The Man has a habit of singing under his breath when I am in my ‘mood’.

Which gets me all pissy because the last thing you want, when you are in your ‘mood’, is to have someone look like they are mocking you. So whenever he does that, I always end up flying off in rage, “WHAT?? WHAT ARE YOU SINGING ABOUT?? IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, SAY IT TO MY FACE!”
And then he will tell me what he was really thinking about – and it is always something so stupid and (irritatingly) relevant that it makes me laugh out loud and forget about my ‘mood’.

For example, the other time, I was all irritated about something he did (or didn’t do) and I was going on and on and on and on about it until I saw that he has plastered a blank look on his face and is softly humming to himself.

Frou: “WHAT?? WHAT ARE YOU SINGING ABOUT?? IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, SAY IT TO MY FACE!”
Man: Oh. I was just singing the hamster song. You sound like the hamster. Wait, let me show you on youtube.



You know, I have to say he is right. I really sounded like that. HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH!

So you see, his fabulous diversion tactics have worked each and every time so far…. but last night, I thought he completely foiled it.

I was complaining to him about how my workouts (and climbing.. and drinking) is making me look like a tree trunk, and as usual, I got carried away and was going on and on and on about it until I found him singing to himself… again.

Frou: “WHAT?? WHAT ARE YOU SINGING ABOUT?? IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, SAY IT TO MY FACE!”
Man: I was singing a Commodores song. They say that women who work out are hot.
Frou: Who the hell are the Commodores?
Man: That’s Lionel Richie’s old band
Frou: And what does Lionel call women who work out a lot?
Man: (sings in nasal tone) “She’s a … Brick House”
Frou: WHATTTTTTT??? ARE YOU CALLING ME A BRICK HOUSE? MADE OF BRICKS????!!! LIKE ‘THE THING’ FROM FANTASTIC 4??
Man: Shit.

She's a brick----house

Mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out

She's a brick----house

The lady's stacked and that's a fact,

ain't holding nothing back.

She's a brick----house

She's the one, the only one,

who's built like a amazon

We're together everybody knows,

and here's how the story goes.

She knows she got everything

a woman needs to get a man, yeah.

How can she use, the things she use

36-24-36, what a winning hand!

The clothes she wears, the sexy ways,

make an old man wish for younger days

She knows she's built and knows how to please

Sure enough to knock a man to his knees

Shake it down, shake it down now….

On hindsight, now that I have watched the video and listened to the lyrics, I must say it is quite hilarious!

Fine, his tactic did work (again). Grrr!