"I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own." --John Bartlett

Sunday, December 19, 2010

" 'Lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb.' Who writes that?" --Marty Lamain

So we're standing in choir practice before our annual Christmas concert. We're running through the parts for 'O Come All Ye Faithful'--a strange version, with a virtually unheard of verse that includes the above phrase. We sing through it and Marty (who was standing behind me, and in rare form) begins a running commentary, complete with motions: He feigns taking a drag of weed, and mimics writing 'Lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb'. "Who actually writes that?" It made the rehearsal enjoyable, though we giggled so hard that the next few minutes of rehearsal were lost on us--or, at least me.