Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Wicked Witch of the East

The girls have been warned:

Social services and local authorities in the northern Austrian town of Linz are coming under fire following press reports that three girls were kept locked up in their mother's house for seven years.

The three girls, now aged 14, 18 and 21, lived in almost complete darkness, surrounded by rubbish and rats, not attending school and hardly ever leaving the house after their parents divorced, Austrian newspapers reported.

It's very sad, and not something to be laughed at. Really.

Except I left the SMH story open on the laptop, and my lurking daughters couldn't help themselves...

hahaha!

All I had to say was 'You'd better watch yourselves, or you'll end up in the Pit!' and they scurried off to bed with no hassles at all...

And then came back upstairs for kisses and cuddles, because they know their mummy loves them...

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5 Comments:

Blogger Possum said...

hee hee - will have to show my kidlettes!!!!
Love it!!
C.

13/2/07 9:00 pm  
Blogger Original Mel said...

Better than the old "I'll send you off to boarding / reform school" threat I used to get.

13/2/07 9:16 pm  
Blogger actonb said...

chez - I know! perfect disciplining material!

Mel - But I always wanted to go to boarding school... unfortunate side effect of having been raised on Enid Blyton I guess. I always wanted a tuck hamper!

13/2/07 9:26 pm  
Blogger MissE said...

A tuck hamper?

I just wanted the jam tarts with lashings of cream. And the fact that fourteen girls would have to share two tarts.

13/2/07 9:52 pm  
Blogger actonb said...

LaRue - they would have chocolate and humbugs and fruit cake too. I think. And then it would be confiscated by the School Matron.

14/2/07 9:41 am  

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