Comments on: Love Will Tear Us Apart

By: inkspot

inkspot — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:51:12 +0000

Goodness gracious, Sam, the Mr. Men are loathesome. A role and a character fixed for each, for life; eeugh. PC2 did the right thing in ripping them to shreds; the child will go far.

PH’s advice concerning elbows in ears is laudable. After a bit of that maybe they’ll be less keen on sticking their elbows into you. My daughter’s elbows have always been far sharper than an intelligent god would have permitted.

By: apprentice

apprentice — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:07:49 +0000

Aw that’s lovely. Yes Larkin as Dr Seuss sounds good to me.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:09:43 +0000

Conan, I have my suspicions about Mr. Happy and Mr. Neat. I think they should be free to live the Mr. life they want to.

Sniffly, he sounds lovely.

By: Sniffle&Cry

Sniffle&Cry — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:08:57 +0000

Because he can charm the birds from the trees. That’s his big thing, making others happy. He melts us.

By: Conan Drumm

Conan Drumm — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:59:29 +0000

Ah yes, how well I do remember him. Mr Sneeze was the favourite chez Drumm.

We also had a game trying to marry off the appropriate Mr to a Little Miss. Terribly heterosexist of us, I’m sure.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:32:45 +0000

Medbh, they haven’t yet got to the stage where they ask a question and i tell them to go and look it up in the encyclopedia or dictionary. That used to infuriate me as a child but as an adult I’ve always been grateful for having had the discipline drummed into me. I doubt I’d have it on my own.

Kara, the prob husband advises them never to put anything smaller than their elbows in their ears and then we sit back on the sofa with our mimosas, checking that day’s parenting off as done.

Manuel, We’re growing one of each out here: one little cynicling and one little romanticling. I think adolescence when it comes could well be fraught with misunderstanding.

Sniffle&Cry, ha – great poem! Misery sure, but a wee bit of mirth too, no?

K8, there are days when I feel like I’m a dog-eared, juice-stained supermarket paper-back too. Next lesson will have to be Do Not Tickle Mercilessly The Things You Love. They jump out at me you know! Like Cato on The Pink Panther only shorter and with more deadly tickle intent.

Rand, more than me, at times. I’m sure of that.

Kim, me too, buddy, oh, me too.

Pat, I have been wondering about the primarily black and blood-red palate my kids have been using in their pictures…

Conan, Tickle. One of my own personal favourites in the Mr Men ouvre.

Sniffly, but why Omar Shariff? Is he sporting a magnificent moustache already? I blame the hormones they give the cows – brings on puberty earlier and earlier. There are 8 year olds around these days who sound like Barry White. And are hairier.

Sugar, the fuzzy moments certainly make up for the screamy, prickly moments, for sure.

Jen, Californians are a pretty sparky crew but wild-fire season is coming fast upon us. I reckon they should be forced to wear ear-guards to stop stray embers shooting out and causing multi-county catastrophe.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:52:45 +0000

Smart kid Love the way the neurons spark and ideas ping around like wildfire when you’re a kid. Something we lose as we grow up…

By: Sugar Britches

Sugar Britches — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:51:41 +0000

Doesn’t it just kill you when your kids come up with something like that? You get a little warm fuzzy in the pit don’t cha?

By: Sniffle&Cry

Sniffle&Cry — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:23:40 +0000

That was Phili our youngest , aka Omar Shariff. aka Phili Bin Laden who shares a first name with that other famous and charming Philip, that poet fella Larkin.

By: Conan Drumm

Conan Drumm — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:21:08 +0000

Oh, majorly cute.

But which, oh which, of the Mssrs Men were it? I cannot rest until I knows!