He says yes it is your time of the month - that's why you must come to him tonight!
"No, Mummy, please don't make me play cricket for England!"
Now's your chance to show what you can do.
Supply your own captions to any of these.
E-mail me your own caption for any of these Victorian pictures. I'll put the best here on the site, plus your name, of course - for the whole world to see.
Most of these pictures will be from Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights, published back in the 1860s. Some will be from other Victorian magazines. All will be from before the time of political correctness.