Mick, I think they're being very cruel to you. The first time I met my prospective in-laws I went through the seat of a canvas deck chair and my father did the same the first time he met them! Shame there's no photo though...(you wait all day for one wildebeeste to come by then next thing you now there's a whole herd of them... bit like London buses!)
RtS (full of envy, great thread!)