Monday, October 22, 2007

Clarification and Update

After reading some of your comments on my last post, I feel the need to clarify slightly: Torsten didn't go out into the hall naked thinking that somehow Yohan just wouldn't notice him there in all his naked glory. Rather, he completely forgot that Yohan was there at all. Even though he's been there for two weeks. Which is worse? You decide. And then tell me, because I want to know what you think.

Also, an update: Yohan IMed me at work this morning to say that the fire alarm in the building was going off. At first I thought he meant that the smoke alarm was beeping again (because no, we didn't change the batteries, and that's because after all of Torsten's naked attempts as well as my clothed attempts, we were unable to remove the plastic cover from the smoke alarm). But no. It was the building fire alarm. I told Yohan how to find the nearest exit to the building. He came back an hour later and informed me that there were tons of firefighters all over the building, and that the building basement was now flooded with water and it appeared that the firefighters had broken down some walls.

Coincidentally, Yohan himself is a firefighter, or at least he will be starting in January; he finished his training in June and he starts with the Marseille Fire Department after the New Year. But I guess he didn't get to help out on this one. Apparently, whatever walls they broke down were not structurally necessary ones, because they let everyone back into the building.

Our smoke alarm has psychic powers, is the point here. It obviously knew what was coming. It tried to warn us, but we wouldn't listen. We were too busy flashing our houseguest and being vanquished by a tiny plastic cover.

11 comments:

  1. So, wait, is YOUR apartment okay? You seem to have...glossed over that part, which I would think is...crucial.

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  2. So, was there an actual fire? Is it all fixed? I hope everything is okay, and yes your smoke alarms is clearly psychic. Nevertheless, fire = scary. I hope all is well.

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  3. You have the most fascinating life.

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  4. ooh, a psychic smoke alarm! Cool!

    I'm glad your apartment is fine. (I'm just assuming since you didn't say otherwise...)

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  5. If he completely forgot, that's reasonable. It was the middle of the night, he was jerked awake by a loud noise, and his mind was all DANGER! DANGER! His mind was not all I'M NAKED AND THERE'S A YOUNG FRENCHMAN IN THE LIVING ROOM, like mine would have been. ;)

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  6. I laughed out loud at the naked bit, and my friend asked me what I was laughing at, and then I was all... "um... nothing..." because how awkward would it be to say, "well... this girl's fiance was naked and..." Right?

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  7. Oh my gosh! It sounds like everything in YOUR apartment is OK??? I wonder if your alarm DID pick up something? Like it had been smoldering...

    I took your previous post to mean that Torsten was worried about a fire, and was more concerned about everyone's safety than he was about modesty.

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  8. Oh, this is HILARIOUS. I do hope your apartment is okay, yes? I have friends in DC that would be happy to let you crash on their couch for a while!

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  9. puawhahahahahahah!! I love that you were vanquished by a peice of plastic! Best read of the day.

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  10. Geez! Your smoke alarm is so cool! I hope I didn't sound weird about your last post, I just thought it was silly and funny--I've gotten up for similar reasons in the middle of the night but I've always thrown on pants. I've always sort of wondered, however, if the house really WERE on fire, if I would try to bother with pants.

    I hope everything is okay!

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