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

Hers is "One Foot down the Rabbit Hole", mine is "Here-in"

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"