Babysitting
Grandad July 15th, 2007
I have been babysitting since six yesterday evening.
We looked after Puppychild and Sean while K8 and TAT went out to get drunk celebrate K8’s birthday. I scraped them up from the pub at midnight and brought them here as they were spending the night.
My babysitting didn’t end there, as TAT was roaring for more drink [Fr Jack?] and he knew I had a stash of whiskey somewhere, so I had to hang around just in case. I didn’t want them completely smashed as I wanted them clear headed enough to do their own babysitting in the morning.
I don’t know how it started, bur K8 got into a very long [2 hours] conversation with Brianf in America. Luckily I have Skype. Poor Brianf ended up rather confused, as our K8 can be pretty weird when sober, but with a few pints and half a bottle of wine [but no whiskey] on her……….
I got to bed at half four.
I was woken at half seven by Puppychild releasing the hounds [aka Sandy] who proceeded to give me a face wash.
I got up to mind Puppychild who is in sparkling form and is getting through vanilla yoghurts at a frightening rate. She is delighted to have ‘Gwandant’ to talk to too.
So I’m sitting here listening to Sponge Bob and wondering what happened to peace and quiet.
For those of you who don’t know - Sponge Bob is a horrible cartoon series that has a single function and that is to teach children American slang [in an American accent, of course]. I swear one of the characters is voiced by Holly Hunter. It is fill of words like “check-it-out” and “you guys” [now we know where The Plank was educated!]. And during the commercials, they are heavily promoting a tacky looking dolls-house that costs the best part of €200.
I have just had my revenge though.
I sent Puppychild up to bounce on her parents’ bed.
P.S. Happy Birthday, K8
- The Family
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Spongebob is on TG4 at 10:55. Dubbed in Irish so you/Puppychild will be spared the Americanisms. Plus it ties in neatly with your previous post too.
Evil, but I love it!
Could be worse. It could be Dora the explorer. My friends daughter can count to greater numbers in Spanish than English
Ah yes, you’ve got to love/hate SpongeBob! He’s a plucky character, with too many holes in his brain! Perhaps his name was Blabberwort in an earlier life.
Robert, don’t get me started on Dora! She is corrupting the youth worldwide!
Sponge Bob as Gaeilge? Interesting? Maybe I’ll take a hint from my previous post and disable the Childrens Channels next visit!
As one who was brought up on “Listen with Mother” all these cartoons do my head in. I might make an exception for “Road Runner” though.
Beep. Beep.
Never heard of SpongeBob, TG.
Happy days K8.
You are as well off, Grannymar.
He [she? it?] is a horrid yoke like a lump of cheese on legs.
He should be very slowly immersed in a bath of neat sulphuric acid….
He is not a lump of cheese. He is a sponge, Bob.
He lives in a pineapple under the sea. He lives in the town of Bikini Bottem and his neighbors are Squidward Tenacles and Patrick Star. Patrick is a pink starfish and lives under a rock. Squidward lives in an Easter Island head.
Spongebob has a pet snail named Gary and Spongebob works at the Krusty Krab restaurant making Krabby Patties. His boss, Mr. Krabs is addicted to money.
“Patrick is a pink starfish”
There are so many innuendos in that program it amazes me that it is fit for children’s viewing!
Then again if you are an innocent child then the innuendos don’t apply.
I am amazed and amused at your knowledge of Sponge Bob Squarepants. Clearly there isn’t much on TV in Ireland or America for that matter (at least GD was complulsed to watch - what’s you’re excuse Brian?)
Here in Ireland we had Bosco:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosco
*shudder*
I must confess, Robert, that I’m a little concerned at your intimate knowledge of Sponge Bob. Did you have a disturbed childhood or is this just a fetish?
I suppose it could have been worse if it were Captain Pugwash [Roger the cabin boy, Master Bates and the rest...]?
And don’t mention Bosco. He died of a heroin overdose years ago.
So what about those of us who went willingly to the movie of said sponge - yes Grandad there is a movie, but it has David Hasselhoff, so there is something for everyone
Peter - You went willingly? Weird!
What can I say the moment I saw that pink starfish in tights, tiny pants and a corset - I was sold, either that or strangely aroused. My doctor gave me some pills the very next day.