By the time you get to read this, TH will have Reached His Annual Auspicious Day. This year, ChickPea had Time To Prepare. Before the Partnership Blessing on Saturday, she dashed off into town to get TH a present. And what…. ?
Well, of course, there IS only one possible answer. What does the Man Who Has Everything always need ?
EXACTLY. Socks. So that’s what she got.
Now, for some obscure reason, TH does not much like getting socks. Through the years, ChickPea has given him cheap socks, good socks, silly socks, fancy socks, warm socks, Cool sox, Very Silly socks and Unbelievably Expensive socks – and his response is usually much the same……
So……..
She got him a book as well (about a puppy – aaaaaaaahhhhhh...)
TH never seems to read the books ChickPea buys for him. But he loves reading books……… (other books)……… So – she got him a book as well.
Happy Birthday, TH !
(Now…… how long d’you suppose it took before TH looked inside the front cover of the book, read the wee ‘post-it’ note, turned this over as directed to read the back of the ‘post-it’ note, and discovered there was another parcel hidden in the top cupboard downstairs……….. ?
(a) less than 0.03 seconds; (b) 0.03 seconds; (c) more than 3 minutes (plus prompting…..)
So - Now, at last, Him’n’Her can both play the Wii that TH bought (them) for ChickPea’s Unofficial Birthday a few months back ! ! )
Well, of course, there IS only one possible answer. What does the Man Who Has Everything always need ?
EXACTLY. Socks. So that’s what she got.
Now, for some obscure reason, TH does not much like getting socks. Through the years, ChickPea has given him cheap socks, good socks, silly socks, fancy socks, warm socks, Cool sox, Very Silly socks and Unbelievably Expensive socks – and his response is usually much the same……
So……..
She got him a book as well (about a puppy – aaaaaaaahhhhhh...)
TH never seems to read the books ChickPea buys for him. But he loves reading books……… (other books)……… So – she got him a book as well.
Happy Birthday, TH !
(Now…… how long d’you suppose it took before TH looked inside the front cover of the book, read the wee ‘post-it’ note, turned this over as directed to read the back of the ‘post-it’ note, and discovered there was another parcel hidden in the top cupboard downstairs……….. ?
(a) less than 0.03 seconds; (b) 0.03 seconds; (c) more than 3 minutes (plus prompting…..)
So - Now, at last, Him’n’Her can both play the Wii that TH bought (them) for ChickPea’s Unofficial Birthday a few months back ! ! )
