Nothin' Doin'

                   I am an insomniac. And it sucks. So what do insomniacs do in the middle of the night besides NOT sleep? We do laundry. And watch a lot of late night tv. During my time as an accomplished insomniac, I've become a huge fan of "I Love Lucy". I remember my mother watching it and just loving it when I was little, but never thought a thing about it. But over the past few weeks I've come to look forward to my late night routine. It starts at 3 am and you get a whole marathon of episodes that lasts til about 6 in the morning. It's awesome. One of my favorite parts of the show is when Ricky uses his catchphrase on Lucy.."Nothin' Doin".....I love it! He uses it most often when Lucy begs to be part of his nightclub acts - 
                      "Please, Ricky?"
                      "Nothin' Doin!" 
 He also uses it when she wants a new dress, hat or a raise in her allowance. 
                      "Nothin' Doin!" 
 Not that it ever stops her. Just like us women 50 years later, she goes and does exactly what she wants. Now we use it -
                    He says, " So you wanna sleep with me?"
                                        
                                      ..."Nothin' Doin".....


                             *footnote* 
                                     I think I'm going to start using it myself whenever anybody asks me to do anything. Like when the kids start complaining about being hungry and expect me to cook dinner. Nothin' Doin'! What do they think I am? A chef? 
                                     "Mom, will you.....?"
                                      "Nothin' Doin'"......