Right... He was obviously going to get a glass out of the cupboard, pour himself a nice drink of water, rinse the glass neatly and then climb back up the chimney.
I’m not going to snark at him for trying to climb down a chimney — I pulled some crazy stunts when I was that age. But he needs to work on his excuses a bit.
This is right up there with “the dog ate my homework”.
Perhaps he doesn’t know that you can actually drink tap water. Maybe he was looking for some bottled water.
I agree...