Poor First Gentleman Bob Eaves.
During Gov. Beverly Perdue's inaugural, former Congresswoman Eva Clayton pronounced Eaves (like under a roof) as Evis, as in fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, minus the 'L'.
At the Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Research Triangle Park this morning, News & Observer publisher Orage Quarles introduced Eaves as the "First Husband," reports Mark Johnson.
The First Couple took it in stride. When Perdue got to the podium a few moments later, she said that Eaves had turned to her and joked: "Have they forgotten that I'm really your second husband?"
Perdue was divorced and Eaves was a widower when they married.
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