Already Told You In The First Verse

My Dear Fellows & Dear Princess,

I had a rubbish day today. I started sneezing at about 8am and didn't stop until 5pm. And I had LOADS of effing meetings to snuffle through.

"I want you to know that I am EXTREMELY SICK and therefore I want to take a minute to acknowledge my bravery," I told Charlotte The Business Person at the start of one phone conference.

I like Charlotte The Business Person. She puts up with my sense of humour.

Then I had a meeting with Vinay. He is a Solutions Architect. He looked at my proposed data model and huffed at it.

"I think we can simplify that a LOT," he said.

So I spent an afternoon in a room with him and Lemon while he "simplified". Bless him. After Lemon had added all her "but can it do..." and "oh no, wait, they can also..." he had a whiteboard covered in scribbles that looked suspiciously like my model.

It's a good thing I'm far too mature to say, "TOLD YOU SO" and pull his shirt out.

In other news, I was listening to "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" today. I particularly like this song because the singers talk about the song they are singing in it. Having spent half the song relating how they can boogie, they then impatiently remind the listener about it.

Yes sir, already told you in theee first verse
And in the chooooorus
But I weeeeell giff you wan more shance

For similar reasons of Phil Oakey reminding you who's singing, I've always been fond of "Love Action" too...

But this is Phil talking
I want to tell you 
What I've found to be troooo-oooo-oooo

And also the song "Elenore" by The Turtles, where the lead singer apparently just gets bored telling Elenore what he likes about her.

Elenore, gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy, et cetera

They don't write lyrics like that anymore. Probably for good reason. But I think it is a shame.

S.