Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

MY nEIgHBour bought a clothes airer, but as she was taking it out of the box, she broke it. She decided to return it to the shop. With her four-year-old son in tow, she said to the shop manager: ‘This clothes airer was broken when I took it out of the box.’ Her son piped up: ‘no, Mummy, you broke it trying to get it out of the box.’ one very embarrassed mum and one manager trying hard not to laugh.

Mrs G. Brokenshire, Helston, Cornwall.