>>I am not quite brave enough to try that. My wife still has sharp elbows, probably from shoving them in my ribs for the last 55 years
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>Glad to see that you cherish her, and that she cherishes you with the occasional jab in the ribs... we all need that now and then.

The following exchange between Gwen and myself resulted in the first hard elbow she gave me. It was when we were dating....

Gwen: "You know what you need in your apartment? A colander"
Me: "Huh? I have one"
Gwen: "No, you don't"
Me: "Yes, I swear, I have one"
Gwen: "Where? I know everything you have in your apartment and you do not have a colander"
Me: "I swear, I own one, I bought one a few months ago"
Gwen: "OK, where is it?"
Me: "Well, it's hanging on the wall right now, it says "March" "