"Boys, what's a hot water bottle used for?"
Amiri: "You put cold water inside it and then during the summer it gets hot so you get hot water and it won't interrupt your summer fun."
Arram: "On a long bush walk, you carry it on your belt and you drink from it."
Boy, are they going to be confused when they discover some hotties in their beds* tonight.
*Oh yes, I am fully aware of the double entendre of that phrase for Americans. I share it with you so that you can pause and blink for a second, as I did the other day, while discussing kids' bedtime routines with my Kiwi friends over dinner.
Amiri: "You put cold water inside it and then during the summer it gets hot so you get hot water and it won't interrupt your summer fun."
Arram: "On a long bush walk, you carry it on your belt and you drink from it."
Boy, are they going to be confused when they discover some hotties in their beds* tonight.
*Oh yes, I am fully aware of the double entendre of that phrase for Americans. I share it with you so that you can pause and blink for a second, as I did the other day, while discussing kids' bedtime routines with my Kiwi friends over dinner.
2 comments:
Why yes, I did pause and blink.
But I kind of like the boys' answers better.
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