Monday, June 11, 2012

Tea Party Fail

It's Sunday morning. It's two-hours-too-early-o'clock. We're having a tea party. I'm barely awake, trying to maintain a coherent dialogue voicing Icebear, Little Bear, and Tigger - and sometimes, but seldomly, myself. We're sitting at the little blue table. Asbjørn is serving cups of tea, buns with honey and tuna (don't ask), and some Lego flowers, while being a generally likeable, but rather demanding host. I'm sitting beside the table, propped up on a pillow, so as to leave the little chairs for Icebear, Little Bear and Tigger.

Asbjørn says something introductorily along the lines of "Happy you're here. Now sit down and drink and eat my imaginary food and tea from my imaginary plates and cups." I make Tigger jump a bit around - over-enthusiastically as is his wont, and lisp "Wooohoo". Little Bear gets a bit scared as usual, and whimpers in a high-pitched voice.

I blink. Very, very slowly.

Apparently now the tea is being poured. I'm supposed to do something. I grumble something while waiving Icebear in the general direction of the imaginary tea-cup, bend him over the table and go "Mmmnnmmnnmnn."

Silence descends. I look up. Asbjørn is looking horrified at me and Icebear. I'm suddenly wide awake. I - or rather Icebear - commited some horribly faux pas.

Asbjørn finally manages to speak. "Dad...! Icebear just ate his cup!"

Fail. I accidentally employed the eating-sound instead of the drinking-sound...