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If Rosie is Helping Joe with PE.....

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Bert2e · 05/05/2020 08:49

....who is looking after the children?

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FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 05/05/2020 08:51

Are you volunteering? Because otherwise your question seems a bit snide...

earlydoors42 · 05/05/2020 08:51

That is what I was wondering!

Bert2e · 05/05/2020 08:52

Not snide at all, just wondering as they have 2 small children.

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KatyaZamolodchikova · 05/05/2020 08:52

I thought this was going to be a maths question:

If Rosie is helping Joe with PE, how tall is Imhotep?

earlydoors42 · 05/05/2020 08:53

What is snide about the question? I was wondering if they have someone coming into their house / have sent their kids to another person's house during lockdown.

Suchanaughtydog · 05/05/2020 08:53

We wondered this, too. The nanny? The telly? Given the kids wandered in and out previously, for them to not wander in while both their parents are busy feels odd.

maudspellbody · 05/05/2020 08:53

Napping? Mine used to nap around 9am when they were that little.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 05/05/2020 08:53

Playpen just off camera?

MinkowskisButterfly · 05/05/2020 08:53

It's thirty minutes, maybe the children are napping, maybe they are in a playpen, maybe baby is in a bouncer and the older one is playing to the side...

SoupDragon · 05/05/2020 08:54

Because otherwise your question seems a bit snide...

No it doesn't Confused It's just idle wondering isn't it?

rookiemere · 05/05/2020 08:56

It's a reasonable question, my boss and I discussed it yesterday. I'm guessing they have a nanny which is well hidden from public media.

Bert2e · 05/05/2020 08:58

Nanny was my thought.

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Dyrne · 05/05/2020 08:58

Maybe they have the kind of children that are happy to entertain themselves for 30 mins or so before destroying the place? It’s not like they’re being abandoned for hours.

Or maybe they live with someone else / have moved someone in for the duration of lockdown?

Or maybe they still have a nanny / cleaner / housekeeper coming round that can keep an eye on them?

BadgerBadgerMushroom · 05/05/2020 08:59

@katya 😂😂😂

Bert2e · 05/05/2020 08:59

I'm full of idle wondering at the moment as a side effect of not having anything to engage my brain in usefully.

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JoeExoticsEyebrowRing · 05/05/2020 09:00

I totally wondered this as well! I don't think they are both napping at that time, Indie is almost 2 and has sometimes featured in the 9am videos. I don't actually care that much, but I did briefly wonder about it!

As an aside I wish he would bloody stop talking over her and also calling her his #teaching assistant - you're not a teacher Joe!

imsooverthisdrama · 05/05/2020 09:00

They are probably in the same room just off camera .

Watercoloursky · 05/05/2020 09:00

Napping, maybe? I'm sure in one of the early ones the little girl wandered in (and drank his water!) and he said something along the lines of 'oh you're awake... I've been trying to do this while she was napping'.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 05/05/2020 09:00

Isn't there a brother helping as well? Never sure if he's in the room or just on the phone

Praiseyou · 05/05/2020 09:01

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littlemeitslyn · 05/05/2020 09:01

Who's Rosie?

JoeExoticsEyebrowRing · 05/05/2020 09:02

Yeah I can't figure out if the brother is actually there either, I think he might just be online helping them Joe doesn't appear to be talking to him in RL, just over earphones?

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 05/05/2020 09:13

Fair enough, sorry. It just seems like every other thread has people desperately seeking evidence of Corona virus guidance breaking ATM so they can descend and rip someone to shreds and I assumed.

TotallyDevotedToYou · 05/05/2020 09:16

Who are Rosie and Joe?

CheriLittlebottom · 05/05/2020 09:17

If it were me, I'd shove them in a different room in a playpen in front of the TV and shut the door.

Isn't that what most people working from home are having to do everytime they need to be in a zoom meeting? It's what I'm doing with my 18mo just to make lunch or have a shit!

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