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Wand'rin star Started conversation Nov 3, 2012
40 years or so ago we lived in a little house in Ethiopia with parquet floors. The lady who worked for me (who was illiterate in five languages) used to fix dusters to the crawling Spearcarrier's arms and legs to help polish said floors.
I saw today an ad for a babygro with polishing mops attached to the elbows and knees. I hope the babies that are provided with these will also go on to learn to toddle with dusters strapped to their feet, although they are unlikely to have a very large dog to assist them by allowing them to haul themselves up on its tail. 
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Milla, h2g2 Operations Posted Nov 3, 2012
The baby mop? I love it! I lack a baby to put it on, so I will have to do my mopping the standard way... 
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Sho - employed again! Posted Nov 3, 2012
that conjours up great images, WS!
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Milla, h2g2 Operations Posted Nov 3, 2012
Is this the one? http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2009/2/17/8/baby-mop-18752-1234877423-4.jpg
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You can call me TC Posted Nov 3, 2012
"Make your children work for their keep" - Great idea. Wish I'd thought of it 30 years ago.
PS - thanks for the post card!
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Wand'rin star Posted Nov 3, 2012
The ad I saw was for a blue babygro with yellow dusters but it looked like that one.Doesn't seem to have done any harm nor do any other of my somewhat eccentric child rearing practices.
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Sho - employed again! Posted Nov 4, 2012
*patiently waiting for your book*
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Wand'rin star Posted Nov 5, 2012
That baby (now rising 41) has just been contacted by a friend from Cameroon who is thinking of organising a school reunion for ISOY. They left about 28 years ago - and haven't met since.
Sending Assegeditch to school to learn ro read and write her first language (Amharic) resulted in one of the most embarrassing experiences of my life - she threw herseself on the well-polished floor and kissed my feet. She needs a book to herself
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