DD's father is staying with us for a few days to see her. There's a lot of background to this - its the first time he has seen her for over two years due to his MH issues and refusal to communicate with me.
He has found a wheelbarrow frame and tied two pices of wood to it to make a rudimentary seat. He has told her he will take her to school in it tomorrow which she thinks is a hilarious and wonderful idea.
I think it is a crap idea because a) its dangerous - the walk to school is down a very very steep footpath through a field and b) its just frankly ridiculous, she is 8, she can bloody walk, she doesn't need to be taken in a fucking wheelbarrow just to make the pair of them look oh-so-unconventional.
He takes great pleasure in 'out-funning' me at every opportunity and will never be the one to say no to DD. He has always had a tendency to come up with ludicrous ideas, in the knowledge that I will veto them and look like a Great Big Party Pooper. He also has a somewhat poor ability (IMO) to judge what is and isn't dangerous, and being told not to do something is like a red rag to him and just increases the chance he will insist on doing it.
Now I am prepared to be told if IABU as my kneejerk reaction with DD's father is to assume he is being a twat, so maybe thats the case here.