Thursday 5 October, 2006
The Cat in the Lap
Ned came over today to watch The Cat in the Hat a strange and unpleasant film starring Mike Meyers. It was a pirate with weird Chinglish subtitles. For example 'Give me Five' was translated as 'A fist will fix it'. Oh dear.
Anyway, Bird sat on Ned's lap and I asked if he minded having a cat in his lap, and he said that he wouldn't even mind having a monkey on his head.
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