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Like our updated blog? New look, same old crazy adventures in Bulgaria with Elly and Stu - home schooling a dynamo 6-year-old, learning Turkish, meeting many many people and generally larking about helping our friends David and Kathryn!
Cheeky monkey! Well, you tried, Stu. But not hard enough. Here are some tips on “Getting a Child to Answer a Boring Grown-up’s Question”:
1. Always choose the time of the day when the child will be the most alert and attentive. Usually, this is the forty-five seconds following breakfast.
2. Try to phrase your question in order to make it sound like the kind of thing a child would like to comment on. eg. “Aydin, do you think there’ll be lots of McDonald’s restaurants in Australia?”
3. Ensure that distractions are kept to a minimum during questioning. Remove all interesting objects and dancing wives from the vicinity.
4. Try bribery. “Aydin, I will let you pick my nose if you will answer my question for the camera.”
5. If all else fails, tie the child to a chair and use the soft cushions to extract an answer.
Ok?
I think you have a highly-qualified politician in the making there with that question avoidance!
Reporter: “Mr Rudd, how is your new hospital take-over plan actually going to make a difference?”
Mr Rudd: “Ooohhh eeewwwww Arhhhhjjj Blinding light…. eewwww zzzzzz… I killed a man… zzzz iiiiiit… with a trident… hhmmmm zzzuuuuhhhh…. (does some dancing) jjjiiiiiiihhh!”
Reporter: “Mmm.. I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that… you should probably lay low for a while”
Mr Rudd: “0000001 00000011 00000111″