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Babysitter's Dilemma

I travelled to my daughters home to babysit the kids I’d not been there ten minutes when my mind was on the skids and not because I couldn’t cope I’m qualified, I think But I couldn’t work their microwave To warm the baby’s drink I thought to use the kettle As a secondary ploy But no instructions were to hand For this confusing toy A pan then as a last resort Would be my saving grace But couldn’t turn the oven on To save my blushing face Plan B then, turn the telly on The cartoons never fail But five remotes soon had me beat ‘twas now my turn to wail the garden and a trampoline would now my saviour be but now faced with a locked back door I couldn’t find the key Distraught, I looked for games to play I would succeed, I would And then 6 words which saved my life “I’m back, have they been good?”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 8/31/2015 7:03:00 AM
I used to be a Marathon runner, i.e. 42.195 meters in 2h:38' but each time I had to babysit for my nieces and daughter, I would rather run a Marathon than do it! A very delightful poem, my brother, it brought a smile and lots of agonizing memories, back from Montreal, Canada.
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Date: 8/30/2015 2:35:00 PM
lol I used to babysit whenIi was a youngster - I had the most horrendous experience one night I landed with 2 extra kids who had NEVER been left with a babysitter before and they couldn't speak English it was traumatic for all of us:-( hugs jan xx
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