Monday, June 30, 2008

While the cat's away

Skype conversation (abridged):

"You remember you told me not to burn the house down while you were away?"

"Yes"

"Well, there was an emergency"

"Emergency, what kind of emergency?"

"Oh, it's over now. I tried to get you but you weren't on Skype."

"Well, what time was it?"

"About midnight here in Atlanta."

"That's 5am in Oxford. We were asleep. What happened?"

"You remember that globe I had in 1st grade..."

There's a new rule in the house - only food allowed in the microwave. And if the one involved in the "incident" isn't cleaned up when I return home, someone, who shall remain nameless in this blog, is buying me a new one.