Bellerophon symbol, variation 7 jonath.co.uk
Wednesday 22nd Aug 2007 18:11:45
 Today there was a slightly awkward moment at nursery. I went to pick up A****** for his lunch and this older boy (well, I think he was a boy) very deliberately hit the base of my spine (well, when I say 'deliberately', I mean the action of hitting was deliberate, rather than (I assume) the part of me that was hit) as I was kneeling to lift A****** out of some plastic car thingy. I didn't really think anything of it, but two of the carers saw the incident and so the boy/girl unit was made to apologise to A******'s daddy. After the apology, I wasn't really sure what to say next, so just smiled and said, "That's okay." Was that the right response? Maybe I should have gone, "Your apology is accepted, child, but prey this sorry incident is never, ever repeated again, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY AND REVENGE WILL BE DELIVERED UNTO YOU TWICE FOLD." Lord knows. Had I said that, he/she/it might have just smiled smugly and gone, "I think the use of the word 'again' was tautological." Otherwise I've been busy either mastering some of the old Bellerophon tape reels or else trying to get some of my maths assignment done (only two left now).

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  • Name: Rosie
  • IP address: 91.105.146.201
  • Date/time: Thursday 23rd August 2007 02:46:44
  • Comment: are the characters case sensitive?
  • Name: Rosie
  • IP address: 91.105.146.201
  • Date/time: Thursday 23rd August 2007 02:47:51
  • Comment: ah yes they are would explain why previous post didnt post. i merely said that yes your original response was adequate, the other might have scared the carers and got you mentioned to social services!!
  • Name: jonath
  • IP address: 192.168.0.1
  • Date/time: Thursday 23rd August 2007 08:01:02
  • Comment: Okey dokey. M**** thinks I should have responded somewhere half way between the two, like, "Hmmmm, okay. Apology accepted," and without smiling. Blimey - dealing with your own child's hard enough (all this to come, eh?), let alone other people's children. Yes - the characters are indeed case sensitive.

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