This morning Granddaughter was eating cream crackers spread
with butter and jam. I warned her not to get butter on the treasured set of
books she had brought to the table. When asked why not I found myself
explaining that butter cannot be removed from paper.
“Why not,” asked Granddaughter.
“Because it sinks into the paper and you can’t get it out
again.”
“What else does butter sink into?”
“Many other things that are soft,” I explained, “such as
clothes.”
“Does butter sink into rats?”
???...
...oh well. Defeated yet again. And I thought it was a
straightforward conversation.
Oddly enough I was immediately reminded of similar bizarre excursions
by Anna Soubry, although Ms Soubry isn’t six years old.
"Does butter sink into rats?”
ReplyDeleteI would have thought that it depends on how thickly you spread it, but there's really only one way to find out for sure.
Aaaaaaah, cream crackers and jam...
ReplyDeleteThe delicacy started with Scrobs back in 1964, at CCF camp in the Menai Straits!
The night excercise required us to take our own rations, and they included those rock-hard biscuits, and a tin of butter, with a tin of jam (for eighteen-hundred of us, or near...)
Such a sweet spot was part of some sort of animal stew, and described as a 'nutritional and satisfying meal'!
Your granddaughter has form in this respect, and will go far!
Sam - yet the experiment would result is some extremely slippery rats.
ReplyDeleteScrobs - both grandkids are very partial to this treat. I prefer cheese - adds some extra fat to the butter.
Oh dear, I can foresee trouble ahead One day, mother will find granddaughter rubbing butter on a pet rabbit and will be told that you said that butter sinks into soft things ... You might be forced to stand in the corner for a while
ReplyDeleteGraeme - the pet rabbit is rather big and fierce too, so if things go really wrong that could mean even more time in the corner.
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