Yesterday I phoned up Office Max to order a new mouse for one of my reps. I wrote down the code, and ordered accordingly, only to be told that it was a deleted stock item. No worries, there were heaps to choose from. It was just that I hadn't written down the catalogue page that featured them all so I could choose another. So, I started to say "Oh, OK, what page are the ... " and stopped. Are the what? Are the mice on? Are the mouses on? Or should I have said, on which page can I find a mouse?
What is it when you are referring to a (computer) mouse in the plural? Not that it matters. I managed to order another one with that particular question still outstanding and unresolved.
Yes, I know. I possibly could come up with something a little better than that first thing on a dark, chilly Wednesday morning, but, last night, I shared a house with an extremely jet lagged 2 year old (just off a plane from England). This morning, I'm feeling a bit jet lagged myself, so I'm not even going to attempt to.
Still, when I crawled out of bed this morning with my eyes hanging out on stalks, I was greeted with the most beautiful smile and the simple exclamation "Aunty!". What's a girl to do? Fall in love all over again is what. Who needs sleep anyways?
3 comments:
Hiya Simonne, This article from the herald made me think of your blog today!! http://www.nzherald.co.nz/column/story.cfm?c_id=702&objectid=10446661 ... read to about half way down, mouses!!
Needed to add: halfway as in eight lines down. If it is published in the herald, does that make it correct?
Heh. Heheheh.
'Mouses' it is. Those newspaper people are never wrong.
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