You have got to laugh. Tomorrow we are all going out for the day, when I say we I actually mean \u2018they\u2019.<\/p>\n
My Master \u201cAlfie do you want to go out for the day?\u201d<\/p>\n
Me, \u201cMountains? Beaches? Woodland walks? Romping in the countryside? Oh yes, yes yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My Master \u201cNo I had in mind Gent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Me \u201cIf it\u2019s all the same to you, I\u2019ll pass thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Girls \u201cOh no, do we have to go to Gent, we don\u2019t like culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
My Master, \u201cWell perhaps now is a good time to start. If you are going to be interesting to boys then it would be good to be interested in culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
Who is he kidding. Firstly, since when has sitting in a pavement caf\u00e9 for hours on end watching the world go by, qualified as culture? Secondly, does he really think they were the sort of boys that the girls are trying to attract? I have to admire his attempts to find ways to mollify them but he really has missed the point on this one. Now had he said \u201cI will take you to the shops and buy you each a new top while we are there.\u201d Or \u201cI can guarantee there will be \u2018mint lads\u2019, who will speak English and you don\u2019t have to hang around with us for the day.\u201d But no, he went down the culture route, he has a lot to learn about teenage girls! I am waiting to see if they revolt, but there alternative is to stay at home for the day with me and frankly I don\u2019t find that an appealing idea, they have a habit of shutting me out, which doesn\u2019t go down well with me. Of course if they don\u2019t go it will give me a justifiable opportunity to use the sentence, \u201cthe teenagers are revolting.\u201d<\/p>\n
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