I like to listen to BBC Radio 4. Mr. Waffle comments that there is a part of
our kitchen that is forever England.
It was trying my loyalty pretty high recently with non-stop cricket
followed by non-stop political party conferences, but on the whole, I think
itÂ’s nifty.
However, I was surprised by the reporting
of events in Basra at the end of September (this goes for the World Service as
well as Radio 4). Essentially, as I
understand it, British troops in Basra bulldozed an Iraqi prison to spring
two of their men. But, to hear the
reports, it’s all “bad old Iraqis nearly killed two of our brave soldiers in
custody”. At no point has it been made
clear what the lads were in custody for – I think that they were “undercover
operatives”, so maybe we are just not meant to know. Anyway the Iraqis are a bit annoyed and
demanding an apology (and possibly some prison rebuilding) and the British are
very cross and refusing to provide same.
I know the situations arenÂ’t parallel etc. etc. but I wonder how it
would be reported on the BBC, if a foreign army bulldozed a prison in the UK to spring a couple of its men.
on 20 October 2005 at 16:25
(Also, the moon landings were faked…)
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on 21 October 2005 at 10:07
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Mr. Waffle says that minding Daniel and Michael
is like barwork. During the day things
are quiet, ticking over, but quiet, then around six in the evening things
really start to get busy reaching a peak between 10.00 and 2.00. You then spend the morning washing bottles
which you have rescued from odd places (behind pillows, under beds etc.). Fascinating eh?
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on 18 October 2005 at 14:58
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on 18 October 2005 at 19:13
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on 19 October 2005 at 13:09
Well, Lauren, I have help and I can type one handed while breastfeeding (marvel, gasp).
Minks, today much better mercifully, thanks for sympathy.
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Why do I read it, if I don’t like it?
Thank you Mr. James for giving me a whole new worry.
I am an anti-maven (or whatever the opposite of a maven is). I couldn’t tell you the price of something I bought 2 minutes ago. Consequently I am always skint. 
Am envious of your skrimping prowess.
Very funny, FFE.
Norah, FT, I’m always skint too. But I do have 18 litres of Evian in the kitchen.
And for a bonus point, who is this in the, perhaps a little too large, bouncy chair?
LondonMom
on 17 October 2005 at 19:55
on 17 October 2005 at 20:03
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on 18 October 2005 at 06:54
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on 18 October 2005 at 12:25
2 out of 3 LM, and yes, they do look like their Daddy, particularly Daniel.
Norah, they look different to us – I know, they look the same to other people but we’re their parents. Herself, however, can’t tell them apart at all.
Ta Minks.
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on 18 October 2005 at 14:01
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When I was in the hospital, everyone kept
asking me whether Daniel and Michael were real twins. And I would say “no, they’re fraternal”. And the person would then, always, say “no,
what I mean is was it a natural pregnancy?”. Everyone here is obsessed by IVF.
Since we have come home the dishwasher, the
washing machine, the microwave and the dryer have been going constantly. Mr.
Waffle points out that all twins in the
western world must grow up with the hum of labour saving devices in the
background. Last night, I was saying to him how handy it is that
we are getting up at 4 in the morning anyway so that we can put the
wash we put on at midnight into the tumble drier and have dry baby
clothes for the morning. He looked at me a bit oddly and then
said drily “Yes, that certainly is a silver lining”. Well, it IS.
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