New Idea – March 19, 2018

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THE WEEK

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LETTER OF

THE WEEK

My daughter Aria,

five, says her favourite

colour is rainbow!

ANGELA RUHLAND,

VICTORIA POINT, QLD.

I was showing Master Six, a neighbour, how to

plant seeds. When it came to the peanut planting,

he asked: ‘Will they be plain or salted.’

ERICA BURFORD, MOOLOOLAH VALLEY, QLD.

My daughter and I were shopping for some

fluffy new bath towels, but she picked out a

dreadful brown coloured one. I was surprised

at her choice of colour, but she explained: ‘I

want this one because it’s like a wombat.’

S. BLACK, TOOWOOMBA, QLD.

When your kid corrects your spelling mistake.

After losing his sixth tooth Alister, six, was

reading his note from the tooth fairy that I

wrote. ‘Mum, it says ‘toot’ fairy, not tooth!’

ALICIA SANSON, EMERALD, QLD.

My four-year-old granddaughter

asked where her big cousin

was going. After being told

he was going to Scouts,

Grandpa informed her:

‘Mummy went to Brownies

when she was a little girl.

Would you like to go to

Brownies?’ Miss Four

thought for a minute, then

said: ‘Do they have Pinkies?

I like pink better than brown.’

MERLIE CLAYTON,

WYNDHAM VALE, VIC.

CREATURE COMFORTS

SALTY BUSH

TOOT TOOT!

PINK TROOP

WHAT FUNNY THINGS

HAVE YOUR MM AND

KIDS SAID LATELY?

My grandson Jacob, two,

thought he was a real

cool dude in his sister’s

hat and Dad’s sunglasses.

JULIE ZAMMIT,

ROXBURGH PARK, VIC.

FITTING JOB

CHECK-OUT CHAT

DUST ALARM

FATAL REMEDY

I always smile when I see my MM husband

wearing his work pants. They’re actually just

an ordinary pair of tight-fitting jeans, but he

calls them his work pants because of all the

struggling and wriggling he has to go through

when he is trying to put them on.

SAMANTHA NICHOLSON, YANCHEP, WA. I heard two ladies in the supermarket

check-out queue discussing what was in each

My friend’s younger brother moved into a new

house. This MM isn’t much of a housekeeper

and doesn’t own a vacuum cleaner. But he

came up with a solution for a clean home –

When I told my sister over the phone that I

had the flu, her MM hubby said I should try

euthanasia as it cures everything. ‘For the

last time it’s echinacea!’ replied my sister.

DANIELLE HAYES, WODONGA, VIC.

blow the very large amount

of dust out the door with a

leaf blower. MM was left

red-faced, however, when a

concerned neighbour rushed

over thinking there was a fire.

MM had set off the fire alarm and the

thick cloud of dust looked like smoke!

L. HAMILTON, EIGHT MILE PLAINS, QLD.

MERE MALE

other’s trolleys. One lady said: ‘Well, it looks

like you cook!’ And the other replied: ‘And it

looks like you do, too.’ Then MM in the queue

behind them called out: ‘And I just eat!’

JUDITH CAINE, DONVALE, VIC.

Cousins Sophia and Lily, both five,

sharing a laugh together.

BELINDA MOUK, GIRRAWHEEN, WA.

YOUR SAY

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