Algy & Penelope

Chapter 74 · Month 37 · Starting a Family

The Misunderstanding

The cost of childcare, in actual numbers

Oldest line first — the newest line is at the bottom.

Penny teacher
Sit down, then. I'll do boxes two and three and put the kettle on, and you can tell me what your version of the eight of us line actually says — because I only need one word wrong and Susan hears it.
Algy designer
Look, a bloke at the shop today sold me a pregnancy test and a mousetrap in the same bag. Ten minutes after, I promise — but can we eat first, because I'll say the wrong name to Mum on an empty stomach.
Penny teacher
You've gone quiet in the last minute and I can't read it over text — I've fill... That cheese you bought for the mousetrap is still in the fridge, by the way, which tells me exactly how the trap's going.
Algy designer
Which is which — am I quiet or am I carrying cheese? That's me answering a question with a question again, isn't it. Sorry. Childcare, actual numbers: $870 a month, the waiting list one, and I've put it in box four.

Who is being unreasonable, and who is only tired?

One vote per chapter. No account.

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What the audience made of it

Algy 0 Penelope 0 Both 0 0 votes

The next chapter opens with these numbers on the table. The character with fewer votes is expected to demand a recount.

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