You can't write that kind of humour

The St John's Ambulance Service recently visited my 3 year-old daughter's nursery. When I asked her about the visit she excitedly asked if I knew why they were called the St. John's Ambulance. I didn't so I asked her to tell me:

"Its because there's an ambulance."

To clarify...

...while my girls are quite often cheeky, in a humourous, lovable way, they are not The Cheeky Girls. (For anyone who googled 'cheeky mum therapy' and found the story from The Independent newspaper dated 8th January 2007.)

Dear 'Don't Get Me Started'

I have no issue with people who eat apple cores (although it has never appealed to me). Its the ones who do it...AND THINK IT IS CLEVER...those are the ones I have a problem with. You don't eat the wrapper on your KitKat do you?

Here's another: Drivers (invariably male I must say) of ordinary saloon cars who put their hand out of the window to implore you to give way when they want to pull out.

A bit of a taster, so you can see if it is worth coming back

I am quite logical and have a sense of humour that I thought would probably be described as 'dry', however when I asked my husband to describe it he said 'sharp'. Let me give a couple of examples:


The song by Take That called 'Back for Good': Allegedly a love song. The words, sung by a man, go something like 'whatever I did, whatever I said, I didn't mean it. I just want you back for good'. If I am not mistaken this is basically 'you are in a strop with me about something. I have no idea why, but I'll just say sorry and then let's move on'. Well no, I'd actually like you to have a think about precisely what you did wrong and then say sorry properly.


In the UK we have an advert for the Army. A group of soldiers are running across rough terrain, carrying an injured colleague on a stretcher. As they reach a river, the voiceover says 'If you are thinking 'how will WE get across?' then you are the kind of person the Army is looking for'. No, I would be thinking 'Are you sure you can't walk on that ankle?!'.


So, do these examples strike a chord or make you smile? If not, its probably not worth adding Cheeky Mum Therapy to your favourites.