TYPICAL MIKE

In the new house, Mike can generally be found in his study/Game Emporium Deluxe, which is upstairs in the corner, and I am generally wandering around downstairs or out in the garden. Of course, any time I want to communicate with him, this involves either running to the bottom of the stairs and shouting, running up the stairs and knocking, running from the end of the garden to under his windows and shouting, or some other such nonsense. Most of the time, if I try just shouting, he doesn't hear me, and I end up having to run upstairs anyway.

So I did what any sane person would do in this situation.

I went to the store and bought a set of walkie-talkies.

Now, mind you, when I told Mike what I was going to do, he spent considerable time telling me how silly the entire idea was. I, of course, ignored him completely and went out and bought the radios.

When I came home, Mike bounded over to me and said, "Let me see let me see let me see," proceeded to convince me that the only logical place to keep the recharging station is on his desk, and spent the next ten minutes playing with them. He was disappointed to discover that the batteries will take about 14 hours to charge, which is why there was limited playing to be done right away.

I will bet you any amount of money that the next time a friend comes over, he will show them off and find all kinds of silly uses for them. He has already suggested that this means he can go to the pub and have me call him when dinner is ready.

Cheeky.