The Wife Variations

Semantics

We got into the nastiest fight about the difference between entomology
and etymology. We had dinner anyway.

The Taste of Magnolia

In the summer, when we children tired of throwing chinaberries and
picking honeysuckle, we dared each other to try a magnolia leaf.

My wife understands this, but does not recall Adam-12, and swears that
Reed and Malloy is the name brand on a pair of her pumps.

Halleluia, I Love Her So

Once, when I was fatter, I got a cut inside my navel. It was slow to
heal, and it smelled rotten for a long while. My wife was sure
it was infected; I wasn't as sure. She still loved me, and eventually
it healed.

I wish I could make that a verse in an old song that Ray Charles used
to sing, so I could sing it to her at our 50th anniversary party