Althouse: The Prime Minister keeps his baby in a box.

September 25, 2010

The Prime Minister keeps his baby in a box.

"Nancy made her a cardboard box when we were in Cornwall as we didn't have a cot and decorated it and she's still in the cardboard box. She'll be able to say I was brought up in Downing Street in a cardboard box."

10 comments:

traditionalguy said...: That is a beautiful child. It sound sort of like a new born being placed in a manger in a stable. That reminds me, there are 90 days until Christmas.; 9/25/10, 10:09 AM
dbp said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/25/10, 10:13 AM
ricpic said...: It's painful for an American that this British prime minister helped his invalid father up the stairs to see Cromwell's sword. At least their prime minister loves his country and honors its past.; 9/25/10, 11:58 AM
Synova said...: Some singer explained that she used a cardboard box for a cradle when her baby was small and what surprised at how much anger was directed at her for it. I don't remember who it was, now, but I remember her saying that *she* thought it was a really cute story.; 9/25/10, 12:13 PM
dick said...: Sounds like a PM who has his priorities pretty well right. Be interesting to see how he does in office.; 9/25/10, 4:13 PM
Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) said...: Both my sons, now men approaching 40, spent their early months in a laundry basket.

A child that age does not need much more that lots of love, a juicy tit, and clean nappies.

These $6,000 nurseries make me want to hurl.; 9/25/10, 9:13 PM
Matt Brown said...: I guess it's fine to put the baby in a box. But nobody puts Baby in a corner. Nobody.; 9/25/10, 9:53 PM
Quaestor said...: A cardboard box might even be safer than a crib for a newborn. I say well done, Prime Minister!; 9/26/10, 12:17 AM
billm99uk said...: Heh! According to my mother I spent a lot of my early days sleeping in my Grandma's bottom drawer...; 9/26/10, 6:37 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Cardboard box? You were lucky.; 9/26/10, 2:37 PM