Little metal bottle tops

K. has entered the phase of growing up where he collects bottle caps. He has quite a collection now, which he uses as his clone army when building space ships with the blocks... or Legos... or whatever is at hand. None of this is a problem. You never know what configuration of blocks and bottle cap armies you will come across when you pass through the toy loft. And since the configuration changes at time hourly, it is sort of like having a constantly evolving art exhibit in the middle of your second floor.

What does become a problem is when the clone army (AKA massive amounts of bottle caps) have been decommissioned and are waiting for their next assignment. Decommissioned bottle cap clone armies are merely piles of bottle caps littered across the floor. This is potential painful, and you must tread carefully especially if you have bare feet.

Every time I run the bottle cap gauntlet down the hall I think of Flanders and Swann. If you don't know who Flanders and Swann were, then we need to pause here for a brief introduction. They were a comedic duo in England in the 50's and 60's who sang funny songs. That brief description doesn't do them justice because the songs are catchy and clever, and the banter between the two of them is pretty amusing. I wish I could have seen the live. They are very much family favorites as I've mentioned in other posts.

The reason I think of Flanders and Swann every time I walk down the hallway littered with bottle caps is because they had a song called, "Design for Living" where one line, as they are detailing all the various possibilities for chi-chi house decoration, mentions the idea of nailing little metal bottle tops on your floor so that it feels as though you are walking on little metal bottle tops. And as I try very hard not to walk on little metal bottle tops, I then get the song stuck in my head. Here it is so you can get it stuck in your head as well.