Sunday, May 08, 2005

These Are a Few of my Favourite Things

Here is my speech to Erica, to celebrate her 21st birthday. Enjoy!

We both met in Germany, home of the Berlin Wall
Watching and laughing at students with volleyballs
One day in Deutschland, this tale does begin,
called "These Are a Few of my Favourite Things"
In Deutschland we studied, spoke German, ate Bratwurst
Erica, my best friend, well-read and so well-versed
Who knew the meaning of words like "chagrin"
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things This
Fraulein called Erica, mild mannered and meek
engaged in a love triangle to shame "Dawson's Creek"!
Touring round Germany did we laugh, did we sing
that “These Are a Few of my Favourite Things”
Claiming to be German and posing for tourists
Blonde haired, blue eyed, the intentions were as pure as
Snow falling slowly, seeing sleigh bells and rings
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things
Harry Potter books, and fantasy novels
Driving inadvertently to suburban brothels
Trying to chart all our friends and their flings
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things

Subtitled movies from far-away countries
Watching these with friends and eating some munchies
Except when there's huntsmen lurking in the wings
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things
Late night infomercials and gardening with headlights
So as not to wake her family with a fright
The night-time is Erica's to be creating
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things
Alpaca and mohair and cotton and spinning
Knitting and weaving, bidding on eBay and winning
Being so clever with buttons and string
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things

Both Erica and I write Internet web logs
Writing diaries, which read like personal prologues
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things
Balderdash, Quickdraw, playing games with the fellas
Black ties and cocktails with little umbrellas
DVD evenings with "Lord of the Rings"
These Are a Few of my Favourite Things

And now the time has come for me to take my leave
Happy 21st Erica and I have something up my sleeve...
"Brown paper packages tied up with string
These A Few of my Favourite Things"

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