Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 3, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor Margo 6977234 Jim 2001 Magazine 83 Paul Mckee make yourself at if you dare when i opened the Back door and saw my House guests feverishly mopping up water from the Kitchen i immediately suspected something was my keen insight was rewarded the bearded guest looked toward the Kitchen ceiling at the wet stain that dripped water on to the surface usually reserved for you got a full Confes Sion is in he said we had left the House for a while and left our guests alone in the building we Call our guests daughter decided to take a Bath while we were a Long and but not so deep that the tubs Over flow valve didst kick in when the Young lady sloshed this was what mystified my Friend How had the water spilled Over and Down into the Kitchen i because i knew what Hap because it has happened count less times the Kitchen ceiling has multiple unsightly stains from Bathtub the overflow valve rusted out in the tub years ago although it took Multi ple leaks before we deduced this when the water is too High it spills Over into the but instead of going Down the it goes through the bathroom which quickly becomes the Kitchen i explained this to my Friend so he would realize i want angry with his i might add i still want angry with her a month later when she ran into my car with a Riding my Friend still took some of the we should have asked about the House he by House rules he didst mean wipe your feet and say your prayers before you go to my Friend referred to those Peculiar bits of knowledge Neces sary to survive a visit to someone else All Homes have these eccentricities they Are As individual As the individuals in so it got me thinking about a list of rules i should put together for future House dear please observe the following rules during your they Are designed to make your stay As comfortable As if you dont observe the you will still be invited but we will secretly har Bour deep resentment toward you and whisper things across the Pillow with each other when we think you have fallen i never Shower after your male there will be no hot he never leaves he care less that he has guests in his i do not stride confidently into the basement step Gin Gerly to the lean into the workshop and reach out for the Light when the Light comes you will see the Little presents the cat leaves she has a litter Box but recently decided that number one and number two should be accomplished in two distinct were pretty sure number one is still happening in the litter but to be on the Safe dont drink a Glass of Apple juice you Haven poured i special note for males using the downstairs basement toilet this is a not a Guy Friendly for reasons known Only to its the toilet seat will not stay while in the act you must aim and hold up the seat with an appendage of your ladies May sit and enjoy at their of i closing Locking exterior doors be prepared for plenty of full body these doors Are not self Clos ing or the front door especially needs a wicked combination of a severe hip Check and a fast right hand on the dead the Good news from the Security Angle is that the doors Are equally hard to feel Safe knowing youre hermetically sealed in our family Home for the night i if you feel the urge to help out and do dishes go right but please do not put the dishes away we will never find we have our own sys tem of chaotic storage that is under stood Only by in still looking for a paring knife and a potato Peeler vanished years ago because someone put them where they thought they and we like breakable Glass bowls to Teeter precariously on the shelf above the i do not use a certain Teaspoon for stir ring Coffee or we use that one just for feeding the we cant really Tell you which one it is because it looks like All the other but we know which one it so dont use i when you go to dont talk about your its a Small your bedroom is right next to honest weve heard everything youve said Over the last 12 but we keep asking you Back because its so funny to see you mopping up the Kitchen after youve had a family Welcome Winnie panel wades through Mountain of makes Tough choices in judging free press Pooh poster Challenge mayor Glen from Gail Asper and free press Art director Gordon Preece choose by Margo Goodhand 7 years and older w Joshua Pekau age 7 Ellie Joyal age 8 Melissa Mclaughlin aged Innie can come to my he can play with said Raquel who Drew a picture of herself with open arms greeting Milnes famous before her Lovely and Orange Fivey Earold Raquel was one of More than children who responded to our Challenge this month to draw a picture of some of the places and people Pooh will love about the two winners of the contest Joshua and Samantha will be on the podium at noon today in front of the legislature to unveil Shepard Only known Oil painting of Winnie the some posters were very depicting every thing from the mint to toys r us stores to Erica John sons incredible Ball game at can West global among the youngest Contes Tants was three Earold Nadya we May not know much about but we liked that Smiley Blu faced thingies a lot sometimes the pictures said it All and sometimes it was the writing on the Back that got when Winnie comes to win he will want to play Pooh Sticks with my Little brother and me on the footbridge at Assiniboine then Well go for ice Cream wrote honourable mention Winner Jillian Tess our three judges were mayor Glen partners in the Park co chairwoman Gail and free press Art director Gordon they had a Tough time winnowing Down the last Winnie posters to these final six so much that Asper asked if we could squeeze All six winners on to the pod the answer was but All four run Nerup will be announced to the crowd 6 years and younger Samantha Taylor age 5 Allan Rheubottom age 6 Jillian ism Owin age 6 ;