Friday, January 07, 2005

Ah yes, a word of explanation

SWMBO. While it would be fun to have you decide for yourselves what that particular acronym means, I shall assist you by expanding it myself!

As a young man, I enjoyed late nights on the ABC watching 'Rumpole of the Bailey'. It was a TV adaption of a great set of books regarding a lawyer in England whose gruff and literary manner made him eccentric and lovable. Horace Rumpole, superbly played by Leo McKern, was wonderful to watch and enjoy.

SWMBO is a geeky rendition of "She Who Must Be Obeyed", an affectionate term applied to his lovely wife, Hilda. I apply that term with affection to my lovely wife, with a tongue firmly in cheek!

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