Depending on the situation, sometimes, I genuinely get a kick out of responding to certain friends with song lyrics—seamlessly integrating the lyrics (when my smile doesn’t give me away ) into conversation. Sometimes I use lines from Shakespeare or poems that I’ve committed to memory. But much of the time, and depending on the company, it’s song lyrics. For example, someone might come to me saying s/he is tired of being told what to do. Depending on the given circumstances, I might nod in sympathy; place a hand on his or her shoulders and reply, “I’m getting tired of being told to put my hands up in the air. So there.”
It’s rewarding when s/he gets the reference and replies with a laugh or chooses to play along (an example of the latter would be s/he saying to me, “So what you’re saying is ‘just throw your hands in the air, and wave ‘em around like you just don’t care.’ To which I might reply, “I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord…” Depending on the friend, we could go on like this for a bit—riffing off of a word in the last proffered lyric). Now, to speak true, I do have friends who will either reply with a groan or shake their heads as if to say, “How are we friends?”
Even if they don’t get it, a part of me is still tickled and I’d most likely explain what I just did—even if the person on the receiving end gives me a series of expressions which, loosely translated, add up to, “Sometimes I worry about you.” (I have very caring friends )
And I’m OK with any of those responses. Because I make peace with my sometimes goofiness.
Hope you crack yourself up today (and if you crack others up as well? Bonus). Good luck out there ♥