Just got back from Trick or Treating with my boys and their classmates and it was brilliant fun: running with a pack of screaming wild animals, terrorising the neighbours. No wonder being a Hoodie is so popular. Think I might get myself one.
Anyway, there were some fantastic sights along the way: people made a huge effort with their pumpkins. Happy Halloween, everybody.
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Every boy should have a dog. Growing up, I had a dog called Sam. I even named my youngest son after him. It’s a rite of passage, teaches your children responsibility, creates a bond like nothing else they’ll ever experience in their lives. And is a great excuse to get out and about on walkies.
But we live in a flat. It’s not fair to keep a dog cooped up in a place with no outside space. Then there’s the dog hair, to which I’m allergic.
But should I deprive my children of one of the life-enchancing childhood experiences for the sake of something that a daily tab of Centrizine Hydrochloride could take care of?
These are the questions that have been rolling around my mind ever since my seven year-old bonded with a puppy called Bella during our trip to Manchester recently. Ever since he was tiny, he’s had a connection with our family dogs. Here is a picture of him when he was just a few months old, reaching out to my dad’s Border Collie (also called Sam).
So he asked me: ‘Dad, can we have a puppy for Christmas?’
‘A dog is for life, not just for Christmas,’ I replied, dismissively.
‘But I’d look after him,’ he said.
Was he being sincere? I put it to the test.
‘What would you prefer: a puppy or Skylanders (the latest video game du jour)?’
Without hesitation, he replied: ‘A puppy.’
So that’s the dilemma. There are a thousand emotional reasons for having a dog, but equally there are a thousand practical reasons not to have one. Even if we decided to get one, the questions are endless: what kind of dog would be best for a flat? I know I wouldn’t have one of those teeny-tiny nervous yapping handbag dogs the celebs carry around with them. And a ‘proper’ dog like a Border Collie or a Black Labrador would be far too big for our place.
So what do we do?
I haven’t decided yet, but I’ll keep looking at these pictures.
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Ever since I was made redundant in June last year, I have dreamed of a day like today. But could things come to he who waits and, at last, the goose has laid a golden egg. I’m going to be rich, dear readers, rich, I tell you.
No, I’ve not won the lottery. No, I’ve not landed a lucractively paying job. I’ve just been chosen – chosen by this wonderful man who needs my help. I can’t turn down a new friend in need, especially one so desperate. This feels like the reason I’ve been put on the planet. Beyond fatherhood, beyond being a husband, beyond having a career.
All the struggles of the past year suddenly seem worthwhile, because now there is an opportunity to escape my humdrum existence as a housedad. And this man has given me thant opportunity. I can barely see to type because my eyes are so filled with tears, but here I share with you the chance of a lifetime when I will become very rich, very quiickly.
FROM (MR.ABUDULAHI ISA)
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
BANK OF AFRICA. BURKINA FASO.
Attn: Sir/ Madam,
This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it’s just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.
I assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed towards this venture.I am a banker by profession with bank of africa, BURKINA-FASO, WEST AFRICA and currently holding the post of bill and exchange manager in our bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds ($18.5 Million U.S.Dollars) belong to (DR GEORGE BRUMLEY) from AMERICA who died along with his entire family in the kenya airways.
Hence; I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/40 if you agree to my business proposal. Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your mail immediately.
Please indicate your willingness by sending the below information for more clarification and easy communication.
1) Your Full Name…………………….. …
2) YourAge………………….. …………….
3) Marital Status…………………… ………
4) Your Cell Phone Number…………………… .
5) Your Country…………..
6) Your Occupation……………….. ………
7)YOUR SEX……………………… ………
8) Your Religion…………………. ………..
(9)A Copy of your driven License or passport………………….
I am expecting your reply soonest with your personal information as follow
Thanks.
(MR.ABUDULAHI ISA).
Audits & Accounts Manger
Bank Of Africa Burkina-faso
So there you have it. See you in the Bahamas, suckers!
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