Background info: One time Nancy and I were driving home from Florida, and I was getting a little grouchy after more than 12 hours in the car. Nancy turned on Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and insisted that I sing along. It was a very dramatic interpretation, and she had me laughing so hard we could barely sing.
So tonight we're walking into a rest area, and Nancy commented that she was getting grouchy. As we entered the washroom, I said, "So maybe we'll have to turn on some Celine Dion?" My question was met with silence, and a weird look from the girl who was already in the washroom. Nancy and I went into stalls, and she was still silent. "Nancy? You don't like the idea?...... Are you ignoring me? .... Are you trying to make me look like an idiot? .... Fine, I'll just keep talking to myself." So I did feel like a complete idiot, because to that other girl in the washroom, it appeared that Nancy didn't even know me and was ignoring me. We come out of the stalls and I see that Nancy is soundlessly laughing so hard she can't breathe. I thought she was just trying to embarrass me, like she does on a regular basis. But it turned out that the Celine Dion comment cracked her up, and then she tried to answer in one of her silly voices but she was laughing too hard to talk, and then she realized how funny it was that it sounded like she was ignoring me, so she went with it. And we realized what a great joke that would be to play on somebody. We also decided that she needs to sing that song somewhere for karaoke. Can you imagine? She is very serious and dramatic when she sings it... it would be great if she could do it without laughing. People would think she's nuts. And on top of it, that song is like, 8 minutes long... it would go on forever.
If you ever want to laugh so hard you can't breathe, hang out with Nancy.
So tonight we're walking into a rest area, and Nancy commented that she was getting grouchy. As we entered the washroom, I said, "So maybe we'll have to turn on some Celine Dion?" My question was met with silence, and a weird look from the girl who was already in the washroom. Nancy and I went into stalls, and she was still silent. "Nancy? You don't like the idea?...... Are you ignoring me? .... Are you trying to make me look like an idiot? .... Fine, I'll just keep talking to myself." So I did feel like a complete idiot, because to that other girl in the washroom, it appeared that Nancy didn't even know me and was ignoring me. We come out of the stalls and I see that Nancy is soundlessly laughing so hard she can't breathe. I thought she was just trying to embarrass me, like she does on a regular basis. But it turned out that the Celine Dion comment cracked her up, and then she tried to answer in one of her silly voices but she was laughing too hard to talk, and then she realized how funny it was that it sounded like she was ignoring me, so she went with it. And we realized what a great joke that would be to play on somebody. We also decided that she needs to sing that song somewhere for karaoke. Can you imagine? She is very serious and dramatic when she sings it... it would be great if she could do it without laughing. People would think she's nuts. And on top of it, that song is like, 8 minutes long... it would go on forever.
If you ever want to laugh so hard you can't breathe, hang out with Nancy.
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