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Just remembered a strange ritual of my wife’s that shes passed on. Every time we are in the car and she spots a sheep she will shout out to my kids in the back of the car “Ooh Look kids woolly pigs”.

This ritual has been picked up trait by my kids and will shout it out every time a sheep is spotted, the trouble is that they expect me to be angry about it and will keep repeating “woolly pig” over and over again until I point out that it is a sodding sheep and not a pig. It doesn’t annoy me that they are using some made up animal name but hearing the kids chanting really gets on my nerves:

(Typical situation)

Kids: Look dad a woolly pig!
Me: ...so?
Kids: woolly pig, woolly pig, woolly pig, woolly pig (repeat for the next few miles)
Me: Grah, Ok you win. It’s not a woolly pig it’s a sheep!
Kids: Ha ha ha we knew you would get mad

(I adjust Satnav to redirect me to the nearest orphanage)
(mon bison powered by magnets, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 11:25, 2 replies)

You know......Strictly speaking woolly pigs DO exist
The Lincolnshire Curly Coated. You could sort of counteract them by playing your "knowledge-of-woolly-pigs" card ;)

( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 11:57, closed)

Thanks TMOC
I am going to print off this piccy and keep a copy in my car for family trips.



I can now see my son writing about his dad keeping a picture of a woolly pig in his car dashboard in a distant future QOTW
(mon bison powered by magnets, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 12:04, closed)