Short Funny Story for Today

So I just got off the phone with my favorite person in the world. I woke her up, but her alarm went off while we were talking, so I didn't feel quite so bad. :0) I heard many funny stories, most involving Syoma and Nekita, but this made me laugh a lot. I was telling Lori about how me and Oleg and Oleg saw a manatee at Wakulla Springs. (Maybe I didn't mention this on my blog, but me and Oleg and Oleg saw a manatee at Wakulla Springs and that was pretty exciting because I've only seen manatees in the wild one other time, and of course Oleg and Oleg had never seen any.) So I was telling Lori about this, but I realized as soon as I started that I'd already emailed her about it before. (See, this is where I suffer. With Lori gone, I am, once again, without a short-term memory. Jenna has been filling in quite well, but I sometimes worry I place too many demands on her. There's only so many things she can remember for me. Car keys and conversations I've had with her are hard enough and one can hardly expect her to remember what I've told or not told Lori in electric corespondance.) Lori's like, "Yeah I was telling Lena, 'Calyn and Oleg and Oleg saw a manatee!' and then I realized, 'oh, she doesn't know what a manatee is.' So of course Lena asks what a manatee is and I'm trying to explain it to her and she's like, 'Is it like a whale?' and I'm like, 'no,' and she's looking it up on her dictionary and can't find it and then finally she's like, 'OH! Is it on Veggietales?'"
That's right, ladies and gentlemen, not only does Veggietales teach Americans kids
"Sunday morning values with Saturday morning fun" and basic French (Je suis manatee.), they also teach Ukrainians about little-known endangered Florida mammals.

Narrator: AND NOW ITS TIME FOR SILLY SONGS WITH LARRY
THE PART OF THE SHOW WHERE LARRY COMES OUT AND SINGS A SILLY SONG
WE JOIN LARRY AS HE FOLLOWS THE TRAGIC SAGA OF BARABRA MANATEE
IN THE DAY TIME DRAMA ENDANGERED LOVE

Larry: Barbara Manatee (Manatee, Manatee)
you are the one for me (one for me, one for me)
sent from up above (up above, up above)
you are the one i love (i love, i love, i love)

Bill: "please dont cry Bar-ba-ra,
your a nice Manatee,
you've been so good to me
but i must go into the world and to noble things for the good of all
and you cant come because you dont speak Frrrench
au revoir"

Barbara: "but if you leave Bill
who will take me to the ball?
whoese gonna take me to the ball, Bill?
i have a new dress and shoes
a new manatee lipstick
who will take me to the ball?"

Larry: "i'll take you to the ball Barbara Manatee!"

Barbara: "please dont go"

Bill: "i must"

Barbara: "dont go!"

Bill: "i must!"

Barbara: "dont!!"

Bill: "must!!"

Barbara: "dont dont!!!!"

Bill: "must must!!!!"

Larry: Barbara Manatee (Manatee, Manatee)
you are the one for me (one for me, one for me)
sent from up above (a manatee from heaven)
you are the one i love
Barabra Manatee (Manatee, Manatee)
i'll be your mon amie (mon amie, mon amie)
i'll take you to the ball(to the ball, to the ball)
i hope your not to tall (you might have trouble dancing)

Barbara: "Bill, ive learned French"

Bill: "you have?"

Barbara: "mais, oui. je suis Manatee. See?"

Bill: "oui, oui mon amie
i always knew you could
i really hoped you would
now can we go into the world and do noble things for the good of all?"

Barbara: "yes, but first, will you take me to the ball?
oh, Bill, will you take me to the ball?"

Bill: "...i cant dance"

Barbara: "you cant!?"

Bill: "no"

Barbara: "i must go"

Bill: "please dont go"

Barbara: "i must"

Bill: "dont go!"

Barbara: "i must!"

Bill: "dont!!"

Barbara: "must!!"

Bill: "dont dont!!!!"

Barbara: "must must!!!!"

Larry: Barbara Mantee (Manatee, Manatee)
you are the one...

smash

Bob: "Larry...what are you doing?"

Larry: "just watchin' a little TV...Bob"

Bob: "well....maybe you should read a book"

Larry: "yah, ok"

Narrotor: THIS HAS BEEN SILLY SONGS WITH LARRY
TUNE IN NEXT TIME TO HEAR BILL SAY

Bill: "oh Bar-ba-ra, ive learned to dance"

Barbara: "oh, Bill"

Arrivederci! (or Au revoir...)