What to get my grandson for his birthday

If the lad is not interested in books, perhaps he has other interests to be fostered? My 3 DGC are all bookworms so I tend to give presents that will encourage other interests - recently - a year's subscription to a training choir, season ticket for the swimming pool, a camera, musical instrument, fruit bushes for the budding gardener, and so on.

Gremlins in the machine last night. Pheonix typed a reply and lost it, I typed one, screen stretched sideways and up it popped twice! Ooo eee ooo! well it was midnight!

Breeze and Alea. I couldn't stop laughing?

I have bought him a months worth of Dane lessons my daughter told me that's something he wants to do

"Dane lessons" ??

Explain, please, although I have a feeling I can guess at what the answer might be..............

Oh, is he learning Danish? I'm sure Scandinavian languages are difficult to learn, though if he's allowed to stay up late on a Saturday he could watch and understand some of the Danish series on BBC4. Not on at the moment though. Glad you've got his present sorted, and seemingly without help from the grans. Will he wear his new outfit on his birthday or is it strictly for holidays?

What the h*ll are "Dane" lessons?

Dance?

So he's learning to become a Viking, or a Lego piece.

No Jingl s/he definitely said "DANE"

Err... predictive text?

The next Billy Elliot or Wayne wotsit?

Slepe

Or Sleep, even...

I ment dance lessons not Dane predictive text is annoying me again

I now have an image of him dancing in his onesie and Uggs

Oh stop it. My sides ache. Elrel inspired!

I don't think he could attend dance lessons In his onesie

Oh good, so you have realised it is called "predictive" text, not what you called it before

Oh god, I'm going to bed before we go the 'leotard' route!

They're the ones who don't change their spots, aren't they, breeze?

It would make it a bit less obvious that this is a wind-up if you even pretended to be puzzled by the responses you're getting, Grantj10...

It's not a wind up

Well, you're sorted with the dance lessons then!