My brother is a good bloke, but like many men, Mr B and my Dad included, when it comes to birthdays he has little to to with the planning and preparation, but merely follows instructions when asked, if help is needed.
Yesterday was such a time in the house of the D’s. Like us, my brother and his wife have two little girls, cousin ME and Baby J. We have a tradition in our family that on each of the four little ones birthdays, the other three get a couple of little gifts as well. Yesterday was a mad day for us all as both Miss M and Cousin ME were invited to another little boys birthday party in the afternoon, so my sis-in-law, Helly, asked my brother, Dave, to wrap the items on their bed while she took ME to the party. Then all she had to do was pick him, baby J and the gifts up and bring them to Miss M’s evening tea party at our house.
This he did.
As Miss M, Miss E, Cousin Baby J and Cousin ME rip apart carefully unwrap their gifts, Helly finds herself with one item left.
Helly: “What’s this Dave?”
Dave: “I dunno, clothes I think.”
Helly: “What clothes?”
Dave: “I don’t know. They were on our bed. You told me to wrap the stuff on our bed so I did.”
Helly looks up at us all, frowning, her lips pursed. She squeezes the parcel, then studies it suspiciouly, an invader in the ranks. She gives it a shake then slides her finger deftly under the bright yellow paper, tearing apart the surprise package to reveal…
..her pyjamas.
Snort.
You’ll be pleased to know we didn’t laugh or mock him in any way.
Ok I’m lying.
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January 26th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I am SO laughing … good writing, Jo, I was sure he’d wrapped ‘em and then forgot them. THIS was far better and I am suspecting he wont be let off the hook for a long time…
January 26th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Oh that is far, far too funny!
January 26th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Hahahahahahaha!!
Guys are so LITERAL – like fricking 2 year olds!
January 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I think this is most adorable. Guys do take everything so very literal. He did wrap everything on the bed. He was just following instructions. Duh!
January 26th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Brilliant. My friends husband once wrapped his daughters tights and some children’s toothpaste. What a plonker!
January 26th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
LOL you can’t trust them to do anything can you?
January 26th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
oh my word. that is hilarious!
January 27th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
You are right Jo, we did not laugh in any way, nor are we continuing to quietly chuckle to ourselves two days later! Long may the hilarity of pyjamagate continue!!!
January 27th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Daryl, Kim, Sybil, Finely Tuned Woman, Laura, Akela, Corey and Rosie, it was just classic. Life is mad here but thanks for the comments you gorgeous people.