A dish best served cold....

[johnny9fingers]

Oh, what I wouldn't give for an uninterrupted five four hours sleep. I do believe Madame feels much the same.

Perhaps next month.

When he's twenty I shall tease young Henry about many things: the number of attractive women taking his clothes off and peering at him intently; the nature of babies' explosive poo; the finicky and pernickety dining habits of the very young; and regurgitation as a form of ad hoc criticism for those yet to discover language. Nevertheless, without teasing or jest, I shall try to convey to him the sheer awfulness of doing without sleep for any length of time.

I'm planning how to guilt-trip the poor lad good and proper. It's not just boarding school that gives a young person a deformed psyche: it's the parents demanding their pound of flesh too. But I paraphrase the poet, Larkin. What Larkin misses in the process is the glee involved on the parents' part. :)

Comments

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

Happy Father's Day, sir. You are doing an excellent job -- and important positive outcomes will be reaped.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

"They f--- you up, your Mum and Dad,
They don't mean to, but they do . . . ."

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Hope so. :)

Or even....

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

He fucks you up, Immanuel Kant
May not have meant to, but he did
With problems that he never had:
Now add some more of which you can't be rid....

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

When you enjoy the way you live
Up pops the categorical imperative.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Dont hurry for him to grow up. Just.dont. :)

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

I'm not: though I'm old enough to worry about missing the generation after Henry.
Oh well, it will just continue a family tradition.
:(

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

NO WAY!