fmc – I did something sprainey and stubby at the same time to it on a tree root. It’s better than a poke in the eye which Fate jabbed at me later the same day.

Brianf, our fmc could make mincemeat of any fox, real, metaphorical or televisual.

Bock, I did! You see I’m living for nothing now and this is some kind of record.

Carolyn, could you call a toy-brick erection a third Lego, d’ya think?

Nadine, we all go there several times before breakfast.

Hi savannah, welcome! Tooting! Fanfare! Flung garlands! Yes it was #3 and you are the winner!

Claire, interesting mental images are often a whole lot better that interesting actual images. But you’re right – all the Lego erections we build in this house are deliberately constructed blurrily for the protection of mine and the children’s eyes.

Emma, I don’t know what type I am but it’s not the ubermum type. People will attest to this. I made this myself because it was virtually free – just newspaper and paint, which we had anyway – and it meant I wouldn’t have to shell out a whole lot for a jungly centrepiece for a tea-party jungle table theme at school. I skipped the real fizzing lava part though – not because of the mess but because it would wreck the trees (the spots on it.) Once vanity about one’s volcano sets in, it becomes all consuming enough without adding fizzing lava to all consume it.

Though I must ask, with #13, are they the sort that would be subject to blurring and pixellation if televised (even after the watershed)? It certainly makes for an interesting mental image!

(or @23?)

I still like the static electricity and tower of songs, but will also be happy if you built a few Lego erections.