Happy Tuesday. Fun and games to start the day. One thing I've been meaning to post is an idea for any parents potty training their kids. The way we did it was to fill a shoebox with a ton of fun things like sweeties (Brit for candy), matchbox cars, stickers and other things and tell the nipper that if he poops in the potty he gets a 'prize' from the 'red box'.
Obviously, up until that point, we'd endured endless 'accidents' where he would be playing and 'forget' to go to the bathroom, favouring instead a quick dump wherever he happened to be playing at that time. BUT, with the introduction of the prize box, he tried to go poop every time he went pee as well. Result!! (Brit for 'Good for us').
It was fairly easy thereafter to remind him every so often to go to the potty as the prospect of a piece of candy or a small toy was never far from his mind.
We did this for probably three or four weeks and now we only give him the box randomly throughout the day when he poops, not every time.
Oh, by the way, the trick is to hold the top over the box so they can't see inside and they have to feel inside. The point of the ziplocs is that every prize feels the same and they can't favour one prize over another (i.e. always going for the candy).
If you're out and about and don't have the box with you, just let them know that the first thing you'll do when you get home is get the prize box for the reward. They'll trust you!
Thought I'd share that with you!
Oh, and another thing. You know when the battery in your car alarm keyfob is starting to fade and the range of the button push decreases until you're practically standing on top of the car before the button unlocks or locks the door? Well, if you push the top of the keyfob into the dent of your chin and push the button, you'll find that the range has miraculously increased 10 fold. Why? Well, it would seem that your skeleton acts like a huge antenna for transmitting the radio waves from your keyfob. Oh and don't worry. The waves your keyfob produce are as safe as the radio waves traveling through the air that your radio picks up. My mate Richard told me that years ago and it really works. Next time you try it and someone asks you what you're doing, just tell 'em "Something a mad Brit told me".
Anyway.. back to today.
Rehearsal. Looking good. Sounding good and bloody funny. New inserts all the time. Managed to work in some VERY contemporary stuff (think the major awards ceremony from the weekend).