My husband and I were moving daughter number two out of her student house and having a ding dong on the pavement outside about whether Dreamcatchers (she has several) really work or not when we saw her neighbour step out of his front door. A famous person.
We stopped arguing to stare at the lead singer from the pop group Right Said Fred. He has been sharing a party wall with my daughter for nine whole months.
We both tried to get through the front door at the same time to tell her that we had seen a celebrity. I won. “Who is he?” she asked as she bubble wrapped her skeleton. “Whatshisname! The lead singer from Right Said Fred!” I cried, all star-struck.
She’d never heard of him so my husband helpfully burst into “I’m Too Sexy for My Shirt. Too Sexy…” and did some very good moves to go with it. If you take into account that he is on a high dose of anti-inflammatories for his knee and hip pain.
Daughter number two didn’t get a chance to comment because during his showdance my husband managed to poke himself in the eye with his car keys. Which is why this year’s Summer Anthem in our house is “I’m Too Sexy for My Car Keys.”
The dancer is currently lying on the sofa with a sterile pad over his red eye listening to the Right Said Fred album ‘Fredhead’.
Brilliant! Men just set themselves up for these moments. Very funny. Please thank him for me. (As tactfully as you can, perhaps.)
In general, men should not try and strutt their stuff to this song – it can only end badly!
p.s. please tell me you played the original song for daughter number 2.
He should stick to thumb dancing
that is such a brilliant song isn’t it? A 1990′s anthem really. I keep humming it now you’ve met the lovely bald singer. At least it’s only his eye that’s injured. He could have been looking at two hip replacements.
Fran, I thanked him from you and he growled.
Debbie, He agrees (too late)
Diddy, hindsight and all that……
Julie, then it would be ‘I’m too sexy for my zimmer frame….’
Anna May x