This past Wednesday, my boss was serenaded by the Food Preparation and Hospitality Training class in a chorus of "Happy Birthday." The traditional follow-up here in the Caribbean is a second verse, set to the same tune, with the words, "How old are you now?" repeated four times. It serves as a practical safeguard for avoiding the awkwardness of guessing how old someone is, and instead transfers the embarrassment to the birthday guest, who is almost socially required to answer now. But my boss deftly responded, in the same sing-song tune,
"As old as I look / As old as I look..."
Not much to add this week; I think I'll let the new (old?) video do the talking for me. It's highlights from last December – hence the Christmas music. But who couldn't use a little Christmas music in June?
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