My wife received a late birthday present and card yesterday. The card was inscribed “Happy Birthday to She Who Must Be Obeyed.” The giver is obviously a reader of this site.
She knows that I call her this in my writing, and she occasionally takes a look at what I have written. But the card made her realise that other people actually read it, and that “she who must be obeyed” has a little life of it’s own, out in the wide wide world of web.
For some reason, this has made her very proud and I find her giggling at odd moments and muttering “I am she who must be obeyed.” I have a fear for a future where the giggled mutterings become Margaret Thatcher style thunderings. “I AM SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED. DO THE WASHING-UP, SLAVE BOY.”
Perhaps I need to change her name to “She who must obey and not tell me where to park my car.” Any other suggestions?