Friendly Fire

We saw last week's copy of AHLAN! and wondered what they meant by "using their kids as weapons!"

Are they, like, hitting each other, holding the girls by the feet?

Maybe they are fencing, or playing lightsabers: en garde!

They wouldn't stuff the kid in a canon, would they?

Toni Marie Met Me

So I'm at Smart Set and the lady asks me if I have a Smart Set card. No? Do I want a Smart Set card?
I cut her off. I live abroad, I tell her.
You're the second person today to visit us from abroad. The first lady was English. Where do you live?
Qatar, I tell her.
Teacher, are you?
I've been there, pipes the customer at the other till.
It's Toni Marie.
I was visiting a friend. I loved it. I had an abbaya and everything.
That's cool, I tell her.
The cashier asks me for my autograph.
Later, on TV, I see Toni Marie wearing the yellow Smart Set top on the TV.