June 9, 2008...5:07 am

Gilbert and Sleepyhead

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In case you’ve ever wondered what life at our house is like, let me give you an idea.

Picture our place at 1 am on Sunday morning after a night of dinner and cupcakes with friends. It’s been a full day, complete with dog walking, baseball, trips to the grocery store and good company but now it’s time for bed.

As I settle into bed my wife is already drifting off to sleep but I’ve got one more thing on my mind, so I nudge her and ask::

“What are the words to that song in The HMS Pinafore?

She sleepily replied:

- “You woke me up with a Gilbert and Sullivan question?”

“I can’t remember the words” I then hum the tune.

-”That’s from the Pirates of Penzance. It starts…”I am the very model of the modern major general”

“Are you sure?”

-”Yes, why did you have to know this at 1:30 in the morning.

“Because I was singing a song in my head about the air conditioner to that tune”

-”Goodnight”

“Wanna hear it?”

-”No…ok but just once.”

So I sang, and then it was bedtime.

P.S. The lyrics are in the comments.

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