This story is not my own. I wish it was…but alas the copyright belongs to my hilarious friend Becky Hayes.
Our class attended Evensong at Christ Church in Oxford. When the choir boys solemnly entered the center aisle, Becky stifled her laughter as she pictured the flagellant monks in Monty Python chanting “Pie Iesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem” and then hitting their foreheads with a piece of wood. Now I’m using the term “choir boy” but in truth these singers were not boys (even though many of them sang as high as little boys). Many of them we believe are students at Oxford. Now we conducted research (aka wikipedia) and we are certain that these boys are not celibate and the only requirement besides talent is to be a member of the Anglican Church. Now some of the choir boys stood across from Becky. Highly amused, she stared at the choir boys and caught the attention of one of them. Their eyes locked. Fortunately he was not the countertenor but sang the masculine role of the bass. Unfortunately his coif resembled the shaggy parted look of the nineties. Due to the less than ideal hair style, in order to see his music he had to run his fingers through his hair. After their eyes locked he winked at her. Yes, the choir boy winked at Becky. Becky was taken aback. She looked behind her sure that he must be winking at one of the “cute” girls in the group. The only person behind her was the only boy in our group, Michael. This convinced Becky that he was indeed winking at her. (I believe this is debatable…he could have been winking at Michael; he is a choir boy after all.) Becky began to laugh and he made eye contact with her and also began to laugh. However he focused himself for most of the remainder of the evensong as he was required to sing. Yet while exiting the building he winked one more time at Becky. From this story I have come to the conclusion that some of the choir boys are a bit more pious than others. Also, some are more prone to flirtation winks while performing their sacred duty to God.
Side Note: Becky is disappointed because she found counter tenor to be the most attractive of the choir, but not as flirtatious as others. Also, this picture is the winking choir boy. We searched the website and seeing his hair there was not mistaking him.
Our class attended Evensong at Christ Church in Oxford. When the choir boys solemnly entered the center aisle, Becky stifled her laughter as she pictured the flagellant monks in Monty Python chanting “Pie Iesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem” and then hitting their foreheads with a piece of wood. Now I’m using the term “choir boy” but in truth these singers were not boys (even though many of them sang as high as little boys). Many of them we believe are students at Oxford. Now we conducted research (aka wikipedia) and we are certain that these boys are not celibate and the only requirement besides talent is to be a member of the Anglican Church. Now some of the choir boys stood across from Becky. Highly amused, she stared at the choir boys and caught the attention of one of them. Their eyes locked. Fortunately he was not the countertenor but sang the masculine role of the bass. Unfortunately his coif resembled the shaggy parted look of the nineties. Due to the less than ideal hair style, in order to see his music he had to run his fingers through his hair. After their eyes locked he winked at her. Yes, the choir boy winked at Becky. Becky was taken aback. She looked behind her sure that he must be winking at one of the “cute” girls in the group. The only person behind her was the only boy in our group, Michael. This convinced Becky that he was indeed winking at her. (I believe this is debatable…he could have been winking at Michael; he is a choir boy after all.) Becky began to laugh and he made eye contact with her and also began to laugh. However he focused himself for most of the remainder of the evensong as he was required to sing. Yet while exiting the building he winked one more time at Becky. From this story I have come to the conclusion that some of the choir boys are a bit more pious than others. Also, some are more prone to flirtation winks while performing their sacred duty to God.
Side Note: Becky is disappointed because she found counter tenor to be the most attractive of the choir, but not as flirtatious as others. Also, this picture is the winking choir boy. We searched the website and seeing his hair there was not mistaking him.
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