, and they don't cry on you all the time....]
ReplyDeleteHa! Too funny!
ReplyDeleteShudders at the very thought of them all , :-)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest Welshcakes I could never imagine teaching the littluns. Older kids, maybe!
ReplyDeleteHa it's a good one eh LB?
LOL Nunyaa!
You mean 25 or more, don't you?
ReplyDeleteOoh bloody hell, you're right!
ReplyDelete28, Jams. Seems, both we are bugbears of not the lowest order. :)))
ReplyDelete22. Dirty fighting always helps when one is attacked by 20 + lousy monsters.
ReplyDelete28 Sean? I am impressed! You are truly the scourge of the kindergarten!
ReplyDeleteA most creditable score Red!I hope your namve brinds dread to all under-sixes in Transylvania!
My Melody is 5. She takes Kung-Fu and she's a combination of ferocity and sneakiness.
ReplyDeleteYou could beat the average 5 year old, sure, but I doubt how many Melody's you could take down.
Ah Melody is a master Spork Ninja so I think it would take two of me to take her down!
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