DONKEY

This week, I have been observing different creatures participating in activities that are highly specific to their species.

Examples:

Tourists doing tourist things… Like taking photos of everything.

The Bus-Goers

Cats doing cat things… Like sleeping all the time.

The Sleeper

Donkeys doing donkey things… Like speeding and pulling big loads.

The Speedster

Camels doing camel things… Like chilling out and walking on sand dunes.

The Awesome

Mum doing Mum things… Like buying things.

The Consumer

Dad doing Dad things… Like protecting himself from the Sun.

The Protector

So… I decided to play a little game, just with Mum, Dad and myself. The game is kind of like DONKEY, in that any time on of the three of us doing anything remarkably stupid (RS), genuinely annoying (GA) or excruciatingly touristy (ET), you get a number of points assigned to your name (number of points determined by me). 

Sahara Desert

Some examples of things that get you points are listed below with their classification in brackets:

Asking our driver, on more than one occasion to stop the car to take a photo (ET)

Having monkeys thrown at you and taking a photo (RS)

Not wanting to get lost (GA)

Worrying about how you are going to get all your new purchases home (ET & GA)

Forgetting your 29^th wedding anniversary (RS)

Slippers in Fez

Here are the points for this week:

MUM

Bought a 7^th carpet (ET & RS - 7 points)

Bought a tagine (ET - 1 point)

Bought three pairs of leather slippers, a leather backpack and a leather cushion (ET - 5 points)

Bought a teapot, tray and glasses (ET - 1 point)

Donkeys in Fez

DAD

Looks like a Moroccan cowboy (ET - 1 point)

Getting annoyed when I break his plastic knife (GA - 2 points)

Nomadic Berber family

ME

Royally flooded the bathroom (RS – 1 point)

Camels in the desert

The final standings are:

Least Touristy = Me (1 point)

Moderately Touristy = Dad (3 points)
Most Touristy = Mum (14 points)

Mum and Dad being Mum and Dad

Better luck next time, Mum and Dad (especially Mum)!