It’s difficult to buy Christmas/birthday presents for a boy who doesn’t really want any presents. And has very, very specific interests – die cast model buses/lorries and the emergency services – that have remained the same for a good fifteen years. We decided to drop the Playmobil option a couple of years ago as it seemed a bit age inappropriate, but these guys are still played with regularly. I thought they deserved a group photo. Love em.
“Mum?”
“Yes?”
“Mum, do you like heavy haulage, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Mum, is heavy haulage roadworthy, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they checked the oil, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they checked the tyre pressure, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they checked the bunks are bolted in, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they checked the engine, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Mum?”
“Yes?”
“Mum, do you like heavy haulage, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Mum, is heavy haulage roadworthy, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they checked the oil, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they checked the tyre pressure, Mum?”
“Yep.”
“Have they….
……
LB came back from his dad’s house very chirpy indeedy. He’d watched the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film and was very, very taken with the mermaids in it. Turns out he hadn’t come across mermaids before. Having such specialist interests from a very early age (buses, lorries, Eddie Stobart and the London Met) meant that he boycotted all the usual books/films that mermaids would crop up in. At nearly 17, mermaids were a revelation.
He’s now become very focused on finding out if they exist, or not. Since yesterday morning, we’ve repeatedly said they are a myth. Richy has googled images of manatee’s to talk about where the myth may have come from, but he ain’t convinced.
Today he came back from school with a handwritten note to put in a bottle and drop in the River Thames. The note says;
To the mermaids, do you exist or don’t you? From LB
I’ll keep you posted.
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