Vox populi

Yes, we hear you loud and clear. The results of the latest poll are just in and you obviously don’t think we should have any more kids. You are no doubt right. How sensible of you. We will refrain (or try our best anyway).

As you remember, the question was “should we have another child?” and the results were as follows:

  • 0% — no, four is enough.
  • 19% — yes, if you think you can take care of him/her.
  • 12% — why not play Scrabble in the evenings?
  • 69% — maybe you should switch to dogs?

 

We have actually already acted on your suggestion. Instead of getting dogs, however, we have decided to go for goldfish. We went to the aquarium shop and bought a small tank and all the paraphernalia that go with it. We also bought five small goldfishes — of which four still are alive.

The great advantage of goldfish is of course that you can have a lot of them. Especially once we’ve learned how to stop them from dying on us.