sometimes even Nana-fu experts are caught by surprise
There are some situations that seem almost designed to test the skills of the Nana-fu expert. Some dire situations that can push even the most experienced veteran to the brink of his resources. Under no circumstances is the novice ever to attempt to engage the Avatar of insanity in these situations as there will surely be a wailing and a gnashing of dentures
One of the most severe of these is when on of her devoted keepers tries to attempt a brief holiday involving foreign travel. Foreign travel brings together many elements that any Nana-fu expert dreads. Her schedule changes, instantly sending her already erratic memory and sense of time into the kind of confusion most narcotics cannot achieve - she will lose not only sense of day, but also sense of year, decade and quite possibly century mixed with confusion of person, place and likely even dimension. Without the vague anchor of schedule all is cast adrift. But this is far more severely exacerbated by the presence of FOREIGNERS (not any particular KIND of foreigner you understand, in the Nana world there are 2 countries - Britain and FOREIGN LAND where all kinds of evil and heinous practices abound) which cause her to fall into hyperventilating panic.
So we expect her to be at her very worse, but sometimes even she can catch us by surprise.
Dad: *dutifully helping her out to the car park with the shopping:*
Nana: *randomly trying to buy things she cannot see and wouldn’t understand even if she could*
Mum: *busily trying to pretend she isn’t there*
Nana: So, where’s our James?
Dad: He’s on holiday in Portugal
Nana: Portugal?! *shriek* That’s ABROAD?!
Dad: Yes, I told you.
Nana: oooh, the poor boy! (alas the terror of sunny climes, cheap meals and much alcohol
Dad: *trying to derail the wail* But don’t worry, he’s flying home today!
Nana: Is he?
Dad: yes *checks his watch* he should be in the air now.
Nana: *looks up* Where?
Mum: *collapses laughing*
One of the most severe of these is when on of her devoted keepers tries to attempt a brief holiday involving foreign travel. Foreign travel brings together many elements that any Nana-fu expert dreads. Her schedule changes, instantly sending her already erratic memory and sense of time into the kind of confusion most narcotics cannot achieve - she will lose not only sense of day, but also sense of year, decade and quite possibly century mixed with confusion of person, place and likely even dimension. Without the vague anchor of schedule all is cast adrift. But this is far more severely exacerbated by the presence of FOREIGNERS (not any particular KIND of foreigner you understand, in the Nana world there are 2 countries - Britain and FOREIGN LAND where all kinds of evil and heinous practices abound) which cause her to fall into hyperventilating panic.
So we expect her to be at her very worse, but sometimes even she can catch us by surprise.
Dad: *dutifully helping her out to the car park with the shopping:*
Nana: *randomly trying to buy things she cannot see and wouldn’t understand even if she could*
Mum: *busily trying to pretend she isn’t there*
Nana: So, where’s our James?
Dad: He’s on holiday in Portugal
Nana: Portugal?! *shriek* That’s ABROAD?!
Dad: Yes, I told you.
Nana: oooh, the poor boy! (alas the terror of sunny climes, cheap meals and much alcohol
Dad: *trying to derail the wail* But don’t worry, he’s flying home today!
Nana: Is he?
Dad: yes *checks his watch* he should be in the air now.
Nana: *looks up* Where?
Mum: *collapses laughing*