My husband, Bill, remembers the strangest things. He knows the lyrics to old songs I never heard of, or all the words to songs I have long forgotten. He also recalls rhymes, jokes, and one-liners from waaaay back in time and from eras before he was even born.
We can be driving along or drifting through life in serious contemplation when all of a sudden, off he will go, and he never fails to surprise me.
Yesterday was a quiet, lazy day and we were deciding whether to eat out or stay in for dinner. We both preferred to stay home but I announced I had run out of ingredients for a proper salad. Note: We have salad with practically every meal.
“What do you mean we are out of ingredients? Bill asked.
“Well, I have no tomatoes, no peppers, no carrots, and no dressing. I’m out of everything except lettuce.” I answered.
“Oh well,” said Bill, “We will have a Honeymoon Salad.”
“What?”
“You know – a Honeymoon Salad.”
“And what may I ask is that?
“Lettuce Alone.”
I am fairly thick about things as obvious as getting it, so this took a minute for registration. And then I began a round of hysterical laughter. Let Us Alone! Honeymoon Salad! Aha! I get it! And then I could not stop laughing. I was still laughing today when I got to the grocery store for the other ingredients.
I don’t know how Bill remembers such things, but the oddest rhymes, ditties, tunes, and one-liners are lurking in his usually serious engineering mind. It is almost as if he has lived another lifetime in another era with another wife.
You never heard of a Honeymoon Salad? Me neither. Well, I looked it up and it is, indeed, an old old joke. In fact, in 1856, the London humor magazine, Punch, wrote that “Salad for the Solitary is lettuce alone.”
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ha ha I was hooked with your title too!
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Your Bill and my JR would get along just fine!! That’s cute….SO…..did you have a honeymoon salad for dinner??
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Interesting. . .My mother-in-law used to make something that she called honeymoon salad, but it was quite different from the solitary lettuce that you describe. I think that it was a mixture of Cool Whip, instant pistachio pudding, mandarin oranges, canned pineapple, and marshmallows.
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Funny!
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Very touching and oh so very funny…
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love it!
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You mean there are two of them? LOL! And yes, we did have a honeymoon salad for dinner with some things I added like olives and jarred roasted peppers, and pumpkin seeds. It wasn’t bad at all.
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This sounds similar to one my aunt used to make, Sheryl.
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I’ve had a lot of salads, but haven’t heard of this one, Dor. Maybe Bill is older than he is letting on? 😉
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Oh, yes: “My husband, the jokester….”! You’d be surprised how many times, when he’s talking on the phone, he has to hand it to me to verify to one of his friends or family members that he is, indeed, telling the truth….
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Good Memory That Man Of Yours!
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Your post on this honeymoon salad sent me giggling! Your Bill has so much humor. 😉
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I like the sound of your husband. Obviously has a great sense of humour. I’d never heard that one before but will be sure to remember it – there’s bound to be a time during my life when it’ll come in handy 😀
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Well, I think that Mike and Bill should have spent more time together because they are obviously twins :). He is always bringing up jokes and stories from years ago that I have long ago forgotten.
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The point is that you have a good humored husband who enjoys making you smile. You’re a lucky gal!
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Wiser words never said.
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Two of them in the same room? We may die from laughter.
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That’s the trick – remembering. I think I will store things for later use and they simply disappear. Not so with Bill.
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Hahahaha! You may be onto something there Patti!
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My husband’s not really a jokester, but I’ll bet our two men would enjoy each other. Bill just comes out with funny old things at unexpected times.
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Thanks Malou! Happy to see you.
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🙂 🙂
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Well, we would probably need fresh undies, that’s for sure LOL!!
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This is so clever, I will remember this one to use in the future too. Clever husband, Dor 🙂
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This also made me laugh. 😀
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Haha! What a cute thing to say! Sounds like Bill is a keeper.
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