Sneak Preview of Revealing New Menswear
Sneak preview of the latest in summer ‘man shrugs’. You can’t say I don’t inform you on the latest fashions people!
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Nuts anyone?
No#1 Partington comment of 2014 Brett Partington : “Are you still hungry Mum? Jan Partington (Mum): ” I am alright dear, I’ve just eaten Dad’s nuts!” (She had just eaten Dad’s Charlesworth nuts in his room)
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Mum ‘Sexts’ Her 14 yo Son – Is This Appropriate?
A very awkward Siri generated text from Tanya Partington to our 14yo son Zak. Am glad there was no ‘?’ after the word sex. but I gather he is happy with his new nickname!
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Teach Your Kids – Use a Stick
Guess what I am doing with the Partington boys??? Spending the xmas holidays like I did when I was a boy – with no wifi, no Xbox, no Wii, no mobiles, no Foxtel, no Commodore 64 etc…. I explained to the lads that when I was their age my brother and I could entertain ourselves for a week with a stick!!! …they scoffed at me… I then jokingly listed all the uses for a stick: Brother poker Boomerang Back scratcher Sword Light sabre Fire starter Weapon Pretend microphone Ant hole tormenting…
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‘Big Wednesday’ Surfing Needs Bigger Wetsuits
The Partington Boys hit the surf today…BIG WEDNESDAY style! Partington Senior got off to a good start when trying on a XXXL wetsuit by saying “this one is too tight…how fat am I?” . Then realised I had my leg in the arm hole! Partington Junior then said “my wetsuit is too tight also Dad!”. His was on backwards! Let’s hope we perform better when we reach the waves!…
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Dirty Laundry Aired in Goolwa
Decided to teach the Partington Boys some domestic skills by showing them how to use a laundromat. As Zak was walking across the road with the dirty washing, the basket disintegrated and our underwear was left lying in the middle of the busy road. Max then got the job of operating the washing machine, which took 5x $1 coins all at once. He mis-timed pushing the lever and it swallowed 4 coins and the machine would not start. Coughed up another $6 for a h/duty machine. Once again…another Seinfeld episode!:-…
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Keep Kids Happy – Give them an Apple
‘Our Holiday’ is brought to you by the good people at Apple. We have enough equipment in this shack to launch the next NASA space shuttle mission. Give me a ‘stick’ anyday!
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Rolling Out New Ideas
After reading the post about my 12yo nephew Sam being inspired in the toilet to write amazing quotes about life. I decided to give it a try and all I could come up with was the following: “How can we send a man to the moon, create the world wide web, and now use mobile phones that fit in our pocket yet we still can’t invent a toilet roll that can change itself?” Maybe if the end cardboard roll was decorated and not a boring brown colour things may be…
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Sun Baking at Port Elliot
What an iconic SA business the Port Elliot Bakery is. How many businesses have a constant 30m queue outside waiting to buy pies etc even in 40 degree weather?. (pic taken yesterday). Their honey sticks are insane!:-)
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