Comments on: tubes tied

By: catt

catt — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:09:22 +0000

LOL iv been reading ur blog for awhile now and this along with the handcuff story are by far my favorites
too funny!

Catt | 08.19.04 - 4:18 am |

By: Vit

Vit — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:08:21 +0000

now, THAT’s an accolade, (I think!).

I have regularly pretty much exactly solution 2, but first taking a few long seconds looking at them right in the face as if I didn’t understand a word they were saying, disarming them with a polite english smile, then asking them a question or commenting on the weather in perfect portuguese…ooh, the bastards squirm, not knowing if I heard them or not….

vit | 08.18.04 - 8:27 am |

By: Nigel M

Nigel M — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:07:44 +0000

It is wise, in such situations, to remember the important acronym WWVD: What would Vitriolica Do?

Nigel M.| 08.17.04 - 7:29 pm |

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:07:15 +0000

I love your blog - I was referred by Nellykins at the wibsite - did you know? You were her blog of the week last week!!

I have enough “nannying in Europe” memories to totally bond with your airport experiences… I would just turn around and say in franglais “Je Suis juste le nanny … il est ne’cst pas ma fils … Of course this only works until said child turns round and says Mummy, I want a lolly!

Oh God, sorry about the school girl french (ish) (what can I say, I learnt it in New Zealand from an expatriate English woman!!)

Deeleea | 08.16.04 - 1:30 pm |

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:06:49 +0000

I think it’s the same everywhere. I remember being with my 6 month old baby at the airport, holding the stroller (with baby) and carrying a huge knapsack, and having people just push past me, regardless of how I was struggling. Cheer up.
Colleen | 08.16.04 - 6:45 am |