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THERESA MAY IS A BLOKE!

Unbelievable but true! On the day that she launches the Conservative manifesto, we can exclusively reveal something that people don't know about Theresa May.

It turns out that the second female British Prime Minister is (in true panto style) a bloke in disguise. At least in name. And as our fun-loving customers well know, we love having fun with names.

Anyway here's the low down on Theresa May:

You see the surname May derives from the surname Mayhew which is turn comes from Matthew. So with Pythonesque logic, we find our country is surprisingly ruled by a lady called Matthew.

I know, you'll never look at her the same way again.

Incidentally, the name Theresa has Greek origins and means ‘huntress’. Perhaps someone should have warned Jeremy Corbyn about that before he volunteered to be Matthew’s hapless prey in the race to be the next Prime Minister....

You'll find more intrigue and fun with names stuff here: Happy Families

How the world got Scrabble

The first version of Scrabble wasn't called Scrabble. It was called 'Lexiko'. The name Lexiko was inspired by the Greek word Lexicos which means 'words'. Lexiko was somewhat similar to Scrabble although Lexiko was played without a board.

Lexiko was refined by its inventor, (a man by the name of Alfred Mosher Butts), and a board was added. Alfred was obviously thinking about crossword puzzles at this stage because he called this new version 'Criss-Cross Words'.

(As we're writing about Scrabble, we have tried to find a decent anagram of 'Alfred Mosher Butts'. It seemed appropriate. The best we could come up with was "Loser bashed Mr. Tuft". A free game from this site to anyone who can help us out and beat that).

Anyway, Alfred Butts failed to hit the big time with "Criss-Cross Words" but some years later a Criss-Cross Words player tweaked the game and renamed it Scrabble. He made a few sets and by great good fortune, the boss of a chain of stores played Scrabble on holiday. And loved it. And placed a big order. And the rest as they say, is history.......

Today's Games Tidbit:

The word "Jenga" is a Swahili word that means "build".

Who's the mystery bride ?

Quiztime: She's getting married soon. You can rearrange the letters in her name to get "Dappled Mini Top". Who is she ? #HappyFamilies

On Presidential marriages

Quiz time: Whose marriage involves the bigger age gap: President Macron or President Trump ? What's your guess ? Follow us for the answer!

Countdown to Easter #1

Easter. Chocolate mini-eggs! Chocolate big eggs! Chocolate creamy eggs! Eggy chocolate! Chocolate everywhere! Can't wait! But hang on, what are you going to be doing after you've found and guzzled all that gorgeous chocolate ? Here's an idea: Get some family card games going. We've got loads of great games to keep you busy, come and take a look! Here's a card from one of them:

 

Getting teenagers out of bed....

The task of rousing slumbering teenagers has never been easy but tends to get even trickier towards the end of term. That's fast approaching so Mums and Dads, we just want say that we feel your pain. But hey, that's how it is in Happy Families!

Here's a card from the Williams family edition of our unique Happy Families card games. (There are currently 23 other surnames available in the range).

 

Continuing the Advent theme......with the boys:

Cracking on with some more festive fun drawn from our popular Happy Families cards.

Here's the boy doing Advent. We're stealing the B from 'Boy' and calling this one: "Badvent"........

 

Welcome to "Dadvent"

Here's Dad during Advent.

It's a whole load of emotions captured in this one word:

"Dadvent"

 

Meet Madvent Mum !

Let's take a moment to meet one of the characters from our highly acclaimed Happy Families games:

It's 1st December, we're in advent and festive feelings start to swell. Tis the season of peace and joy for all men...but perhaps not "Madvent Mum"!

If you know a Mum like this.....give her a hug!