Fun with Object Oriented Software Development

Typing up my student's lecture notes this evening (Java objects and classes), I found the following come out onto the page:

mum is an object of the Parent class; son is an object of the Child class.
The mum object sends a message “Pull up your socks” to the son object, who performs the pullUpSox() method. son’s socks are private to him – mum cannot access his socks directly.

Well, it made me laugh.

Anthropology Corner

A funny thing happened at gaming this week. In weeks previously I had been discussing my strong preference for Vanilla Diet Coke over the regular full-fat stuff JGD keeps in the fridge for visitors, and this week RBW came bearing a 2-litre bottle of it for me! (Claimed he'd got it for/at a party, wouldn't drink it himself, and it would only otherwise be used as toilet cleaner.) I was overwhelmed with delight, and blurted out (entirely sincerely at the time)
"I love you - this <--------------------------------> much!" and gave him a biiig hug.

I imagine the David Attenborough voiceover going thusly:
"And this female is obviously not far removed from her cave-dwelling past. It's a typical interchange: Ug brings Bug the gift of Food - Bug accepts and mates with Ug. A far cry from todays's sophisticated mating rituals."

Ahem.