I got this joke from a friend and promptly tried it on Him.

This is the way it’s meant to go.

X: Knock knock.
Y: Who’s there?
X: The interrupting cow.
Y: The interrupting c…
X: MOO!

Yes, yes.

This is the version Him gave me.

Me: Knock knock.
Him: Hello.
Me: It’s a knock knock joke!
Him: Oh sorry, er, who’s there?
Me: The interrupting cow.
Him: Huh?
Me: NO!!! You’re meant to say the interrupti…
Him: The interrupting cow who??
Me: …

Spoilsport.

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I am proud to announce that Caitlyn Marie was born at 8.24am Singapore time today and both mum and baby are well – hoorah! Little Caitlyn is apparently adorable, has lots of hair and looks like her dad, although my uncle claims all babies do at the start (paternity claims anyone?).

Bev: She’s so cute! She’s hairy, like Al.

Waiting for photos!

Follow-up to EarPlugs cont’d

I never got around to mentioning anything about how successful modding the Koss Plugs was, because I ended up having to admit that my ear canals really were smaller than a gnat’s, and that anything wider than a cotton bud basically wasn’t going to work.

Having temporarily admitted defeat, now that I’ve started running again, I was at the weekend on the lookout for yet another alternative.

I am pleased to announce that I have finally found something that stays where it’s meant to, even through frantic flailing – I present to you my new Nike Duro headphones.

AND - Him has bought me an ipod shuffle and armband to go with them! Gotta love him

At TKMaxx on Sunday:

Me: Look! This clock is so cool, it’s got four faces. Such a waste of batteries though. Why would you need to be able to see the clock from all four directions?
Him: Er, you’re meant to have the times of four different cities on there. What did you think the placeholders for the labels are for?
Me: …

I am actually capable of intelligent thought. Honestly. For some reason, with Him, my words don’t get parsed through the stupid filter before getting broadcast.

Thanks to the International Office and a graduating cohort of BPhil (Ed) students from Kenya, I got to travel to Nairobi last Wednesday to help shimmy a Warwick degree congregation into place.

Among other things, I learnt (in no particular order of merit):

1) That Kenyans are a wonderfully hospitable and friendly people.
2) That I am terrified of (potentially yellow-fever bearing) mosquitoes.
3) That Doom™ is one heck of an insecticide. I’ve never seen a mosquito fall like a brick before. I should have brought a can back and shipped it to my mum to try on Singaporean cockroaches.
4) That it is very easy to take running water and electricity for granted.

I was also reminded:

5) That patience is a virtue.
6) That it’s the simple things that matter.
7) That you can really do too much Sudoku.

And finally, a conversation:

Me: Thank you very much for the invitation to your party but I’m afraid I’ll have to politely decline as I’ve got to go back to shower and pack before going to the airport.
Tall person: Oh! But there’s not very much of you to wash, is there?

(If anyone from the International Office is reading this, the ceremony went very well and I would very much like to be put down for future trips please ;))