It’s now to the point where my hosts realize that I’m
writing a blog and wonder whether I will write about them.
The other
evening I was walking with the family I was staying with, the aforementioned mum
and dad with two girls. We spotted a large grey tabby followed by two of the
largest black and whites I had ever seen. Not fat at all. Just huge. “Those
cats would make a fine coat,” said dad, in his dry, sarcastic wit. The young girls
seemed to roll with the comment, the youngest saying she felt as though she was
cast in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. “And my dad is Cruela Daville.” Not in the mean way, she explained to
me, “Just the coat part. “
“This will put us in good light for
Cathy’s blog,” the mum said, “Talk to Strangers: The Cat Coat Family.” That
got us to laughing and thinking of more examples, which got us to laughing
more, and so on.
During the walk one of the girls
recalled bits from an old 50s song The
Name Game. Do you remember it?
Cathy
Cathy bow Bathy
Banana
fana foe Fathy
Me my
moe Mathy
Cathy
I picked up right away what she was trying to piece together
and taught it to her. When we got back to the flat, the dad – as he is ever
want to do – found the song on the intranet so his daughter could hear the tune. She
proceeded to use all of her friend’s names, incorporating them into the words.
I was lucky that none were named Chucky. (I tried to think of a name that would
morph into bloody but couldn’t think of one.)
It’s the laughter that connects us to each other.
Cathy -
ReplyDeleteThese are great posts and a great way to tag along with you on your adventure. Do me a favor and take some snaps of some of the cars over there.
Love you.
Drew
The Name Game song was new to me. How long did you stay with the family? Shonene
ReplyDeleteI wanted to be someone other than "anonymous" so I tried the Name/url profile this time.
ReplyDeleteEach stay is only 3 nights long. It's also called "The Banana Song" sung by Shirley Ellis in the 60s.
ReplyDeleteEach stay is only 3 nights long. It's also called "The Banana Song" sung by Shirley Ellis in the 60s.
ReplyDeleteI love, " The Name Game Song." I have fond memories of my mum singing it to me. She would also sing another song by Shirley Ellis called," The Clapping Song." It's still one of my favorite songs of all time. Tim was able to find a 45 of the song (which is pretty rare) for my birthday last year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, darling.