hurrah!
hello all!

I just couldn't get the hang of that other place, I'm so relieved it's back to normal now!

*beams*
*hands round cake*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 14:48, 18 replies)

ooooo cake
welcome back!

*accepts cake*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 14:50, closed)

Mmm
The cake tastes much nicer here than in the shelters.

Less spam in it, I suspect.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 14:55, closed)

I hadn't realised before how soothing b3ta is on the eyes
gotta love those shades of grey
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:00, closed)

*grins*
*juggles Molotovs*
( Cawl, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:00, closed)

Oooh, Cake!
*muches*

Fanks!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:04, closed)

yes, pink cake
With sparklers, and whatever you like best to wash it down with (I'm having pink champagne)
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:05, closed)

*swipes another slice of cake*
I'd better stick to coffee though. Have a PTA meeting tonight, better be sober. I'm the token "fully paid up member of the awkward squad" so I have to be there to wind them all up.

Any suggestions?
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:08, closed)

Go into the meeting
and agree with everything (and I mean everything) that anybody in the room says, even if it directly contradicts something you just said. If anyone calls you on it just go "yes, I accept your point, but I agree with [so and so]" and then restate the opposite point of view.

Then suggest you all have a group hug to consolidate what you've learned and while you're doing it. Have a little wee on their shoes.

Then blame someone else.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:11, closed)

al
that sounds suspiciously like what I did last time ....

err, no, not really.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:14, closed)

the music teacher
already hides from me. After I suggested that "stress" really means working 40-odd hours a week for minimum wage and trying to give your kids access to all the trips and so on the school arranges.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:25, closed)

Good on you TWW
make those teachers sweat. That said I do have a lot of respect for teachers, they do a very important job and do get a lot of stick but by god they do like to winge like they're the most hard done by people in the world.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:30, closed)

Exactly, al
I'm pretty well paid, so's my husband, so we can afford all the extras. But we have to work bloody hard to do so. The teachers are well paid, they do get fabby holidays, and most will retire early.

That said, I would go nuts if either of my kids was cheeky to a teacher - and they know it. I may think that some of them need a reality check, but I will ensure my kids show due respect. It's not the best job in the world, but it's far from the worst!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:35, closed)

They are very bitter
...maybe I should stop eating them?

Actually, why not bring them cake? I'm sure nobody does, and you can even write 'this is not a bribe' on them in icing sugar with hundreds and thousands
( Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:37, closed)

that's a nice thought ^^
but they've already done the report cards. Might be worth a try come exam time though.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:40, closed)

Ah, no
just before the exams you send your child to the doctors and manage to wrangle a diabetes diagnosis, send them into the exam with sweeties for if they go into a hypo but make sure that those sweeties are the SPECIALLY PRINTED lovehearts on which all the answers are
( Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 15:43, closed)