Thanks Karen, I can see it now. We do have these here - we call it a "vippe". They were all long wooden ones when I grew up, and the fun was to make the person in the other end to "lift off" - quite dangerous actually, when you think about it.

Well, it's still only monday afternoon, so a good cup of coffee would suit me right now, thank you!

Can you believe it.... it's snowing outside! But it's melting as fast as it comes down.