moosehead
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I'm thinking I may not like rum. Rum makes me think I'm Fred Astaire and this is NOT good.
Particularly when I think Sue is Ginger Rogers.
Last time we were on a cruise we attended the show in the small lounge..Held some 100 people..And, one of the acts was a magician. I ordered a rum and coke...
This is a warning..If you EVER go on a cruise, do NOT sit in the front row of ANY show...
Anyway, the magician, the Great Randle, picked Sue out of the crowd...We were in the front row...DO NOT SIT IN THE FRONT ROW...And put her in his act.
The assistant, Magnificent Millie, who was, well, Magnificent, helped put Sue on a board with chairs at both ends of the board....So far, so good.
With great fanfare and a drum roll, the Great Randle removed the chair at the end of the board....THEN removed the board, leaving Sue being held up by one chair, vertically, with no support, other than the one chair at her head.....Applause....Sue returns to table...Would NOT tell me how it was done...I immediately ordered another rum and coke...
The show continues and I have another rum and coke....I am beginning to feel GOOOOD....The music plays and the band leader brings out Magnificent Millie....She says she is going to pick out someone to dance with....Who would like to volunteer?
Lots of guys wave their hands...After all, Millie IS magnificent.....really.....I, on the other hand, have fallen in love with my rum and coke....
Anyway, I see, standing at our table, who else but Millie....She taps me on the shoulder, grabs my hand and I'm on the stage.....Wishing it were, in fact, the stage to take me outta here....
Millie whispers in my ear...We are going to dance....WHAT???...We are going to dance like Fred and Ginger.....WHAT????
Music starts and away we go.....Around the dance floor....Heck, I WAS Fred!
AND..Millie was beginning to look like Ginger....Rum and cokes will do that to you....It was FUN!!! I was GOOD!!! Music ends and applause, I get a peck on the cheek from Millie...and a hug...She WAS magnificent...And my time in the limelight was done.
When I got back to the table....
"Well,'' Says Sue, " I Didn't know you could dance like that. To-morrow night we can go dancing."
"No we can't."
"Why not?"
"If I have to dance, I need LOTS of rum and coke...I'll become a rum-bum......Hey, Sue..."
"Yes..."
"Did you know you look a lot like Ginger Rogers?"
"You're drunk."
"No I'm not..I'm Fred Astaire....Wanna dance?"
I don't remember much else..Well, other than the headache the next morning....Think I'll stick to my usual Pepsi-Cola....
Particularly when I think Sue is Ginger Rogers.
Last time we were on a cruise we attended the show in the small lounge..Held some 100 people..And, one of the acts was a magician. I ordered a rum and coke...
This is a warning..If you EVER go on a cruise, do NOT sit in the front row of ANY show...
Anyway, the magician, the Great Randle, picked Sue out of the crowd...We were in the front row...DO NOT SIT IN THE FRONT ROW...And put her in his act.
The assistant, Magnificent Millie, who was, well, Magnificent, helped put Sue on a board with chairs at both ends of the board....So far, so good.
With great fanfare and a drum roll, the Great Randle removed the chair at the end of the board....THEN removed the board, leaving Sue being held up by one chair, vertically, with no support, other than the one chair at her head.....Applause....Sue returns to table...Would NOT tell me how it was done...I immediately ordered another rum and coke...
The show continues and I have another rum and coke....I am beginning to feel GOOOOD....The music plays and the band leader brings out Magnificent Millie....She says she is going to pick out someone to dance with....Who would like to volunteer?
Lots of guys wave their hands...After all, Millie IS magnificent.....really.....I, on the other hand, have fallen in love with my rum and coke....
Anyway, I see, standing at our table, who else but Millie....She taps me on the shoulder, grabs my hand and I'm on the stage.....Wishing it were, in fact, the stage to take me outta here....
Millie whispers in my ear...We are going to dance....WHAT???...We are going to dance like Fred and Ginger.....WHAT????
Music starts and away we go.....Around the dance floor....Heck, I WAS Fred!
AND..Millie was beginning to look like Ginger....Rum and cokes will do that to you....It was FUN!!! I was GOOD!!! Music ends and applause, I get a peck on the cheek from Millie...and a hug...She WAS magnificent...And my time in the limelight was done.
When I got back to the table....
"Well,'' Says Sue, " I Didn't know you could dance like that. To-morrow night we can go dancing."
"No we can't."
"Why not?"
"If I have to dance, I need LOTS of rum and coke...I'll become a rum-bum......Hey, Sue..."
"Yes..."
"Did you know you look a lot like Ginger Rogers?"
"You're drunk."
"No I'm not..I'm Fred Astaire....Wanna dance?"
I don't remember much else..Well, other than the headache the next morning....Think I'll stick to my usual Pepsi-Cola....