Eating out with my son several years ago he was picking at his main course, obviously not wanting to eat it. I said,'You have to eat that or you'll have no pudding.' His reply was, 'I can't eat any more, but I've still got room in my pudding pipe'.

It's not only children who sometimes say odd things.

Many years ago my ex-wife was sorting out breakfast and being harrassed by our two cats who felt they should be fed first. 'Honestly', she said 'You cats are like animals'.

Must be in the genes!