signs near haus khaz

A couple of photo essays for my faithful readers today.

You can tell I'm on holiday because I've actually posted more than once this week. Sadly, it is now Sunday, and I have to go back to work tomorrow. Phet, that bum, has a holiday on Monday. So it means he'll be sleeping in luxuriously while Ji and I have to drag ourselves to school. Woe, woe, woe. Today, however, has been very pleasant indeed. It is now too hot outside to play in the sun during the day but our house remains nicely comfortable without fans. Those will likely come on next week, though. We snoozed this morning and when we got up we called Jake and Ryan and the kids had a hilarious time talking to them. I'm trying to convince them to do an online kids show called The Dangerous Uncles. Ji is working on his science fair project and then theme he / we came up with is "Breakfast Science". Like, how to make butter, and how salt can dissolve in water and then turn back into crystals again, and we also thought maybe how yeast helps bread rise. You know, stuff that a six year old can do in the kitchen on his own. Jake's idea? "Ji, if you take frozen orange juice and add gasoline you can make a substance similar to napalm! And Thab, if you want, he could also take a styrofoam cup that you put coffee in, because people drink coffee for breakfast, right, and then place the cup in a plate of gasoline, and it will disappear!" Me, I had two thoughts. First, when can the show start filming, and secondly if gas can make styrofoam disappear, why do scientists say styrofoam will be around forever and will never biodegrade? Couldn't we just, like, melt it in gasoline?

But on to the photos. The first one is for Emma, who while yes she is a travel professional and someone who is on flights daily, is still someone who is the teeniest bit, shall we say anxious about travelling. I say, Em, who were the ad wizards who came up with this one:

And now one for Phet. Who knew it could be this easy?

This sign isn't funny, but it caught my eye as we drove past. Doesn't it kind of sound like the tablets are going to do the doctoring?

And lastly...there are some things that you want to buy cheap: booze, shoes, maybe jeans, certainly toilet paper and probably things like soda crackers. It just makes sense. Why pay more when you can pay less, right? If you know me - and surely if you read this site you know me personally or have already figured out what kind of a person I am by reading my incredibly insightful and personally revealing posts - you know that I am a thrifty person. Some may say (Hi Uncle Pat!) I'm a miser. Others might call me a skinflint (Hey Ji!). Whatever you want to call it I'll agree. It's true; I hate spending money on stuff that I can buy cheaper somewhere else. The majority of my Canada-bought goods are from Walmart or Value Villague. I'm not ashamed of that.

However, even for me, there are some things I'm willing to pay full price for. Actually, dare I say, there are some things I might even be tempted to pay an inflated, premium price for. And for some reason, this sign just doesn't tempt me to go shopping:

[Delhi-14-April-2008]