Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Wild life

A bit of background: Tony is very vocally expressive when humoured. His variety of laughs is extensive and his cackles can be heard by neighbouring occupants. It has been likened to "feeding time at the zoo".

Dougall was preparing a pot noodle in the kitchen. He yawned loudly and theatrically developed it into some sort of jungle monkey impression. I commented that Tony could join in with some of his animal impressions, by which, of course, I was referring to his array of animal laughs.
Immediately though, he embarked on a rather impressive impression by "hoo"ing a note while wobbling his tongue in his mouth - not what I was expecting!
Me: Was that a turkey?! 
Tony: (very pleased with himself) Yeah! (he draws breath and goes for another) COO-coo...COO-coo.
Me: ...a cuckoo?
Tony: Well....dunno do I..it's definitely summink.

😂

Saturday, 14 November 2020

Doorbhell

I bought a smart doorbell. It has PIR motion detection as well as the standard doorbell, and I wanted to test it without permanently mounting it on the front door, so I put it in a busy part of the house while I tested the settings to trim the sensitivity.
When it senses movement, the button lights up, as if to say "Hi! I'm a doorbell! Press here."

Tony noticed a new thing lighting up. 
"What's that thing flashing out here? Looks like a camera or something. " 
"It's a doorbell. I'm testing it."
.....
🤔very long pause🤔
..... 
"Wouldn't it be better outside?"

🤣