Similarly, "Mummy won't, Daddy might, Grandma will."
When my niece was younger, if she was out shopping with her father and he
wouldn't buy her something, she'd grab his mobile phone and call her mother
to ask for a second opinion.
As a child, I used the second opinion ploy on a regular basis; since my parents were barely on speaking terms with one another, odds in my favour were good -- they'd counter the other's opinion as soon as they knew what it was :) So, when my own "sprig" was born, I told DH to *check* (and I'd do the same) every time the sprig asked for anything that seemed the least bit "iffy". With the *first* question being: "have you asked mother/father? What did she/he say?" and never, ever, countermanding the other's "decree", however much either one of us might disagree with the other's "dictum"... Later on, we could discuss it, compromise, and one of us (usually Severn; he cared more about being loved unconditionally <g>) delivered an easier-to-stomach verdict. But, in the "first instance", the united front was paramount...
As Danek never really learnt to lie "properly" (comes from growing up in a democracy, I suppose <g>), and as I said "otherwise, divorce and the full responsibility is *yours*", it worked... :)
I really love this one! My sister uses a wheelchair, and I get very cross
when I see able-bodied morons parking in Disabled Parking Spaces.
Here, on most of the Handicapped (that's what we call them) parking spaces' signs the amount of the fine is posted as well, and it's hefty :) And, although I do not have anyone near-and-dear who is handicapped, I'm bitchy enough by nature to report the car make and license plate of anything parked there which does not display a permit (either permanent -- on the license plate, or temporary -- to hang on the front mirror while shopping).
A lot of the ones *with* the permit don't look "all that" disabled, but that's because the disabled can't drive themselves, and the relatives use the car. I give those (if the disabled person isn't on board) my most evil "look", but don't do anything about it.
I also give a very wide berth to cars which carry the permanent "Handicapped" symbol on their license plates. Very un-PC of me I'm sure, but my experience has been that, 9 times out of 10, they're also *mentally* handicapped -- you can never predict what their next move is going to be, other than "slow". Doubtless, due to the extra strain of being in pain at all times, but annoying on the day-to-day basis
---- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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