Two comments: 1) SOOOOOOO sorry about Flat-Cleaning Day. I know you enjoy housework AT LEAST as much as I do... which is not a bit.
2) Thanks for an unintentional giggle. You made a brilliant pun. In English, we "take down" the Christmas tree (or decorations or signs or curtains). What we "put down" is animals that are too ill or injured to survive. I had this image in my head of you and Mum with shotguns "taking down" your tree: bet the neighbors would enjoy that! [still chuckling as I type]
To "put down" a person means to insult or belittle them, so I guess you and Mum could have been yelling mean things at the tree...might make the neighbors look at you funny, though.
What was in that glass of wine I had with dinner? Can you tell I've been doing bureaucratic paperwork this week?
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1) SOOOOOOO sorry about Flat-Cleaning Day. I know you enjoy housework AT LEAST as much as I do... which is not a bit.
2) Thanks for an unintentional giggle. You made a brilliant pun. In English, we "take down" the Christmas tree (or decorations or signs or curtains). What we "put down" is animals that are too ill or injured to survive. I had this image in my head of you and Mum with shotguns "taking down" your tree: bet the neighbors would enjoy that! [still chuckling as I type]
To "put down" a person means to insult or belittle them, so I guess you and Mum could have been yelling mean things at the tree...might make the neighbors look at you funny, though.
What was in that glass of wine I had with dinner? Can you tell I've been doing bureaucratic paperwork this week?