Rituals

You know with old friends you have certain rituals to go through. A certain something to say, a joke to share, that type of thing. Before that is over and done with, you cannot go on. Mine with my friend from South Africa who is visiting this weekend is when I meet her to say "have you shrunk?". She is extremely short, 154 cm. That's not much. But once over with that remark, we can go on and start the conversation. Then once in a while this comes back, like just now. My friendgirl comes up with the IKEA-catalogue, showing me an elk-rocking-thingie for kids, and I just cannot help myself. I ask: "is it for you or for some kid you know?". I am a bad person!...HAHAHA!