It's My Jumper!

I tried to defy one of the lesser laws of the universe the other night, and failed miserably. This is the law that states Musgrave + Alcohol + Fire = Trouble . I was attempting to light the barbecue with Tim. I had been "guzzling" beer and was feeling pretty good about myself. Good enough that I didn't think that Tim needed to turn the gas off between attempts to light the burners with matches. Whoops!

We eventually got it alight, along with the hair on my right hand. Thankfully the flames didn't spread up my arm at too rapid a pace and I was able to smother them reasonably quickly. I managed to escape with only minor burns and a naked hand.

To tell you the truth, I don't mind how my hand looks without any hair on it. It's got a smooth look about it. You can see all of the tendons and muscles working beneath the skin. I'm not vain enough to shave or wax or use a depilatory creams on my hand, but I don't think that I'd be above occasionally letting the gas run too long before lighting the barbecue to achieve this hairless look. The only downside so far is that if I put my hand too close to my face I get a whiff of that delightful burnt hair smell. Mmmm.

Work has been busy these past few days, but I haven't minded too much. We had a bit of an incident with a parent yesterday. His boy was wrestling with another boy, and they both whacked each other. Later when the dad arrived he asked what his kid what he'd done that day and his boy told him how he'd been hit. The father stormed back in with his son and asked him which boy had hit him. When the other boy was pointed out to him, the father went up to this other boy and went beserk at him. Ridiculous. I don't understand what makes him think that he has the right to tell this other child off. He didn't even have the full story. It had already been dealt with and his input certainly wasn't required. Anyways, as I've said before it's not so much the kids who are the problem, it's the bonko parents.

We participated in the World's Biggest Morning Tea which is for a good cause, but unfortunately didn't have a whole lot of support. I did enjoy the kabana though.