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A day at the museum

Apr 30th, 2008

by Dan.

I’m fortunate in that my job is flexible enough to allow me to look after Amy and Evan on Monday’s and Wednesdays. I generally try and get out and about on those days, because if we just stay in the house all day we all drive each other insane.

I was sat on the stairs this morning trying to think of something to do.

“I know” I said to Amy “We could go to the Museum of Photography in Bradford”

“YES!!” shouted Amy, and started dancing around in jubilation.

I couldn’t understand her exhilaration until she turned to me with excitement in her eye and said

“I love the Museum of Toffee!!”

Something tells me she’s going to be a little disappointed.

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18 Comments on “A day at the museum”

#1 Gary
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 9:12 am

What a fantastic business opportunity – a museum of toffee…

I hope you enjoy/enjoyed the Photography/Film museum, I took Jodie there a couple of years ago and all I got were sympathetic looks when I showed her the string puppet exhibits and “did you really watch this stuff ?”.

The iMax 3d cinema show was superb though.

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#2 Phil
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am

I prefer the Museum of Licorice.

Actually, my son wants to go to Hershey, Pennsylvania. He thinks everything there is made of chocolate, like Willy Wonka’s factory.

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#3 Avitable
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 11:00 am

So she can’t understand your accent either?

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#4 Rol
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

It’s called the National Media Museum now… a name I’m sure that thrills kids everywhere.

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#5 Penelope
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

Oh that’s too cute! I do hope she has a good time anyway and that you don’t get labled “World’s worst Dad who lied when he said he would take me to a fun toffee museum!” No pressure though, right? ;o)

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#6 marsha
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

LOL!!! Little ones are funny.

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#7 above average joe
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

We were at the local science museum on Sunday. No toffee either but plenty of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs make most kids forget about candy.

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#8 Joe
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

That sounds like quite a museum. I would settle of the museum of caramel.

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#9 (un)relaxeddad
on Apr 30th, 2008 at 11:21 pm

Dudelet’s favourite museums are the National Army Museum because of its soft play area and the Imperial War Museum for the admittedly awesome submarine exhibit, complete with smells and dead mouse.

Speaking of toffee, I’ve just tagged you for a food meme.

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#10 Jeff
on May 1st, 2008 at 2:53 am

Well there you go, with the new name that Rol mentioned you can always say the place has been sold since the last time you were there, and now it’s just a stuffy old museum of pictures and camera junk.

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#11 Karl
on May 1st, 2008 at 7:05 am

Guess you need to stop and get some toffee on the way. She’ll never understand otherwise.

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#12 Dan
on May 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am

Gary – I used to be a regular visitor to the museum back when I lived in Bradford as it was on the way to the bus station so I popped in if I was running early. It has an excellent shop i seem to remember.

I saw Batman Begins at the IMAX. It was fantastic.

Phil – There is a Cadbury’s museum at Bournville which often tempts Kerry when we see the signs for it on the motorway.

Avitable – It’s you that have the accent matey.

Rol – I shall update my datafile.

Penelope – We didn’t end up going in the end. Went to B&Q instead. I don’t think she was overly thrilled to be honest.

Above Average Joe – I’ve looked and I can’t find a museum near us that has any dinosaurs in it.

Joe – I imagine the museum of caramel would have rather sticky floors

(un)relaxedad – Our favorite is the Royal Armories because not only is it free but they also have live jousting and falconry shows daily.

Jeff – Yeah, I’m sure that will work.

Karl – the thing is, she doesn’t even like toffee.

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#13 Carla
on May 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 am

…where do people who work in museums go on their days off?

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#14 Dan
on May 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 am

Carla – They come to my house obviously

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#15 Grandma
on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 am

We took Kerry & Neil to London to the Natural History Museum when they were much the same age as Amy & Evan – although we then lived in Aldershot and it was only about an hour away. Perhaps we could all have a day trip on the train?

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#16 Jewels
on May 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 pm

Just don’t go to the Hershey museum. It is so crass. Pushing cheap chocalate at kids is the first step towards more bad things.

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#17 Jo Beaufoix
on May 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm

Hee hee. I bet you had to buy her toffee.

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#18 DotA AllStars
on May 6th, 2008 at 11:31 pm

“I love the Museum of Toffee!!” looool,

you are lucky having Amy :)

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