The local museum had an interactive exhibit, mainly geared towards children. It comprised a large whiteboard on which children could hand-write a response to the following two questions:
- Tell us about your backyard.
- What changes have you (the children) made to your backyard, during COVID-19?
I was interested in the children’s responses so took a closer look at what they had written.
It seems that trampolines are a popular piece of backyard equipment for children around here.
And there are a few whose family had added swimming pools during Covid.
N.B. To have a pool in one’s backyard in this region, does not necessarily mean you are ‘wealthy.’ We live in a tropical zone where many households have a small pool in which to cool off. Having a pool is less popular now, whereas when I was a child, growing up here, almost every house with children had a backyard swimming pool of some description.
The answers to the second question were equally interesting and contained references to planting vegetables in the garden:
Very much outdoorsy garden-based activities. Great!
But….
It seems there is a cheeky smart ass in every crowd!
Something to Ponder About 
Hahaha I’m 39 and that still got me, damn it. Maybe because I was probably that kid when I was much younger. Thanks for sharing!
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Haha. Male humour! I remember my sons being a bit obsessed about their bodies and bodily functions for a few years! Haha!
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Hahaha.
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I am glad this gave you a chuckle.
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and his narcissism bigger ! . . . Had I seen someone so uncaring towards children methinks a sudden movement might have exposed the issue and perchance raised a laugh amongst any adults present . . . 🙂 !
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I suspect you are right on all counts, Eha.
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Seems likely to me that some bright spark of a young adult wrote that .. It simply isn’t a kid’s thinking.
Excellent post but, Amanda ! 😀
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More than likely an older child or young teen, as you say, MR. When the male appendage develops, the males’ thoughts appear to become pre-occupied with it. Lol
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Tee hee hee….
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Boys will be boys!
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😂😂
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Praise be the jokers.
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Haha!
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Surprise, ha, ha
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Glad the boys schoolyard humour gave you a laugh. I am sure the museum staff will remove it when they spot it!
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You’re right, there’s always one!
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It seems so but it did make me giggle.
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Boys will be boys!
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It seems so true.
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Oh, too funny. I didn’t’ it either.
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Yes, there is!
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Well, when you start out with something really, really small… Maybe he should have increased his grammatical competence instead 🙂
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I totally agree Janis and you were probably right!
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I wonder how old these children were. Most of the handwriting suggests adolescent to me – thus an unsurprising silly comment. Or one you could write “welcome to puberty!” in response to.
I wish we had a pool. They were very rare where I grew up. We had a community pool and if you were lucky it was only a block or so away. I hear it’s been filled in. I wonder if pools started springing up in the neighborhood. I would love a pool. In my fantasy I would enclose it so I could heat it in the winter. I imagine ceiling vents and fans would take care of the heat in summer. My fantasies get rather detailed…
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Keep dreaming, Zazzy, because in your dreams, your mind gets to experience those things that aren’t possible. I feel lucky to have grown up in a subtropical climate where swimming was mandatory and pools were common when I was a child. I might just write a post about this…. .
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