Bought a new paddling pool today. What with it being really hot and all. The idea being, and perhaps I'm unreasonable here, that the kids would play in it. After spending ages blowing it up ("electric pump recommended" oops.) and filling it up (this pool holds serious amounts of water - luckily, all the pot plants (that's "potted plants to you Yanks - I am not growing dope in my back garden...) need watering anyway, so emptying it won't be a problem.) - so anyway, after all that, and inviting their friend Thalia around to paddle as well, Thalia won't go near the pool because she might get wet (ya think?) and the other two, of course, want to play inside because Thalia is playing inside. Plus Sarah, who would never let anyone put hot water in her bath because it was "too warm" says that she doesn't want to go in the pool because she only likes it when the water is warm, not when it's cold. The Unbelievable Perversity of Children.