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Saturday 12 October 2013

Questions for Grandpa

Grandchildren Ben (4 11/12ths) and James (8) are at the sort of age when you can hold a sensible conversation with them.   Over lunch today we got round to the subject of age.

"Grandpa - there was a war on when you were born, wasn't there?"

"Yes James"

Pause.

"Grandpa - who was the Queen then?"

"We'll James there wasn't a Queen then ;  we had a King - George the Sixth.   But his wife was called the Queen."

"Victoria", said Ben.

Ouch.

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Later, the Queen still an area of concern, James asks "How old is the Queen?"

Grandma, being a woman and therefore knowing about such things, replies "Eighty seven."

James, after a moment's reflection:

"We'll, in thirteen years she'll have to send herself one of those tele-things".



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