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The Mum test

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Pat Kendrick

Pat Kendrick Report 5 Jan 2011 09:44

THE MUM TEST

I was out walking with my 4-year-old daughter. She picked up something off of the ground and started to put it in her mouth.
I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
'Why?' my daughter asked.
'Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it's dirty, And probably has germs,' I replied.
At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, 'Mum, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart.'
I was thinking quickly and replied, 'All mums know this stuff. It's on the Mum Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mum.'
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.
'Oh....I get it!' she beamed, 'So if you don't pass the test you have to be the dad.'
'Exactly,' I replied with a big smile on my face.

Pat

Julie

Julie Report 5 Jan 2011 10:04

lol love it

Von

Von Report 5 Jan 2011 10:28

Pat
That reminded me of a day when son,now an adult,asked me for something.
"Sorry " I said "I don't know where it is"
"Why not " he said "When I was little you knew everything".
Take care
Von

Pat Kendrick

Pat Kendrick Report 5 Jan 2011 11:01

Von LOL out of the mouths of babes---