Dip Dip Dip

April 5, 2009 by Ro.

We celebrate Steve’s birthday by going to a fondue restaurant. This is a new experience for us all and we are both fascinated and terrified by the long-handled forks with the barbed prongs, the table with two blazing hot inlaid burners and the vats of boiling broth and oil that are carried around in medieval-looking clamps to prevent maiming accidents. The possibility of puncture wounds and second degree burns seems inordinately high for such a festive celebration, but we are giddy with joy for the opportunity to have a night out.

Our cheerful and efficient waiter patiently and thoroughly explains the many many options we have. Ro, always on the lookout for new problems for her gifted math students, recognizes the makings of an extended math class involving probability and the use of factorials. (If a soprano, an alto, a tenor and a bass enter a fondue restaurant and have a choice of 8 salads, 9 cheese fondues, 7 entree fondues with up to 4 different cooking styles, how many possible combinations would there be and what is the probability that the soprano will have a Caesar salad? What is the probability that the alto’s husband will stab himself with a long fork and spill boiling oil on the tenor’s shoes?)

Between courses, we have our usual hysteria, snorting, and mascara run during our discussions of random things, like what if the police drove Smart Cars. “Stop or I’ll toot!” etc.

Our jocularity is heightened when we learn that the restaurant is having audition night. Hmmmmm, what do we have in our repertoire that would be appropriate for a fondue restaurant? There are not too many songs about melted cheese. At last Audrey suggests that we sing one of the many songs featuring Jeff singing “Dip Dip Dip” as his bass line.

Then Steve comes to the realization that the next table is having a bachelorette party. Perhaps the little crown reading “BRIDE” on one of the girls’ heads is the giveaway. Of course, we will sing “Why Do Fools Fall In Love”! We do, and it is a big hit.

And, of course, we sing Happy Birthday to Steve, using our new four-part version.

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