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The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I
> told
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> my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well,
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> the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy.
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> Around 3 a.m., a bit blitzed, I headed for home. Just as I got in
the
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> door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times.
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> Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed
> another 9 times.
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>
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> I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted
>
> solution (even when totally smashed), in order to escape a
> possible conflict with him.
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> The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, and I
> told him midnight. He didn't seem disturbed at all.
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>
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> Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock." When I asked him why,
> he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said,
> "Oh, ****," cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another
> 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the cat and
> farted.