"Cleopatra is a difficult name. Can I call her Patrick?" Igor, age 11

"No, I don't think we should save the Earth because we're all going to live on Mars anyway so what's the point?" oh okay thanks Thomas

"The shipwreck of the Titanic probably has loads of zombies. So if I went down there in a submarine, I'd need to take an AK-47 too." - Thomas again, in his infinite wisdom

"I wouldn't go to Antarctica to take photos of penguins, because there are Frog People in the water there, and one of those guys can eat a man whole." - Thomas, age 8 👀

I teach, because few things are more delightful than logging in for class & being greeted with "HI TEACHER we're going on a field trip but we can't eat fish 'coz bones might get stuck in your gullet and also no big-sound-talking on the bus and also did you know that jello can make you CHOKE??" 🥹

Her: Where are you living now? Cape Town?

Me: I intended to move to CT in '22, but ended up in KZN for a year instead, & now I'm back in PTA & I don't technically live anywhere.

Her: How adventurous!

I was gonna call it "hell in a handbasket" but that's a much nicer way of putting it, thnx 🥲🙏

"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest... because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her."
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

My 84 year old grandfather has dementia and doesn't always remember who I am, but he did just cheerfully reassure me that I'm "just as cute as I've always been!"
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