Jan 03 2009
I’m Living With Columbo
I realised something this morning that made me laugh and I wanted to share it. I don’t know how many of you remember the rather excellent Columbo TV series, starring the always-wonderful Peter Falk, but for those who do: what was the thing he always used to do? That’s right - just as he was leaving after talking to a suspect, he’d stop and say “Oh, just one more thing…” and ask them the really important question that showed he’d figured out their supposedly clever plan. It was a really cool series that I loved watching, and he was equally brilliant in The Princess Bride: so much charisma and presence!
My partner, I realised, has this habit. Whenever she goes to bed, we’ll chat a bit and so on. I always sleep later and - since I have a back problem - I sleep on the floor, so I tend to wish her goodnight and go off to write a blog entry or something. Almost every time, she waits until I’m almost gone, then asks me to remember to do something. Buy tomatoes. Write a certain letter. Feed the cat. It can be anything at all, but there’s always “just one more thing”!
Perhaps I should buy her a shoddy old trenchcoat or a cigar for her birthday? I don’t know, but it’s a funny feeling to know that I’m living with Columbo. This obviously does not bode well if I should decide to become a career criminal or try to do something surreptitious like stealing the cat’s food bowl or murdering a neighbour. She’ll figure it out in short order.
At least she doesn’t look like him… 
