Awkward

Today my brother and I went to the zoo and as it was one of our mutual friend's birthday we decided to have a little fun by making a "Happy Birthday Mollie" sign and taking photos with it and various animals. Our first stop was the sun bear and as he was pacing up and down in front of the window we lined the sign up along the floor there and started snapping away. Just as we were doing this a small boy ran up and asked excitedly "oh is it his birthday?!"

I wish I had responded like this:
"Yeah it's his birthday and since sun bears are well known for having the talent of reading back to front THROUGH coloured paper I decided to make this sign that says 'Happy Birthday Mollie' for this MALE sun bear. As you are old enough to read 'Happy Birthday' I'm sure you are old enough to read 'Mollie' and should be able to recognise it as a girls name unless you are thinking of Molly Meldrum whose name isn't actually Molly, it's a nickname, has it spelt differently and is completely out of any zone of reference you might be pulling from as you are all of about 7 so I'm guessing you didn't mean him!"

My actual response:
"......um no....it's one of our friends.....so we made this sign for her" *awkward smile*


I think I made the right choice by sparing the kids feelings (plus his dad looked super big and mean with killer tatts)

Light of my life

I'm not a huge ice cream fan, never have been. In fact I'm much more of a savoury foods person in general. Chocolate, lollies and sweets hold very little sway in my gastronomic choices. There is however one type of ice cream which I am prepared to wax lyrical about as it holds a very special place in my heart. Rainbow Paddlepops. Let the afore mentioned lyrically waxing begin. (Does that last sentence even make any sense? I think not but love has blinded me and so I shall continue regardless.)

In my opinion Rainbow Paddlepops are the greatest icecream in the world. Like I said I'm not so keen on ice cream in general but there was a time (a few months ago) that I was eating at least 3 of these guys a day (that's not a hyperbole I actually was but I had to stop because my jeans were getting too tight). They are a flavour everyone loves but the crazy thing is they are not a proper flavour. 'Rainbow' is not a flavour it just describes a bunch of crazy colours, I suspect the flavouring is a mix of vanilla and caramel but I love the mystery of not really knowing. Not everyone likes strawberry or banana and I think Rainbow Paddlepops are a fresh change from chocolate and vanilla. They have been around for quite a few years now and for me there's quite a bit of nostalgia attached to them. Paddlepops remind me of hot Australian summers at the beach or after a great barbecue in the backyard. They are one of those things from childhood that have gotten better and more enjoyable over time.

I really think Rainbow Paddlepops are the best ice cream and I think you'd have to be crazy to disagree