Posted on May 4, 2005

Weetbix

Before I had children, I thought of Weetbix as a relatively harmless breakfast cereal one had with milk. Now however I know the truth – when mixed with milk into a pasty goop, Weetbix becomes an industrial strength adhesive that is near impossible to remove from any object. I am even too scared to put it in the compost for fear of it solidifying into an unperishable lump.

Three things you don’t want to get Weetbix on or in:

  1. Your hair Quite easy to do when one’s offspring has hands covered with the stuff (when he has thrown away his spoon and eaten it with his fingers) This may require a radical new hairstyle.
  2. Your digital camera Never put the child in his highchair near the breakfast bar where your digital camera is resting.
  3. Anything else Never make an ordered list and then realise you can only think of two things to put on it, cos that would be stupid.

You have been warned.

5 Comments

  • acp says:
    4/5/2005 at 2:04 pm

    LOL
    Here’s one for you then:

    Hollow out a melon. Make a small hole in the side. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side. Now get a bowl of soggy Weetbix and attempt to spoon it into the swaying melon by pretending to be an aeroplane. Continue until half the Weetbix is gone. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure that a lot of it falls on the floor. You are now ready to feed a 12-month old baby.

    from Preparation for Parenthood on TheGlassCeiling.com

  • emily says:
    4/5/2005 at 3:14 pm

    Ha ha, how true – I like this one too:

    Go to your local supermarket. Take with you the nearest thing you can find to a pre-school child – a fully grown goat is excellent. If you intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat. Buy your week’s groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goats eat or destroy. Until you can easily accomplish this do not even contemplate having children.

  • noizy says:
    4/5/2005 at 4:26 pm

    cornflakes are just as bad. I’m forever scraping old, dried up cornflakes off the lino and formica table. kids! eat over your bowls!

  • Caroline says:
    4/5/2005 at 5:29 pm

    Oh, I’ve found you again, I’m so pleased – I lost you for a while.

    I don’t know what’s in ‘Chex’ but one has made a perminant mark on my beautiful wooden top…

  • Lynne says:
    5/5/2005 at 12:38 am

    Boy, and I complain about the kitty litter all over the bathroom floor. I never thought weetbix would be that scary

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