Humour and a kitten

My camera has decided to stop talking to my computer. So I will post a picture of this cute kitten I saw one day on the way to school because everyone loves a picture of a cute kitten. I had other pics in mind, but the camera refuses to give them up.

My father arrives today and I may not have a lot of time to post new entries. Not that I have done so very often recently anyway, but it could become even more sporadic.
Consider yourself warned.


If I wrote only about the funny things that happen here, I could easily have enough material for this blog. I laugh a lot here.

While marking books I am often amused by the things the kids write. The children had to finish a sentence about the bluebird of happiness. One sentence came out this way:

The bluebird of happiness flew from [his] nest to eat Mr. Glenn.

Getting eaten by the bluebird of happiness does seem like something that would happen to me. What surprises me the most is that I didn't think my students understand irony, but this one must.

Better yet was this sentence about Plains Indians:

Running Bear was pleased because he had helped to father the whole tribe.

The funniest thing I saw this week was the cap worn by my timid student Maria Eugenia (Maru). Maru's cap read:

Mi mujer está de buen humor. (My woman is in a good mood.)

I was amused by this statement but almost fell over laughing later when I saw what was written on the back of the hat:

VIAGRA

The kids in my ESL group all wanted me to explain what was so funny. I declined.