Some thoughts

This is a list of things I have learned / things that have been reinforced since I started working as an Au Pair in Denmark.



There are always more dirty dishes.

A dog's feet can always be wiped off again.

If all else fails, there is rye bread.

Someone has forgotten something. Period.

The back porch is a good refrigerator.

A twelve year old with a girlfriend today, is not a twelve year old with a girlfriend tomorrow.

Dolls aren't fun...unless you can make them entire wardrobes out of old socks.

Peanut butter is Nutella's lesser twin.

Asking for help with the cleaning is the quickest way to get kids to do their homework.

The person who does cartoon Batman's voice in Danish, sounds like Gandolf casting a very complicated spell.

Dogs will try and walk on frozen lakes, even when they aren't completely frozen.

Once something is clean take a good long look at it, because in twenty minutes it wont look that way any more.

America as a Third World country where no one puts thin pieces of milk chocolate on their bread and Nutella is scarce.

Broccoli is a dish best served hidden in something else.

If you're doing something a different way, you're doing it wrong.

Boy's soccer shoes are the most toxic substance on earth.

If it's covered in a thin layer of ice, you should hit it/jump on it/ break it.

Lasagna is a Danish dish served for dinner that contains absolutely no cheese.

When it's negative degrees out, totally dark, snowing, and 4:00 in the evening, the weather is still 'fresh.'

Herring smells like cat food and should not be eaten by people, despite what Dane's say and/or do.




And of course, last but not least.....




America's Funniest Home Videos really are hilarious, no matter where you're from.