Fran:

Great idea - but not the result you suggested. She responded with "What did you do now?"

:-)

Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving.

A spendid idea,Francis my boy.
My wife had just finished putting together
a lamb casserole which had then gone into
the oven for 3 hours.
I approached her as she was doing the
dishes and said 'I say, old thing, there's
this North American chum who thinks I'm
going to live to regret it if I don't tell you
I love you before it's too late'.
'That's a nice thought on his part but in our
case I do hope I won't be pushing up the
daisies before you' she said.

Bob Taylor

Despite the typos in the above, I think the meaning is clear. Of course, it should read "wives" and "longer." Sorry.
-- Fran