Going From Bat To Worse, Part 2

(I’m on the phone with my boyfriend.)

Boyfriend: *in a deep, gravelly voice* “Guess what?”

Me: “What?”

Boyfriend: *in the same voice* “I’m Batman.”

(I laugh for a second; his impression is quite accurate. He carries on with it.)

Boyfriend: “This makes my throat hurt.”

Me: “Then stop being Batman!”

Boyfriend: “I can’t.”

Me: “Why not?”

Boyfriend: *in an even deeper, gravelly-er voice* “Because not only you, but all of Gotham needs me.”