tiffo60
09-29-2006, 11:00 AM
The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I told
>> > my husband that I would be home by mid night, "I promise!" Well, the
>> > hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy.
>> >
>> > Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home Just as I got in the
>> > door, the cuckoo clock in the hall 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, and I told
>> > him
>> > "Midnight". He didn't seem mad at all. Whew! Got away with that one!
>> > Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock."
>> >
>> > When I asked him why?, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed
>> > three times, then said, "Oh. ****!", cuckooed 4 more times, cleared
>> > it's throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice
>> > more, and
>> > then tripped over the coffee table and farted."
>> > my husband that I would be home by mid night, "I promise!" Well, the
>> > hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy.
>> >
>> > Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home Just as I got in the
>> > door, the cuckoo clock in the hall 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, and I told
>> > him
>> > "Midnight". He didn't seem mad at all. Whew! Got away with that one!
>> > Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock."
>> >
>> > When I asked him why?, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed
>> > three times, then said, "Oh. ****!", cuckooed 4 more times, cleared
>> > it's throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice
>> > more, and
>> > then tripped over the coffee table and farted."