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@ 14/05/2009 – 13:39:21
I've just read a quote that made me laugh.
"Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead clearly hasn't tried telling a child that it is bedtime".
But it has made me nostalgic for the days when a five minute reprieve from bedtime was the equivalent of winning the Lottery; a ten minute reprieve was winning the Lottery and a Gold Medal at the Olympics and a thirty minute extension was like being handed the whole world on a plate, with double thick icing and two cherries on top.
brokendownangel
Pro 
EllieGant
Isn't it just? I love quotes or things which remind you of how precious the little things in life are. x
rubychoo
I used to blink very rapidly to make the world slow down...
(I wonder if that was as odd as it seems now ?)
EllieGant
It seems extremely logical to me - just like breathing v-e-r-y slowly to stretch time...
kevinwilson
Pro yes, i remember it well.
even cleaning the teeth more thoroughly than usual helped delay the moment!!
EllieGant
Or even pretending to clean your teeth and wash behind your ears whilst really drawing faces on the steamed-up mirror!
isadora101
hehehe, glad to hear that there was good discipline practised in your childhood household 
EllieGant
Oh yes, it was very strict on the school nights - it took astonishing ingenuity to stretch it out!
lilian1
We always let our grandkids stay up a little later when they stay overnight usually the weekend and no school the next day ...
EllieGant
That (and other things) is what makes grandparents so special!
Ahhhh those childhood days....glimpses of 'Heaven'... or whatver it may be called! x
jenray
Pro no memory of it whatsoever...HLOL...perhaps I never really went to bed...GBHs...XXX
EllieGant
Perhaps you were one of the lucky ones that could go when you wanted to! x
jenray
Pro Not a chance...very strict upbringing...HLOL...had to be in the house by 10.30 even at eighteen then I left home and went to bed when I wanted to... That's if I bothered to at all...LOL...GBHs...XXX
Sooo true! My girls think they are blessed if allowed 5 extra minutes.. I often change times on the clocks to earn myself brownie points xx
EllieGant
What a cunning plan! Now I'm worried that my parents tried the same trick and I was cheated! Must make a note to ask them .. x
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This made me laugh! it is very true in our house, the blonde always tries to get those few extra minutes, I remember it well, the stolen time that is so precious. it's a bit like getting a pint after hours when you get older x