belgianwaffle

on 21 April 2005 at 21:33

crikey!
congratulations!

OliviaJoules

on 21 April 2005 at 21:44

Awww…that’s sooooo sweet! yay! 🙂
I really am so excited, although its the first time i am reading your blog 😀

boiledorfried

on 21 April 2005 at 21:52

Congratulations!

on 21 April 2005 at 23:49

Holy Cow, Batman!!! Well done You!
So who’s the father… 😉

morethanluck

on 22 April 2005 at 02:58

cowabunga. congrats. heres a sweetie:) 1
Sweetie(s) given

Austrian

on 22 April 2005 at 07:02

Congratulations from Austria! 🙂

on 22 April 2005 at 08:20

Bloody feckin blimey O’Reilly hell. Many congratulations! So how are you feeling about all this?I admit I wasn’t one of the smart people – a rash means a rash to me. If you had mentioned the normal tell-tale sign, I might just maybe possibly have figured it.
Doubtful though.
😉 1
Sweetie(s) given

Bobble

on 22 April 2005 at 08:32

Twins?! No one could say you do things by halves Mrs Waffly. As Locotes said many congratulations, hugs and tanti aguri! xxx

NorahSplog

on 22 April 2005 at 09:39

Congratulations lovely waffly!
That’s SO exciting!

Kate_Sith

on 22 April 2005 at 09:57

Oh what exciting news! Congratulations and hugs all round. 2 Sweetie(s) given

Minkleberry

on 22 April 2005 at 10:06

WOWZERINOS! Double congratulations!! I can’t WAIT to read all about these two!! 2
Sweetie(s) given

on 22 April 2005 at 10:39

You big show-off …
xx 1 Sweetie(s) given

Floatykatja

on 22 April 2005 at 12:00

Congratulations! How terribly exciting. Even deserving of my last sweetie, in fact :o) 1 Sweetie(s) given

Jordana

on 22 April 2005 at 13:01

Congratulations!!! How exciting! More princes/princesses for the royal abode.
I found your blog via Fluid Pudding, and have been lurking ever since.

chintzybling

on 22 April 2005 at 13:09

Brilliant! Well chuffed for you! x x x x x

lauren35

on 22 April 2005 at 16:37

Bloomin’ marvellous! My sister had twins last December – they are wonderful. Lucky you. 1 Sweetie(s) given

midwifemuse

on 22 April 2005 at 17:16

Multiple congratulations to you!!!
When?

[anonymous]

on 22 April 2005 at 18:57

Oh wow! Congratulations!

Beth

on 22 April 2005 at 21:41

No. Way. Twins? Really twins??? If the Princess is any indication, I’m not sure the world will be able to withstand all that additional cuteness.
Congratulations!!!

on 23 April 2005 at 12:43

Mind you, this could put our royal nose rightly out of joint.Have you considerd yet how to break the joyous tidings: ie we love you so much we’re gettin two more instead etc…
😉

on 23 April 2005 at 14:12

Wow, a comment and sweetie bonanza, cool!
Jojo, thank you very much for your comments and sweeties, how come you always know everything first?
HJB, many thanks. Doubled is appropriate, accurately describes my girth also.
Mike, thanks for sweeties and imaginary fireworks in particular, these are the only fireworks I’ve got so far.
Thank you kitschenette. Great name.
Olivia, thanks, stick with this blog for more non-stop twin news…
Thank you boiledorfried.
JD, thank you, as for your first comment, well, if they look anything like the Princess did as a small baby, then Keith Wood is a likely answer. As for your second, out of joint isn’t in it.
Oooh a sweetie, thank you morethanluck..
Gosh, Austrian congratulations, all very nice.
Locotes, that is entirely as it should be! Am feeling a bit bewildered. Thanks for sweetie.
Thanks Bobble, and two sweeties too!
Aaah, thank you Ms. Splog, exciting and unnerving in about equal measure.
Kate, 2 sweeties and hugs too, yay.
Minks, hmm, don’t know how fascinating my blog will be with this new material. Am anxious that another 20sixer produce twins for comparison purposes – would you be in the market at all? Thanks for sweeties.
Pog, you are, of course, entirely correct. I mean let’s face it 2nd pregnancy is dull but you can really give people a jolt if it’s twins. Thanks for the sweetie.
Oooh Katya, a last sweetie, you are the essence of goodness. Thanks.
Jordana, a lurker, I didn’t realise I had lurkers, I am so proud. Thanks for your congrats.
Thanks Chintzy, for one so young you are very kind to the childbearing!
Lauren, thank you for sweetie and congrats, may be emailing you under separate cover for advice.
MDW, September 23 apparently. Am going to be size of a house.
Thank you Hana.
I know, Beth, extraordinary – do you mind if I use your pregnancy counter too? And will you add me to your pregnant people list? And thanks for your congrats.

DruidX

on 23 April 2005 at 20:46

Okay so I’ve found out late but, AIYYYYYA! Congratulations 😀 And best of luck 😉

Beso

on 25 April 2005 at 17:35

Blimey!
Congratulations, ‘waffle.
Have a sweetie for each. 2
Sweetie(s) given

on 27 April 2005 at 20:45

Thanks DruidX, will need all the luck I can get.
Beso, 2 sweeties, you are too kind, no idea what I will do with this positive bonanza!

Sick child

20 April, 2005
Posted in: Princess, Siblings

When I took her out in her slippers, I didn’t think she’d insist on walking all the way to the book shop.Â We went to a local cafe and got her favourite lunch which she found untempting. We returned home. I put her to bed.Â She looked up at me and said “Lunch Mama?”. Extracted her from bed and offered all that our humble fridge contained, all of which she rejected with contumely. Back to bed where she is sleeping the
sleep of the just.

Incidentally, our day was supposed to be enlivened by the arrival of my feckless brother over to inspect his goddaughter. However, he phoned this morning to say that he had slept out and missed his flight. See, he really is feckless.

Comments

on 20 April 2005 at 14:50

I now imagine him kipping in a doorway. Or possibly a field. Which sounds about right for Mr feckless ….

on 20 April 2005 at 14:50

ps poor mite

on 20 April 2005 at 14:56

Hmm…you sure you didn’t just take a handy day off? Didn’t leave herself out in the rain on purpose last night or anything? 😉
How is the job going by the way?

on 20 April 2005 at 19:13

That’s just plain cruel. Dragging a poor, sad child from her sick-bed and force marching her to the local Amazon. And you complain about lack of sympathy among those around you… !

on 21 April 2005 at 20:02

Pog, feckless, but concerned for his own comfort, he will be looked after like the lilies of the field. Poor mite recovered, thanks. Loc, no absolutely not, when I take a handy day off, madam will be at the creche. Jack, yes, I’m mean.

Religion in Britain

20 April, 2005
Posted in: Reading etc.

I am fascinated by the way people in the UK are so interested in Tony Blair’s religion.Â They get very excited about it. They say, in deeply disapproving tones “he’s going to convert to Catholicism, you know, he’s always going to church with Cherie; she’s a catholic”.Â I mean really, who cares?Â Â If Tony Blair had grown up a catholic, the liberal middle classes would no more voice objections than they would fly in the air.Â It seems to be that the idea of him converting allows them
to express all their suppressed nervousness about catholics.Â Personally, I blame the Da Vinci code.

Comments

on 20 April 2005 at 13:07

I don’t think it’s the catholicism so much. It’s the terrifying thought of having a PM who is so religious that he would convert to anything …. if you see what I mean.
(I see you, too, have been hit by the boring little tosser ‘OWNED’. A bit of ‘divert’ HTML in comments. And it thinks it’s a world-class hacker. Sad.)

on 20 April 2005 at 13:13

Pog, am kind of excited to have been hit by a hacker, means I have arrived right? And the nice 20six people will fix it, right? Right? Thanks for the insight on the Tony Blair thing, that does make sense actually..

on 20 April 2005 at 13:53

They do seem to have fixed it, bless ’em – but not before I deleted yesterday’s entry in an effort to get rid of the little scrote. Still, at least it wasn’t an essay ….

lauren35

on 20 April 2005 at 17:58

The Da Vinci Code can be blamed for most things actually. I bet the nasty hacker has read it.

NorahSplog

on 20 April 2005 at 19:02

The catholicism doesn’t bother me. The religion does a tad. As an athiest, the idea that the chap running the country believes that a big guy in the sky is watching over us is a little unnerving. Does he pray for guidance? To someone I don’t believe exists?

on 21 April 2005 at 20:04

Pog, 20six, yay. Lauren, you are entirely right. Um, Norah, probably yes, I would say, he seems very earnest.

Friar Tuck

on 26 April 2005 at 02:29

I read an interesting comment the other day which, in my meager experience, seems to be true. In the United States, it is impossible to get elected without making some kind of public show of your religiosity. In Europe, doing so is the political kiss of death.
One exception was President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro of Italy. It was claimed that he was so holy that he appeared to the Virgin Mary.

on 27 April 2005 at 20:44

Yup, think you’re right FT. I’ve been forced to read George Weigel by a VERY catholic friend, whatcha think of him?

Friar Tuck

on 29 April 2005 at 02:05

I have only read a few articles by G.W. The problem is, he is right just often enough to make him credible even when he is wrong. For instance, in one of his recent books, he blames the whole sexual abuse thing on post-Vatican II formation programs, completely ignoring the fact that most of the offenders received most of their formation before Vatican II.

on 01 May 2005 at 14:30

I dunno, I think he’s a bit patronising..

Geography

20 April, 2005
Posted in: Mr. Waffle

Yesterday morning on the way to the creche we were singing Guantanamera in the car (really, we’re the Von Trapps).Â Well I was mostly humming and Mr. Waffle who had the advantage of spending a number of his formative years in Latin America was singing. I asked what the words meant and he said “Peasant lass from Guantanamo, trust me, I am a sincere man from where the palm trees grow and I like your orange jump suit”.

Comments

KateEvans

on 22 April 2005 at 23:05

And I believed him, too…Congratulations, by the way!

on 23 April 2005 at 14:13

Yeah, me too, I’m very gullible. And thank you for your sweetie and congrats!

Stalking

18 April, 2005
Posted in: Siblings

“Dear Siblings,

Look an email from Peter Devlin. Even though they play in obscure places and are not prolific on the album front, it is good to be a Devlin’s fan!!!

Should really be in bed but far too excited too sleep now!!!

Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: thank you……

i wanted to write and thank you for your very kind words in the note we received in vancouver . colin and i read it on the journey back to seattle and it put a smile on our faces at the end of a very long and tiring tour. it means so much to get feedback from people who really appreciate what we are doing. thank you.and we must say thank you for making the effort to travel from chicago – we would love to go back there and play , possibly in sept / oct when we hope to return to n.america with the full band for a tour. maybe we’ll get to see you then. in the meantime, take care of yourself and thank you once again.
sincerely,
peter devlin.”

Not much on capitalisation the Devlins but yes,
very good to their fans. On the strength of their caring
attitude to my sister and a quick listen to their stuff from this site, I have purchased the album “Waves” from Messrs. Amazon and have been instructed by my sister to encourage you to do likewise.

Comments

on 19 April 2005 at 02:16

Can’t say they do it for me – but very decent of them to write back. Your sister isn’t Lorraine Keane from TV3 by any chance? Because apparently she pretty much stalked a Devlin until he went out with her. And now they’re married. If she’s not, maybe it’s an idea for her to work on?

on 19 April 2005 at 10:44

Blimey. Mind you, if it was a handwritten note I’d be really impressed ….

on 20 April 2005 at 12:25

Good man, Jack. Locotes, must pass this news on to my sister. Think based on form she must have a good chance with the other brother. Does this mean Lorraine Keane would be related to me, though? Ah, pog, you’re no fun.

on 20 April 2005 at 12:46

Me? How can you say that? Hmmm?
(Pretty boys, them Devlins ….)

on 20 April 2005 at 12:57

I’d say it’s just the photos, pog.

on 20 April 2005 at 12:59

Is it? Damn.

on 20 April 2005 at 14:54

Hmm…the future relation to LK could be a problem alright, though at least being in Belgian-hiding you wouldn’t see her often. She’s Ireland’s most fashionable woman though (allegedly) – so that’s bound to be handy…

on 20 April 2005 at 18:58

Whatever chance ‘waf2 has of landing a Devlin is likely to be seriously undermined if one of them ever comes across this discussion. None are bloggers by any chance are they?
Anyway, he’s probably just after her money… 😐

on 20 April 2005 at 19:01

Or worse: her innocence…..