Huh. Good thing/bad thing overall? I

Anyway, I did a bunch of calculations of this type and sent them to all my cow-orkers in an email with the subject line "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me." One of them recgonized it as a BtVS quote! And said he'd be embarrassed to miss a BtVS ref. So hey! That's cool.

He single?

Well, I'm not going home for Christmas. What a weird conversation with my parents.

I've not booked anything yet, but since I'm NOW in Egypt I figure I'm good to go straight home at Christmas. Or - well, nearly straight home. My wee sister's talking about coming out to Bangkok in December, and then we could head back to the UK via Germany (she wants Christmas markets and all that, having spent last Christmas in China and pined for Christmassyness).

You'd still be very welcome Chez Jay for Christmas, though, even though I'm not clear on what day I'll be back in Blighty yet.

Good thing/bad thing overall?

You know, it's funny--I would have been pleased to go home. But I'm not not-pleased to be staying in this part of the world. I dunno. At least I don't have to deal with the big awkwardness of my younger sister.

My wee sister's talking about coming out to Bangkok in December, and then we could head back to the UK via Germany (she wants Christmas markets and all that, having spent last Christmas in China and pined for Christmassyness). You'd still be very welcome Chez Jay.

Oh, wow, that would be wonderful. Thank you. Erm, can I give you a tentative yes? I have to go through another country to come in to the UK, and I had thought about going to France because I've never been to France before. But I could just as easily go through Germany. or meet ya'll in the UK. Or something. I don't know. It'll work itself out, there's still time.

Matilda is already displaying a talent for physical humor!

Flurm is the favored soda of Fry in Futurama--it's an addictive soda that turns out to be the extretia of a blobby alien creature. So, it's sorta the same as newborn poop. I'm laughing my ass off at the term because it pretty much sounds like "fluuuuurm" when it's happening.

Also, side note to Hec & JZ: PAPER, ROCK, SCISSORS! Seriously, we still play for diaper changes. It's really the only fair way to decide.

No, that's Slurm, isn't it? But it's where my mind immediately went too.

Ah, brenda is right! I suck. Flurm is totally different. Or similar. This is what I get for posting uncaffeinated.

If one parent has been changing the diapers all day, there's no need for ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, though. It's the other one's turn, and that's it. Parent who has been on all day diaper duty is free to notice the need for a change, walk up to Mr(s). CleanHands and say, "You're it," walk away, sit down, put feet up, and have a cookie.

It's right in the rule book. Swear.

It's right in the rule book. Swear.

Yep, page 385, with additional references on pages 472 and 666.

There's also a codicil to the rule. If you don't change the diaper, you don't get to criticize.