Ike

Our next door neighbour, as some of you know, is an idiot, a screamer and a classic abuser. She berates someone and then becomes sickeningly sweet once she realizes that there may be consequences. She never quite takes responsibility. Carol and I have started calling her Ike. She reminds us of Ike Turner in his relationship with his wife Tina (see below):

We saw the Turner’s life together depicted in “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, where Ike was played by Laurence Fishburne (who was also Cowboy Curtis on Peewee’s Playhouse), and hilariously (yet sadly) played by Tim Meadows on Saturday Night Live.

It goes like this: Smack! “Oh Baby, Ike’s sorry. He won’t do it again” Smack! “Oh Baby, you shouldn’t upset Ike like that. Accidents happen. It won’t happen again.” Smack! etc etc…