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Nice rundown. The big question... Did you get sick or not?

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Sadly, yes, we did, but...I don't think I can blame it on the concert. It was a good 10 days later, so...I don't think the kids' germs were to blame. Or maybe they were?

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I'm sooo busted reading this in 2025. When I was living in Romania I used to pull that "I don't understand" card AAAALLLL the time! And yes, some of them would wear tees like "I gave him a b* and all I got was this stupid tshirt" without having a clue...elderly folk no less lol. Fun read Daniel!

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Thanks! I've written in the past (on another platform) about my obsession with t-shirts. A few favourites over the years:

1 In Kyrgyzstan: 'No Romance Without Finance' (popular among young women); and 'I'm like fast food: quick and cheap'

2 In Armenia, on a teenage girl, front side: 'Did I make you cum twice?' and on the back: 'Was it better the first time?'

3 In Ukraine: 'My supervisor is an asshole'

My favourite experience was a woman in Ukraine with a shirt that said 'no boyfriend, no problem' and I said to her 'oh yeah, no woman, no cry!' and we had a little chuckle over it.

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no woman no cry :))) Share the link I will read your obsession for sure...maybe I'm obsessed too...would make a good reddit too

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I’ve just had a quick look and can’t find it yet. I was terrible with labels on that blog and every post was a hodgepodge of stuff so there’s no telling where it is. I’ll eventually dig it up but might polish it off and repost it here.

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This was hilarious. I don't have kids but I've been to my niece's dance concerts and... let's just say I was glad when she chose to focus on soccer.

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Twice in one week I've come across the Hotenanny is recorded in June line (the other was on the Besotted podcast we recorded the otter day). It really destroys theagic, doesn't it?

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I would not have touched any of that food ! I was glad during Covid times when this sort of buffet was banned but it’s slowing making a come back ! Hate bring and shares 🤢🤢🤣🤣🤣 this sounded utter madness but your daughter will remember you going to every show 😄 , let us know if you get sick ? In fact I think you did didn’t you ? ‘With the lurgy’ 😆😆

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Ah yes, I forgot to clarify at the end - I'm afraid I don't think I can blame it on the kids, sadly. It was around 10 days later that I caught the dreaded lurgy. I'll blame then anyway!

(not that I'm keeping score, but in terms of going to shows, I'm up like 20-1 on my ex! 😂)

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You’re a good dad 😁😂

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This sounds like utter chaos, and I love it 🤣🤣 Nothing like a good school concert to bring out all the emotions (mostly distress, but also some joy and boredom). I assume you all got sick 🤒

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Well, sadly, we did get sick, I should've added that note, but I don't know if i can blame the kids - it was about 10 or so days later that I came down with the lurgy. I'll blame them anyway!

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This was a hilarious read - just what I needed tonight 😅

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