- My mother frequently disapproves
- of some aspect of our lifestyle
- or consumer choice we made.
- She expresses this
- by coming round the house
- and angrily hoovering the place
- from top to bottom.
- We call her Dyson Fury.
- The cause could be something like
- us insisting that our children
- (her grandchildren)
- use car seats
- when their age and size dictates
- they are legally required
- to use car seats.
- "That's it. I warned you.
- I've had it up to here with your nonsense.
- I'm coming round,
- and I'm getting Henry out,
- and you've nobody to blame but yourself!"
- It's the skirting boards I feel sorry for.____
by Albert Semple
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