i can't believe she said this
By doormouse
@doormouse (4599)
February 9, 2010 6:37pm CST
my 12 year old daughter and i were at a friends house today,i was talking to my friends son about what he could have for tea,i suggested potatoes and something,his stepdad said ' He won't peel the potatoes ',so i moaned at him for being lazy,my daughter piped up,' Well you don't peel and cook potatoes,coz we have mash nearly everyday ',OMG,i can't believe she said that,she only twigged after we all started laughing
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@jugsjugs (12967)
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10 Feb 10
I am the type of person that peels the potatos for dinner and then i decide what we are all having,even though i put them in a saucepan we still sometimes have chips,but to be honest i like to peel the potatos for the childrens tea as that way there are no accidents with the knives or potato peelers.I sit mine all down for dinner at the same time as that way we all get to chat to each other about anything what has happened during the day as well as there is only one mess to clean up rather than meals being done all evening and all night.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Feb 10
jugsjugs I do not really want to be stupid so help me,here when ww have tea in the US we just have a cookie or something sweet with it,it is not called a Tea but just a midday break,but there you sound like you have a mini meal,so Tea is like a small meal, am I right? I am a yank as you must know. sounds like something my doctor was suggesting in h aving four or five small meals for a diabetic to e ven out our blood sugar levels.
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@doormouse (4599)
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10 Feb 10
tea is a meal we have at about 5-6pm,what you describe as tea we call a dessert or snack
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@jugsjugs (12967)
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10 Feb 10
We have break fast at 8am dinner at say 12pm and another cooked dinner that i call cooked tea at 5pm then if we are still wanting a snack then we either have that in the afternoon or in the late evening.I try to keep meals around the same time of the day every day as that way the children as well as the adults know when they are to be here if they want to get fed,as i am not cooking as well as tidying up all night.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Feb 10
Hee hee - cute! Well, some people have that boxed mashed potato (the flakey stuff that you just add water to) - so in that case you wouldn't need to peel or cook - hee hee!!
I'm from the US, so I thought the funnier thing was having potatoes for tea! As Hatley mentioned, I think of sweets or finger sandwiches for tea . . . though we don't specifically have "tea time", just a "snack time".
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@doormouse (4599)
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10 Feb 10
in the uk we generally have sandwiches for lunch,which is about 12pm and then a cooked meal about 5pm which we call tea
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
10 Feb 10
Haha. That's funny. Once my cousin, who was about 16 or 17 at the time, asked me if peas are a vegetable..
and the other day my 11 yr old sister couldn't believe it when I told her lamb comes from lambs.. hehe she was shocked.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Feb 10
hi doormouse sorry something went right over my head here. The stepdad said the son wont peel the potatoes and you teased him for being lazy, but what was the thing about you having mash everyday,you mean mashed potatoes or something else? I can see this is supposed to be funny , but I am missing the point, sorry.
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@doormouse (4599)
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10 Feb 10
my daughter didn't think i peeled potatoes every day,even though we have mash potato most days,,how does she think mashed potatoes are made
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@joystick (1675)
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1 Mar 12
I can not see why the step dad did not cook for the child, or what about the mother.A child should do chores, but to do their own tea.No doubt the mother is one of these people, that tends to not work and be walking about all day at a friends or sitting on face book.A child should be a child not an adult.
