[thechat] Tips on meeting a UK Relative for the first time

[Martin Burns]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Madhu Menon wrote:

> At 02:35 AM 29-03-03, David Wagner wrote:
> >That's a ridiculously adorable kid you have there. Are you fully trained and
> >licensed for that kind of firepower? Gotta be careful.
>
> If Martin weren't already married, I'd say the kid would be a good way to
> attract chicks. ;)
>
> "Ooooh, he's so cuuuuute!"
> "Yeah, isn't he? My name's Martin. What's yours?"

heh. Having kids is a *great* way of getting to know people. It also
confers on you the automatic aura of 'not a sick wierdo', which for guys
is a majorly useful thing.

Relevant reading: Nick Hornby's "About a Boy" (as with all Hornby's books,
the film was not bad, but missed the real essence)

Mind you, you should see him when he's having a tantrum... although that
could be useful for the sympathy vote from other parents, who will be
alone in not labelling you as a cruel person who's made your child cry.

I mean, this is bad enough without the sound, and on the tantrum scale,
was *minor* league:
http://www.easyweb.co.uk/Members/martin/photos/texas/Image18.html

Cheers
Martin

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 buried, like so many of the earth's marvels,
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