Note to husband...

[stevieannie]

...checking whether the baby is asleep whilst actually *playing* the melodeon, is not necessarily a good idea.

Because the answer to "is the baby asleep" under these circumstances is, I think, almost always going to be "Probably Not".

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Ummm...yes.

For values of "melodeon" that equal "almost any musical instrument"

[stevieannie.livejournal.com]

Have you *heard* a melodeon? I trust in my children's ability to sleep through most things. I think the melodeon comes in a close second to the bagpipes in terms of "loud and intrusive" :-D

Good news is that I don't think she was asleep in the first place, but I was very amused to see that Tim answered my call of "can you check whether she's asleep or not?" by just wandering up the stairs with the melodeon still playing...

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

The way things are going in my house, by the time my kids are grown they will be unable to sleep *without* the dulcet tones of the melodeon in the background. Preferably a Pokerwork.

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

"Not any more" seems an even more likely answer.

[billroper]

The good news is that is a mistake that he's not likely to make more than once.

The bad news is that it's a mistake that I could probably find a way to make if I played a melodeon. I already managed to do it with my guitar from two bedrooms away...

[catalana.livejournal.com]

*snicker* That sounds like Tim.

[eoforyth.livejournal.com]

*has vision of Tim saying 'melodeon, what melodeon?' and looking shocked to find one in his hands*

[soren-nyrond.livejournal.com]

So, is the consensus that a melodeon is melodious or malodourous ?

[And the same questions, I suppose, regarding the slumbering infant]