House family watch THE boat race
Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | tags: apple fanboy, Bros 1962, family, mumzie, niece 1992, niece 1994, sport, TV, UK |
Easter Sunday, sated on a tender lamb roast with the trimmings including a cheeky little mint sauce. We indulge in a favoured family tradition, settling down to watch the Boat race. We all support Oxford for reasons long since lost in the Ethernet. Mum suspects it’s because they used to loose a lot when she was a gal and we should support the underdog.
The ’House’ style for watching THE boat race is diverse. I was the only person who did it with open eyes despite the thick, percolated, coffee supplied by mumsie from one of her 20 or so prized percolators. I’ll call her ’Grandmum’ because we are in the presence of her grandchildren.
Bros 62 assumes the horizontal position for viewing enhancement. Pointing his beard between his distant toes.
Niece 92 ensures the blood-flow to her head by placing her legs on the footstool mumsie has procured for her comfort. At first I though that niece 92 forgot to put a skirt on over her pantyhose when she left home this morning. Apparently this is a style feature. She is proud of consecutive years of not wearing shorts or a skirt to keep her bum warm. She’s receiving as-it-happens updates from her friends though her much-prized iphone. She’s a tall and creative genius who demonstrates it in many pleasing ways.
Niece 94 is multitasking, she’s a formal thinking high-flyer. Revising for her maths A level while watching the boat race, drinking evil coffee and possibly simulating sleep. What is she doing under that hair? A woman of infinite mystery at just 17.
While sister-in-law has resisted the black attire favoured by her hubby and daughters, she can’t resist the sleep inducing effect of grandmum’s classic 1960′s Parker Knoll rocker.
Synchronised snoring with the cats
Normality temporarily resumed
