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to give school a list of foods/additives etc. which ds cannot eat at the class christmas party?

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tispity · 14/12/2009 20:40

the other alternative would be to keep him off that day. he is not allergic as such, but it turns him into a little devil. i feel strongly that it makes no sense to let him eat everything one day a year while carefully controlling his diet for the remaining 364 days. i would even be willing to provide a selection of food for ds and others on his table. i don't know whether the mere suggestion would offend them as they are rushed off their feet this week and the oher parents don't appear bothered (especially those sending in haribos and value cola!).

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CitizenPrecious · 15/12/2009 20:34

Oh blimey dear, there's pages of it

SerendipitousHarlot · 15/12/2009 20:35

It's worth it

timelordvictorious · 15/12/2009 20:35

'She shit out her spleen in a Welcome Break on the M4. It was dreadful.'

I just spat tea all over Girldog, who gave me a disgusted look and took herself off to the basket in a haughty fashion.

I love this thread. It made me late to pick the child up from nursery because I had to stop at the M&S petrol station for Percy Pigs.

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tispity · 15/12/2009 20:35

yes i do, they are fantastic too! otherwise kettle chips are fine on a higher salt day

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tispity · 15/12/2009 20:37

'She shit out her spleen in a Welcome Break on the M4. It was dreadful.'
that was funny, i'll concede that much!

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SerendipitousHarlot · 15/12/2009 20:38

Oh please. You make your own crisps? rofl

timelordvictorious · 15/12/2009 20:40

It wouldn't have been funny had it been your spleen though, tispity...

scottishmummy · 15/12/2009 20:41

moderately funny as troll,but if this is really your opinion then oh dearie me.

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tispity · 15/12/2009 20:44

no, but more likely to be your spleen though or some of these other posters who would need daily colonics to offset the crap they are putting into their bodies. bit of a silly girl afterthought from someone with such a grandoise user name - how about "drpoo" instead?

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scottishmummy · 15/12/2009 20:48

good diet,balanced nutrition is laudable but so too is ability to eat range of foods occasionally and enjoy social aspects of food

timelordvictorious · 15/12/2009 20:50

I thank you for your concern about my spleen, but it is needless. Daily colonics and my staple diet of sausage rolls and Percy Pigs keep me ticking over nicely.

(Was unsure about new username, but now it is 'grandiose' I am thouroughly convinced.)

ManicMother7777 · 15/12/2009 20:51

For goodness' sake, it's one day. You will make yourself a laughing stock with the school staff and get yourself a reputation as a nutter!

timelordvictorious · 15/12/2009 20:51

at Drpoo though.

Maybe next time.

moomonkey · 15/12/2009 21:09

you must be having a laugh..............i know i am!!!

PixieOnaChristmasTree · 15/12/2009 21:10

You said something about your DC not rebelling against the fact that you won't let them have 'poor imitations'?

Well, maybe not.

What they will rebel against is you making them different from the rest of their class by giving them different food for a Christmas Party.

My eldest daughter spends six days a week training as a ballerina. The school of ballet she is with are pretty strict about what she eats as she has to be really healthy to succeed in her field. However, they will let her eat bought sweets, crisps and biscuits in moderation because she is a normal child.

monkeyfeathers · 15/12/2009 21:19

I suspect tispity's DS will end up thinking his homemade crisps and sweets are 'poor imitations' of the delicious, additive-riddled snacks their friends get at parties. Kids are perverse like that.

TisTheSeasonToBeHully · 15/12/2009 21:19

I have been on an intensive retreat in a nutrionalistic teepee for the afternoon and have learnt that certain body types and hair colours thus associated, are particularly susceptible to additives.

There is a new book shortly to be published by my close associate and fellow nutritionalistic therapist (fellow) called The Ginger Gene and E Number Freak Out that goes a long way to explaining the scandalous misapprehensions re our ginger brethren.

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tispity · 15/12/2009 21:22

talk to the hand, prof. hully

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CitizenPrecious · 15/12/2009 21:27

God, though, this thread is inspiring. i'm starting to look at nutritional matters in a Whole New Way!

gosh, the dcs will be so proud when they open their boxes at their class parties

TisTheSeasonToBeHully · 15/12/2009 21:31

Pitytits - aha, you see, that is such a common misapprehension. People think that you can talk to external body parts, you know how you hear them on the tube or charabanc, muttering away to themselves, 'Go down, belly, whatever is wrong with you?' 'Begone bat wing etc?'

Well, IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You must look deep within. And you must eat only as nature intended. See my esteemed tome: Eat From The Tree, Stop Arthritic Knee.

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tispity · 15/12/2009 21:39

pitytits - oh well! just so happens i have a fabulous pair.
((here))
oh, i won't ask

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timelordvictorious · 15/12/2009 21:39

Hully, could there be a link between my ginger hair and my love of Percy Pigs?

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tispity · 15/12/2009 21:39

double bluffed!!

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PixieOnaChristmasTree · 15/12/2009 21:39

Is that the sequel to 'Eat from the packet and buy a bigger jacket?'

TisTheSeasonToBeHully · 15/12/2009 21:41

No. I am afraid you have been misled there, Pixie. Try: Close Your Throat, Buy A Smaller Coat.