Monday, March 14, 2011
Good morning crew,
Occasionally I get it into my head to take on little projects.
This weekend, for example, I tried to talk the girlfriend into
expanding her musical repertoire.
She's actually a fairly good singer and likes to show off her
talent at karaoke every now and then, but most of the songs
she likes to sing are country songs. I try not to hold it
against her.
So I pulled up the lyrics and a video clip of 'Habanera' from
Carmen on the Internet and coaxed her into testing her pipes
out on it. She got discouraged pretty quickly, not because it
is out of her range but because figuring out how to pronounce
French is no easy task.
"This is stupid," she complained after mangling the first few
lines. "Who wrote this stuff anyway?"
"Haven't you ever heard of Bizet?" I responded.
"Of course I have!"
"Oh yeah?" We have a real adult relationship. "If you know who
Bizet is, then tell me his first name."
With only a moment's thought she responded, "I'm-a-gettin'."
Laugh it up,
Joe
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To get his mind off his losing streak at the racetrack, I
took my friend horseback riding. Being a novice, he freaked
when his mount took off.
"How do I stop?" he yelled.
"Bet on it!" I hollered back.
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