Stritch
Sometimes I feel I’m slowly morphing into Elaine Stritch No , I haven’t got a voice like glass strewn sandpaper, No, I don’t breathe whiskey fumes from behind eye glasses the size of the Titanic’s portholes And no I don’t burst into a rendition of I’m Still Here every time the fridge door is opened But we do have something in common, with this old Broadway Babe and that is humour. I have used humour all my life, well later on in my life as I , like Stritch admitted in her famous 2008 interview with Robert Faires. You make people laugh and you can get them to do anything for you she rasped My family may question this statement as they have experienced a more reflective, quieter John these past few years , but in general I can perform just as stridently as the old hoofer with an attitude, when the wind is in the right direction and the mood takes me. And people like to laugh, and smile and giggle It’s a powerful skill, especially in nursing S...