One hundred origami elephants sitting on a wall

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Date: 22 March 2006 15:20:17

One hundred origami elephants sitting on a wall.
And if one hundred origami elephants
Should accidentally fall,
There'd be a hell of a lot of squished origami elephants
Squashed on the ground....

Sorry. I'm in a Monday morning in midweek mood, what with 'alarms and excursions' again today (I'm starting to get paranoid about this), and a happy half hour or so spent on the phone to various tax offices. Though to be fair, it didn't take long to sort, and I was spared too much listening to a certain piece by Verdi.

The elephants are to do with Ms Miff, home for the day whilst her car is being MOT'd and repaired. She's sitting at the neighbouring pc busily and usefully occupied in elephant number 2* of 100 that she will be sending round her friends for Easter. Believe it or not, this also counts towards her uni interview portfolio. (Unless of course my offspring is indulging in early April foolery; wouldn't put it past her!). The instructions are in Italian, which isn't exactly speeding the process. Her father dropped off a large display case of varnished cakes and biscuits earlier in the week. Modern art, eh?

No news on the cat front despite the refuge having added yet more adorable furry friends to its adoption section. None suitable. And still no reply from my lead re a pedigree breed. I think I'll need to turn my attention to other sources. Mr Miff did wonder aloud yesterday whether a kitten might be the answer. My answer was a definite NO. Having brought up a puppy, I'm not going through all that again!

And on the other matter front, the answer is still... no answer. I wonder how much longer I should wait before I chase it up?

Grumble box that I am, I've forgotten to mention one high spot of the morning; the arrival of a mysterious parcel from far, far away. This is part of an Easter exchange being organised by a certain person on board SOF -who shall remain nameless. ;) And as we're still in Lent, I shall refrain from mentioning that I gave in to temptation and opened it there and then. If I don't tell you what was in it, it doesn't count as 'cheating,' does it?

* No, I tell a lie. Number 2 didn't work out. She's going back to the Italian version. Is there such a thing as an Italian elephant?