Spoon Nose

My wife, who has decided to be called Eleanor of Aquitaine on this blog, and I went to get her 20-week ultrasound this morning.

As you can see, the baby has inherited the famous family "Spoon Nose" from me, so called because it is handy for keeping a spoon on your nose.


You may have already met some other members of my family. We are descended from the 10th Century knight, Sir Roger the Spatulate, who brought spoons to the British Isles. We also have in our lineage the proud Viking raider, Leif Ladleson, who could hang a spoon from his nose and both of the horns on his helmet while pillaging. The sight brought terror to his enemies and made him the leader of his village. Finally, there is our pioneer ancestor, Amanda Shovelboffin, who crossed the plains to Utah with her 14 children in the 1850s with all of them hanging spoons on their noses.

It is indeed a proud lineage. Oh, by the way, the baby is a girl.