June 30, 2011

A duck quack will not echo

It would be cool if some bright young genius would find a way to insert a little code into Blogger that would allow me to type with an echo. You know, like the recording of Lou Gehrig when he says "Today...ay...ay...I consider myself..elf..elf..The luckiest man...an..an...

Because today's post would be rife with that cool echo thingy. When I write "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on Earth" I too, like the Iron Man Gehrig, could have that awesome echo.

You see, today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth (OK, just pretend there is the echo thingy). Today is my 27th anniversary. Yep, 27 years. I verified the math on my calculator. The wife and I stood in the Methodist Church back on June 30, 1984 and we mutually pledged to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

Hold on, the Founding Fathers made that pledge. The wife and I pledged our love and marriage.

So far there has been a lot more health than sickness, and the poorer has far outweighed the richer. I will say this, the next time I get married there is going to be some kind of codicil in the vows about nookie. I'm just sayin'.

Seriously, my wife is a saint.  If you think I am irritating and obnoxious around here, you ought to try living with me. I am hard-headed, opinionated and find myself really amusing. There must be some redeeming qualities I fail to recognize when I look in the mirror, because the wife has stuck with me through a lot of thin and a little thick.
 
Woops, sorry about that. I just realized I forgot to turn off the imaginary echo thingy feature. Anyway, the whole point of this post is to tell you I am a lucky man.
 
Thinking back on the events of that warm June day in 1984, I have to question my wife's judgment. Not only did she agree to marry me, but she made the groomsmen wear light blue tuxedos. Clearly the woman has some flaws. But in all, I made a much better deal than she did.
 
Here is a song that echos that sentiment.  Not in the lyrics, the dude was not too lucky at all.  The title is what I am talking about, sheesh.
 
But I also dig the song.
 

 
I am a lucky man, indeed. But you have to admit I would be bordering on true greatness if I had an echo thingy for my blog. Oh, and duck soounds do produce an echo.

6 comments:

Dave said...

Happy Anniversary

Jean said...

I think it's more than luck, Joe.

May you have 27+ more years together.
Happy Anniversary!

Ed Bonderenka said...

Very many more happy years together, Joe.
Congratulations.

Scott said...

Congratulations, Hoosierboy. That's quite an accomplishment. My wife and I are at 15 years now, and hoping to get up to where we need a calculator to do the math. Enjoy the rest of the day.

Jerry in Texas said...

Congratulations, Mr & Mrs Joe!

Otter said...

Uhmmm NO...I didn't make it that long....

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