Daddy blog

As Daddy was blogging tonight, he got to do the drawing.

So, we decided you’d ask me questions and I’d do a drawing…

Scott: Yeah. What categories should we put the questions in?

Helen: What do you mean?

Scott: Like…

Helen: I do not know what you mean…

Scott: Helen, what category? Name me some categories.

Or you could ask random questions.

Helen: Nah…

Scott: Hmm – random…

Go on, then…

Scott: How do you figure out the answer to all nine times table questions?

Multiply by 10 and then subtract?

Scott: That isn’t what I’d do. I would, like… Let’s take an easy one like nine times three. You know it’s 27, but first take away the number that isn’t the nine and then you take away one from that and then the number you’ve got there is the number at the 10. And that added to that makes nine, is the answer to the units.

Eh – I think I understand. What else?

Helen: Let me think…

Scott: Your question, Helen.

Helen: This is a question we never knew, I’m just asking Daddy this. How old was Grandpa Sandy when he died? He’s in the gold frame.

I don’t know actually – 50?

Helen: Yeah – he died before even one of us were born.

What question next?

Helen: Scott.

Scott: My turn…

Helen: Random things which isn’t sums…

Scott: What do you think the rarest coin in?

Oh, I don’t know – maybe a very old Roman one. Helen?

Helen: Hmm… How many eyelashes are there on your eyes?

Scott: I’ll count. I can’t count!

I don’t know – hundreds on each eye. One more question each…

Scott: Eh…

Helen: A million!

Scott: What do you think the… The biggest… Biggest… As in the worst possible – the forgery of money was and people fell for it?

Helen: I’m growing a willy!

If they fell for it, we’ll never know.

Scott: Then it was found out later.

I don’t know – hundreds of millions of pounds probably.

Scott: Hmm… Rich…

Last question, Helen.

Helen: Hmm… What’s the rarest CD?

Hmm…That I have, or ever?

Helen: Ever.

It’ll be by someone we’ve never heard of because so few were made – it won’t be by The Beatles or anything.

Helen: Oh.

Do you prefer asking or answering questions?

Helen: Asking.

Scott: Answering.

Coins

So, we’re blogging about coins?

Scott: Well… Yeah – I got some coins today.

What ones did you get?

Scott: Em… A Queen Elizabeth one and a King Edward one, I think. Is it King Edward?

I think so. It’s a half penny coin, and an old 10p.

Scott: I was looking at it backwards when I thought it was a bear.

Maybe it’s a King Bear.

Scott: (laughs)

And what was the other one?

Scott: Em… A two shilling. The King Edward one’s the… The other one’s the Queen Elizabeth one.

But what’s the new one?

Scott: Those are the new ones we got today.

No, the 50p.

Scott: Oh – that’s the Olympics one. Is there a 2014 Winter Olympics? Please tell me there is…

There will be a Winter Olympics, but I don’t know when it is.

Scott: 2014, because they’re making a Mario and Sonic at the Olympics about it. A video game.

So, are you going to collect coins as well?

Scott: Yes, but I think there’s a case for coins at the stamp shop. The stamp shop has them.