"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:17:39 GMT, Alan Holmes wrote:

You are not telling us you have NEVER played marbles?

Not allowed any more. Just the size for choking on when placed in the
mouth and when on the ground a serious slip hazard.

Our children once complained that they'd lost a marble in the garden.

OIn day I was digging and found a marble.

"I've found it!" I called. They were pleased.

That was thirty odd years ago.

Now, very frequently when I trowel (not dig) the garden I find a marble. I
always call, "I've found it!" Spouse always knows what I mean.

The children are long gone. The marbles are forming a l-o-n-g line along a
windowsill.

Where DO they all come from? And why don't grandchildren want them?

Mary