This is Home, Shirley

Both of us weren't actually watching TV. Wifey was busy texting her friends (e-gossiping) and I was skimming through the content page of a book. On TV Kit Chan and the rag-tag team of singers started to belt out the new version of "Home", the Singapore song originally rendered solo by Kit herself.

Without turning to the wife, I asked, "Who is Shirley?"

Wife: What?
Me: Shirley. Who is Shirley? This song Kit Chan singing. And what has Shirley got to do with Singapore?
Wife: Where got Shirley...?
Me: Got. Listen, there she goes again, "This is Home, Shirley..."
Wife: Not Shirley lah! SURELY.This is home, SURELY. S-U-R-E-L-Y.
Me: Ohh Ok.

One of the many ways I irritate the wife.

Of course I knew it wasn't "Shirley". Just playing out the Leslie Nielsen's character from the movie Airplane (1980). In it, he was telling somebody that the plane they were flying was about to crash. When that somebody said, "Surely you must be joking", his reply was, "No I am not joking and stop calling me Shirley". I really enjoyed that movie. Ok, not very intellectual and definitely did not promote growth brain cells, but really hilarious.


In my mind, the song continues...

This is Home , Shirley
And my pocket empty
someone please pay for me
All my money has long gone

To pay for parking
and inflation rising
I am not sure
if I can take this anymore....
But what to do
I love Singapore...