There, there, there you are, don’t cry, you’re mummy’s big boy.
(Big sigh)
Are you the biggest brother? No, I’m the middle one. My little brother’s the biggest. Big brother is the smallest of all three.
(Big sigh)
Only three people ever called me Si. A grandad, a brother, and another.
(Big Si)
Euan was Scottish and Mimi was French. When they got together their friends called it a clear case of bilateral nominative determinism.
At first they always agreed in first person – Euan said ‘aye’ and Mimi said ‘oui’.
But then, then.
“It’s all about Euan, isn’t it?”
“Oh, very funny. Mimi Mimi Mimi, that’s all I hear.”
They were a contrapuntal couple until the centripetal became centrifugal. Euan said ‘aye’ and really meant it: Mimi said ‘oui’ but it never was again.
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