Oh the shame! I never cease to be amazed by the depths of depravity to which a human being can sink. I'm afraid my behaviour today has not been admirable.
I've been scheming away and wondering whether I could take advantage of Ulrika's absence to get out of watching the Eurovision Song Contest with the kids this evening.
I was thinking that perhaps I could tell them that it had been cancelled due to a volcanic eruption in Luxembourg or a tidal wave in Switzerland? Or perhaps a postal workers strike in Albania would convince them?
I should point out that the ESC is a major event here in Sweden. Pubs and restaurants will all be empty this evening as people gather around the box to watch and eat mountains of popcorn and crisps. This year will be a little different though. The country has been cast into gloom by the fact that for the first time ever Sweden is not in the final.
But our son is no fool and there's no hoodwinking him. Before I could put my plan into action, he announced in a tone of voice that would do Tony Soprano credit:
It's Eurovision tonight, Daddy. We always watch it, don't we?
Nothing to do! if I'm lucky there might be some Lithuanian metal or Greek reggae that is half listenable.
Incidentally, a piece of ESC trivia. How many points did La Royaume Unie give ABBA in Brighton?
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