Tuesday, 28 October 2014

The self-controllable gorilla wins a certificate

We're getting a bit behind the times here, but back in September it was Father's Day in NZ.  Here's what Reuben wrote on Dave's cards:  
Anyone need their computer disproblemed?  We can recommend the services of our local brown gorilla...














You don't need to worry - he's very self-controllable
For the record, we tried to give Dave breakfast in bed, but he was too impatient and appeared in the kitchen before I'd had time to cook the pancakes!)

Then yesterday afternoon, after some conferring with Reuben, Tilly presented the following to Dave:


What an honour, you might think.  But our Tilly knows how to be motivational:

Tilly: Dave, this is for you.
Dave: Wow! Thanks Tilly.
Tilly: It's because you don't do very much cooking.  It's to give you confidence.

A bit later, I got my own certificate.  I pointed out that mine was just 'for cooking' and didn't say whether my cooking was any good or not.  Tilly rather sniffily retorted that 'everyone knows you only get a certificate for being good at something!'  





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