Stan was wearing his best suit topped by a denim apron polishing the big windows with a microfibre cloth as he waited breathlessly for his stunning wife.Mary entered the room wearing a long purple and mauve dress which clung somewhat tightly to the curvaceous contours of her beautifully rounded body.On her feet she had some smart pewter ballet slippers and in her elegant hand she carried a huge pewter clutch bag which contained some of her many medications.She addressed Stan,”I think I can leave my handbag behind if I put my mouth spray into my bra.”
“That somehow detracts from the romance of the evening.” Stan pronounced openly.~
“Well,you know, I never had a cleavage until lately and I felt I ought to make the most of it.”
“Surely I should be the one make the most of it,” he riposted jocosely.
“Of course you may.my angel, but not in the restaurant”  she answered back sweetly
“I’ll put your spray in my pocket then, shall I?”
Suddenly the doorbell rang.”Who’s this?”It was Annie, their next door neighbour. she was wearing a coral velvet track suit with matching Reeboks and sun hat .”Hi,I just came in with a little prezzie” She declaimed.In her hand was a huge box of chocolates..
“Gosh, Mary, you look lovely in that beautiful long dress but you’re not going on your bike, are you?”
“No, we are having a cab, but it’s not come as yet.”
“Well, never mind.I’ll ring 999 and get them to send an emergency ambulance for you!”
Fortunately, as luck would have it the minicab flew through the sky and it was only as they were entering the restaurant that Stan realised he was still wearing his old denim apron.
“Shall I take it off?” he pondered.
On the pro side ,I will look smarter ,on the con side ,I might spill some soup down my front.I wish I’d done more logic at college.So he kept it on.Mary didn’t seem to notice.She just took him for granted.
If he stood on his head and sang”Jerusalem” she probably wouldn’t pay any attention.
Then he noticed that Mary was wearing an apron too.It was the same colour as her dress.What a brilliant idea , he thought.”There may be money in this.” He could start a small business,”Aprons R You” selling lovely aprons in all colours of the rainbow.
Suddenly he heard noises ,he awoke and heard Mary shouting “How can you go to sleep when you are out with me?”
“Would you prefer me to recite the Periodic Table?” he snapped gently.
“I’d like a poem,” she cried…
All right, Petal, I’ll think of one soon.In the meantime would you like a fool?”
“No.I’ve got you,” she responded ungraciously.
“I mean for a pudding?”
“Oh , yes, please.A Rubik fool would be lovely.It will pass the time.You know I get so bored.”
“Well, I do my best but it’s hard keeping up with you.Would you like to read a few truth tables whilst I finish my meat.”
He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a small leather bound book.
“Truth tables and levitation for geniuses,” by Bertha Russell.
“Oh, Stan , this looks interesting.I’ve always wanted to fly like an angel or an owl.”
“It’s never too late to say never.” he responded.
“Whatever do you mean?”
“I don’t know.Just because a sentence is grammatically correct doesn’t imply that it means something.”
“Yes, quite right.And conversely, a sentence can mean something even when it’s not grammatically correct.”
“Isn’t thinking exciting!”
“Yes, indeed.I was thinking how exciting it will be to go to bed with you.”
“Wow, good grammar and full of meaning.I am yours.I am like a ripe plum ready to drop off the tree.I am a cat ready to mate.I am a song waiting to be sung.”
“Gosh, are metaphors your bete noir?”
“Je ne parle pas Francais.”
“Aimez vous ein Nederlander?”
“Sprechen sie Deutsche?”
Ist sein mutter immer krank?”
And so they trotted off happily to bed like two pigs in clover, as Shakespeare might have said when drunk.