caulensmom
09-27-2007, 12:13 PM
> 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 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 pissed off 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 midnight, "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 pissed off 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.