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Ever been gobsmacked by a child?

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  • 01-08-2014 4:31pm
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    BrensBenz
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    If easily offended, stop here.

    I've just been approached in the street by a very attractive young woman, addressed by name and told that she was happy to see me "after all these years". Being on the verge of senility, I responded politely to this total stranger. However, on the way home, the pieces began to fall into place:

    Fado fado, I chaired a local club and, one afternoon, I was collecting minutes from the club secretary. This was a pleasant task because the club secretary was a rather attractive and very pleasant young woman.

    The door was opened by a gorgeous little girl - clearly her mother's daughter. Generally, kids are scared of me so I asked, very quietly, her name. Unhesitatingly, she told me her name and that she was nearly five! "Really", I said. "Your dress is lovely". "Thankth", she said, "my gwanny made it on her thewing mathine". "And the bow in your hair is beautiful". "Yeth, it matcheth my dweth and I put it in mythelf."

    Well, that about does it for my kids' conversation so I asked her if her Mum was in. "Yeth, theeth in. Theeth upthairth, thkrewing Daddy." There followed what seemed like a long, awkward pause as I gazed into these enormous and innocent eyes. Then came the follow through: "If you want to wait, thee thed thee wouldn't be long".

    Thank God that, when approached today by the now adult little girl, I didn't remember the first time we met - I might have recounted this conversation to her!


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    roran
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭roran


    BrensBenz wrote: »
    If easily offended, stop here.

    I've just been approached in the street by a very attractive young woman, addressed by name and told that she was happy to see me "after all these years". Being on the verge of senility, I responded politely to this total stranger. However, on the way home, the pieces began to fall into place:

    Fado fado, I chaired a local club and, one afternoon, I was collecting minutes from the club secretary. This was a pleasant task because the club secretary was a rather attractive and very pleasant young woman.

    The door was opened by a gorgeous little girl - clearly her mother's daughter. Generally, kids are scared of me so I asked, very quietly, her name. Unhesitatingly, she told me her name and that she was nearly five! "Really", I said. "Your dress is lovely". "Thankth", she said, "my gwanny made it on her thewing mathine". "And the bow in your hair is beautiful". "Yeth, it matcheth my dweth and I put it in mythelf."

    Well, that about does it for my kids' conversation so I asked her if her Mum was in. "Yeth, theeth in. Theeth upthairth, thkrewing Daddy." There followed what seemed like a long, awkward pause as I gazed into these enormous and innocent eyes. Then came the follow through: "If you want to wait, thee thed thee wouldn't be long".

    Thank God that, when approached today by the now adult little girl, I didn't remember the first time we met - I might have recounted this conversation to her!

    Not easily offended...nor easily duped...:rolleyes:


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