Concur absolutely with (Most) Excellent Spouse Himself on #s 1-4, especially #s 1 and 2.
90% concur on #5 -- high-pitched voices kind of bug me.
#6 -- just threw up in my mouth a little bit there. But I'm sure it was smashing in the context of your relationship. I tend to like to avoid anthropomorphizing metaphors. Too much exposure at a young age, perhaps, to AM radio's heavy rotation of Rick Dees' "Disco Duck."
