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need a new cuckoo clock
Submitted by Stephen Whynot
The other night I was invited out for a night with the 'girls. 'I told my
husband that I would be home by midnight, 'I promise!' Well, the hours
passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3 a.m., a bit
loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in
the hallway started up and cuckooed 3 times. Quickly, realizing my husband
would probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of
myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution, in order to escape a
possible conflict with him. (Even when totally smashed... 3 cuckoos plus 9
cuckoos totals = 12 cuckoos MIDNIGHT!)
The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, I told him
'MIDNIGHT'... he didn't seem upset in the least. Whew, I got away with that
one! Then he said, calmly 'We need a new cuckoo clock.'
When I asked him why, he said, 'Well, last night our clock cuckooed three
times, then said 'oh crap.' Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat,
cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped
over the coffee table and fell on its face.
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