Smiley Anders for August 16, 2008

• By SMILEY ANDERS
• Advocate columnist
• Published: Aug 16, 2008 - Page: 1B - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Dear Smiley: Relative to the comments about food and patients:

I was sitting in the waiting area at a local cardio clinic for a stress test and some blood work.

Like everyone else in the room, I’d fasted that morning.

There were plenty of 5-year-old magazines — and a large flat-screen TV on the wall.

When a commercial for fried chicken came on the screen, several people made moans and mutterings of “I want some of that.”

Then one realist had to spoil the fun by reminding us that “That’s probably why we are here in the first place!”

Party pooper!
Daphne Crawford
Baton Rouge

Novelty song
Dear Smiley: When my husband F.W. and I went back to his home in Oklahoma for the first time, some of his friends invited him to a Christmas party.

His sisters asked me, “Are you going too? His ex will be there.”

My response was, “I certainly intend to go.”

I met all of his friends, and his ex.

I saw that they had a piano, and sat down and started playing.

They all started dancing, and when I saw that F.W. was dancing with his ex, I immediately started playing “I Love You Truly.”