Comments on: Polly Put the Kettle On

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:43:36 +0000

ha ha – this is my family to a tea!!! (very bad pun I know!) Fortunately it is generally tea all round and we don’t need to remember who drinks what, sugar is another matter though! My Dad is only just now beginning to remember that I don’t take sugar any more since I went cold turkey about ten years ago!!

By: sean

sean — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:59:51 +0000

And apparently I’m out of step with all the protocols surrounding tea-making. don't worry, i dare say that your family are also out of step unless they follow ISO 3130, the international standard method for brewing tea. throw that in their face next time.

By: Belongum

Belongum — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:12:05 +0000

Too true… it becomes an odd ‘game’ in the house – all so you can get a cuppa! Wasn’t until I thought on your post some that I came to realise how these little quirks ID families (households in general I feel) that ‘live and stay’ together… a family that isn’t sharing their time and lives in some way, isn’t always a ‘happy’ family.

Go back and have a ‘look’ at the times you might remember, I reckon it’s a pretty good indicator of how well a ‘group’ that share a space – get’s along with each other. The often heard catch cry “Get the brews in” when I was in the Defence Forces did a similar thing… any reluctance to do so in general, told you many ‘little’ things about the dynamics in that group.

If you make moves towards the back wall of our office now, a similar thing happens… although we at least wait until we hear the rustle of the teabag wrapper and box – or the CLICK of the kettle switch, and then the hands shoot up!

By: Sandy Naidu

Sandy Naidu — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:42:30 +0000

Very funny…I actually do this to my hubby quite often…

By: rhubarb

rhubarb — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:50:55 +0000

Anyone who enters the door says “Are you putting the kettle on?” The dilemma here of late is those who want a pot of, instead of a tea bag. You want leaves, make it yourself!

By: jeanie

jeanie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:18:36 +0000

ha ha – I come from a family where the first who moves gets the “I’ll have a tea, thanks” call!

Now in my own little family, we drink hot drinks and just do it for all if we are at the kettle – if you don’t approach it as a hassle it really isn’t! (A strategy sharing a house with an awesome womam taught me about washing up!)

By: Anita

Anita — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:56:59 +0000

he he he… in our house we say “who wants a coffee?” If someone says yes, we say “can you make me one while you’re at it.” Sadly, this strategy becomes less effective over time…

By: Marita

Marita — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:30:52 +0000

I’m a chain coffee drinker – once the cup is empty I’m looking for a refill. Which usually means I end up making the drinks.

That is until recently, the kettle at Hubbys work broke so he took ours in. We no longer have a kettle. I usually put the coffee machine on first thing in the morning but once that runs out (after 3 cups) there is no more hot drinks.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:24:17 +0000

We solved that problem by filling 2 large urn-type thermos’ with boiling water and people can help themselves all day long

By: Lightening

Lightening — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:09:21 +0000

LOL. My DH seems to come in for a cuppa just when I’ve finished drinking one. We have a bit of a standing joke in our family that putting the kettle on is the “hard bit”. Whoever does the “hard bit” gets out of making cuppas.