The Day The Kettle Died

Sad. Tragic. Horrific.

Woke up one morning last week and toddled downstairs to make myself a hearty morning cuppa.  But to my horror, the kettle wouldn’t turn on!

Sad face L

To most people, it would be like, “Oh well, we’ll get a  new kettle ASAP. Maybe tomorrow… maybe the weekend… no problem” No No NO! A whole day without tea is out of the question! I had to boil water from the pan, which is just not the same. My fellow Yorkshire housemate, Charlo, was just as horrified, as our obsessive tea drinking habits are part of our culture. Southern housemate, Sarah, didn’t really care (but she broke it anyway… * coughs * but seriously not sure what happened it just died so its no ones fault * coughs *).  And Katie, who you’ve met before, doesn’t really drink hot drinks. We were all very sad.

Thankful, we were saved by MamaCharlo and Charlo’s dad who brought us a new kettle 2 days later. Thank you parents of Charlo!

New kettle is all posh like. It goes blue when you turn it on and is silver! Ooooo!

We wanted to hold a funeral for our dead kettle. We were either going to dig a grave for it in the back garden or throw it in the canal like a Viking funeral. We did neither.

It’s all drama in our house!

Talk soon, Eve x        

Katie’s Start Of Term Report by Charlo

So we've only been living in our house a few weeks but Katie seems to have learnt lots in this time.

1.       The toaster settings are browning not minutes

2.       That Magic Stars (the children’s chocolates) have faces on them

3.       When she laughs she sounds like a Tickle Me Elmo

4.       Accrington Stanley and Accrington are not two different places

5.       Butter goes on the outside of the toastie so it doesn’t stick

6.       Prague is a city, not a country

7.       Colon is a body part, not just punctuation

8.       The sticker on share pouches of sweets is to re-seal it

9.       The ‘M’ on road signs eg. M6 is for motorway

1.   In forensic  science, (her course) if the fingerprint is on the sticky side of the tape, that’s the side you check.

1.   Despite being slightly colour-blind herself, almost believed that colour-blind people see in black and white

So as you can see Katie is learning many important life lessons, and we hope this continues during her residences in the house. She has also learnt some new jokes, (see number 3 above) these are a selection of her favourites:

Why don’t owls date in the rain? It’s too wet to woo

Why are there no tablets in the jungle? Because the parrots eat ‘em all

God said to John come forth and you will have eternal life, but John came fifth and won a toaster

Very enthusiastic pupil and always tries her best, phys ed needs more work  ;)

Speak soon, Charlo x