tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post2639926146160503942..comments2023-06-05T15:23:37.352+01:00Comments on Stay at home dad: Sammy ShrimpStay at home dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-43981487812006762062007-08-05T13:41:00.000+01:002007-08-05T13:41:00.000+01:00Ewwww! I remember not understanding that shells fr...Ewwww! I remember not understanding that shells frequently had inhabitants.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-13687287395904062122007-08-05T12:12:00.000+01:002007-08-05T12:12:00.000+01:00When we were in France a few years ago with a hous...When we were in France a few years ago with a house full of children bringing back treasures from the beach it took us days to work out where the stench was coming from.<BR/>They'd stored all their shells (many containing creatures) in the corner of the sitting room.<BR/>They went directly into the bin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-75574356119457446732007-08-01T20:21:00.000+01:002007-08-01T20:21:00.000+01:00Thank you Dulwich Mum. You are a sensitive soul in...Thank you Dulwich Mum. You are a sensitive soul indeed... Amazing how maturity equips you to deal with things that are <I>really</I> bad as time goes on ...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-19413362451036458612007-08-01T20:18:00.000+01:002007-08-01T20:18:00.000+01:00I always feel rather romantic about childhood when...I always feel rather romantic about childhood when I read your lovely blog, but you have just reminded me how the world is full of discoveries, bad as well as good for these little ones. The poor baby.dulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-34517078873658939792007-08-01T20:05:00.000+01:002007-08-01T20:05:00.000+01:00Thank you your ladyship. Such high praise. Most ki...Thank you your ladyship. Such high praise. Most kind.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-49910415625853367652007-08-01T18:16:00.000+01:002007-08-01T18:16:00.000+01:00Brilliant! as always.Brilliant! as always.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-77538667679289643182007-08-01T08:31:00.000+01:002007-08-01T08:31:00.000+01:00Hello Mike. That's very kind of you to say, thanks...Hello Mike. That's very kind of you to say, thanks. I'm not sure if it's unfair, it's just the way things are at the moment. I'm hoping over time it will change for men... but they have to make it happen too.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-43798058829694462882007-08-01T00:21:00.000+01:002007-08-01T00:21:00.000+01:00I've just gone onto your blog from a link on WITN....I've just gone onto your blog from a link on WITN. This is great. I LOVED your piece about the farm outing; have often felt sorry for Dad's left out in the cold. We women stay in our comfort zone, and don't include them, and that's not fair. I'm guilty too, and reading your blog,realised it's our loss. Wish I'd had the relationship with my dad that your daughter has with you.FjordLinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324785503053152578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-83128932566812579922007-07-31T09:10:00.000+01:002007-07-31T09:10:00.000+01:00Rebecca, you're right. Unfortunately it's her cous...Rebecca, you're right. Unfortunately it's her cousins' Barbies ...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-92099882421592370462007-07-31T05:54:00.000+01:002007-07-31T05:54:00.000+01:00hee hee. Luckily kids are fickle and can fall OUT ...hee hee. Luckily kids are fickle and can fall OUT OF love as quickly as they fall IN love!<BR/><BR/>She's probably already found some'thing' to replace sammy shrimp already?Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-36977395542179379512007-07-31T00:02:00.000+01:002007-07-31T00:02:00.000+01:00My thoughts exactly Gwen!Not at all, OM; I am havi...My thoughts exactly Gwen!<BR/><BR/>Not at all, OM; I am having the same problem with your crumhorn ...<BR/><BR/>You're chuckling alone; but that's no bad thing... at least at 18 she can do all that somewhere else!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-81520472104829633692007-07-30T23:07:00.000+01:002007-07-30T23:07:00.000+01:00Ha! And that 'pet' when she is 18 will be called '...Ha! And that 'pet' when she is 18 will be called 'a boyfriend' and will scare the living daylights out of you.<BR/>ho ho ho, am i chuckling alone? One should never drink and blog i think.Pig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-88792168611418608422007-07-30T21:49:00.000+01:002007-07-30T21:49:00.000+01:00This is going to sound very silly but I just wante...This is going to sound very silly but I just wanted to have a look at the title again because it makes me giggle. Sorry. Just wanted to share that.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-49903288423819810792007-07-30T21:17:00.000+01:002007-07-30T21:17:00.000+01:00Your poor daughter. However, hard as it is, it's ...Your poor daughter. However, hard as it is, it's a good lesson. If you love somehing set it free (or at least take it out to the bin if it stinks)!Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695613095959659034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-2705274558457453502007-07-30T20:24:00.000+01:002007-07-30T20:24:00.000+01:00Really Wakeup...? That's interesting. These ones w...Really Wakeup...? That's interesting. These ones were huge... <BR/><BR/>A pet will come in due course (when she's about 18).Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-40098307012220565692007-07-30T19:31:00.000+01:002007-07-30T19:31:00.000+01:00Your poor child! Why don't you get her a proper pe...Your poor child! Why don't you get her a proper pet so she doesn't have to make one out of her dinner? Seriously, though, most children I know, mine included, would not go near a Sammy Shrimp head, let alone make a pet out of it.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-3856120263664741492007-07-30T18:16:00.000+01:002007-07-30T18:16:00.000+01:00Thank you DJK. It seems so long ago already...No, ...Thank you DJK. It seems so long ago already...<BR/><BR/>No, Pig, we were in Bournemouth again. The eye-pecking would have taken some explaining.<BR/><BR/>Good grief Rilly, there must have been a fair old pong by that time!<BR/><BR/>Elsie, I dread to think what she will remember...<BR/><BR/>Nice gentle, friendly pets worms I imagine Sparx.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-32763588743877308242007-07-30T17:38:00.000+01:002007-07-30T17:38:00.000+01:00Aw, sweetie! I was attached to an earthworm at on...Aw, sweetie! I was attached to an earthworm at one point. I can't remember it's name but it lived in a jar for a while until my Mum made me set 'him' free...Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-48293304026396530982007-07-30T13:29:00.000+01:002007-07-30T13:29:00.000+01:00oh my god you are so cruel - you threw away your d...oh my god you are so cruel - you threw away your daughter's pet prawn head - unbelievable. your poor daughter. she will never forget that prawn, i bet you anything.Elsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-17788155281355079372007-07-30T09:33:00.000+01:002007-07-30T09:33:00.000+01:00I remember when my eldest daughter Hilly went thro...I remember when my eldest daughter Hilly went through a similar phase SAHD. It was in those years that the Spice Girls had a firm grip on impressionable girls' imaginations and I well remember my daughter being inseperable from Scary Scampi for the whole holiday. It was only by telling her that scary couldn't go to home with us because he didn't have a passport that I persuaded her to leave him behind, sighrilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-44829402204242392292007-07-29T23:43:00.000+01:002007-07-29T23:43:00.000+01:00ahhh, lovely holiday, were you in Skegness? Glad ...ahhh, lovely holiday, were you in Skegness? Glad you had a good one...but you could have let Sammy live a little longer. I once cried over a fish we'd caught. whilst we ate lunch in a restaurant, the birds pecked its eyes out. It's a bad world out there.<BR/>PigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-13655421422121633462007-07-29T10:01:00.000+01:002007-07-29T10:01:00.000+01:00Oh how sweet and how hilarious. I could just pict...Oh how sweet and how hilarious. I could just picture the expression on yours and your wifes' faces! I loved the bit about you and your little 'un sitting under the umbrella too.DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-6015317665697887042007-07-29T08:42:00.000+01:002007-07-29T08:42:00.000+01:00Hi Patsy. Fascinating though beetles are, I unders...Hi Patsy. Fascinating though beetles are, I understand your point (and the name)! <BR/><BR/>We will have to get onto pets at some point, but like tax returns and Christmas I'm pretending it's a long way in the future...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-26126543428322842552007-07-28T23:30:00.000+01:002007-07-28T23:30:00.000+01:00Three years ago my elder boy who loves all sorts o...Three years ago my elder boy who loves all sorts of creepy crawlies, was devoted to a waterboatman beetle called Leggy. It was then I knew I really had to give in and get another dog! <BR/><BR/>But forget hamsters; odorous, nippy and could power a small village if we hitched up their wheels to the National Grid but I do feel very regretful about their caged lives, however cosseted!patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630155343128464902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-52814486636099110572007-07-28T22:46:00.000+01:002007-07-28T22:46:00.000+01:00Thank you Merry. Yes, very nice, but then things g...Thank you Merry. Yes, very nice, but then things get easier with a 3 1/2 year old... <BR/><BR/>I like your point on the crestfallen, which I hadn't thought of literally. Yes, she does, frequently!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.com