Hurrah!



MTF.xx

I take it that everybody doesn't need to post again??



MTF.xx

I second your Hurrah! MTF.



Please would you consider Rhythm Is Gonna Get You by Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine.



Mcw x

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From the Daily News comes this story of a Walsall couple who drove their car to the local supermarket only to have their car break down in the car park. The husband told his wife to carry on with the shopping whilst he fixed the car.



The wife returned later to see a small group of people standing near to the car. On closer inspection, she saw a pair of hairy legs protruding from under the chassis.



Unfortunately, although the man was in his shorts, his lack of underpants was apparent and his private parts were glaringly public.



Unable to stand the embarrassment, she dutifully stepped forward, quickly tucked everything back into place under his shorts.



On regaining her feet, she looked across the bonnet and found herself staring at her husband who was standing idly by.



The AA mechanic (other breakdown services etc..) however, had to have three stitches in his forehead!



Now really must go and do some work!! ..



Mcw x

#2 MTF, I am not at all sure they will read yesterday's blog.



So I'm re-posting the list of what I posted on that:



THE DANGLING CONVERSATION - Simon & Garfunkel



RHYMES AND REASONS - John Denver



NURSERY RHYME - Bo Diddley



FLY ME TO THE MOON - Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennet



ANCIENT RHYMES - John Denver



A SIMPLE DESULTORY PHILLIPIC - Simon & Garfunkel



LIFE'S LIKE POETRY - Dolly Parton



NEXT VERSE - Beautiful South

C'est la vie!



MTF.xx

Hilarious again Mcw, its definitely the way you tell em!



MTF.xx

LoL MCW



Suggest 'Rhythm of Life' Sammy Davies (also Diana Ross)

In case yesterday's blog isn't read:



HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK - Ian Drury & The Blockheads



Please Simon.



Mcw - LOL!



Tortie x

Good Day Each!



C&P from earlier/yesterday/whenever.



I suppose this first one is a given...



'Poetry In Motion' by Jonnny Tillotson



and then...



'A Poem On The Underground Wall' by Simon And Garfunkel



'Poems, Prayers And Promises' by John Denver



'Notes And Rhymes' by The Proclaimers



'The Limerick Rake' by The Pogues (Tenuous, I know)



An entirely suitable musical 'bed' would be...



'The Nursery Rhyme Concerto' by Rick Wakeman (From the album The Legend Live In Concert)

Even if yesterdays blog is read, mine wont get picked, so I'll leave it where it is. LOL!



Roll on Friday!



Well, Friday afternoon anyway, once I have got the dentist out of the way. Its going to hurt, its going to hurt a lot, arghhhhhhh!!



See, even tooth fairies get the eebie jeebies!



MTf.xx

# 4, not the best of starts eh!



MTF.xx

poetry in motion-jonny tilison or wordy rappinghood -tom tom club

Again ... just in case!



Good morning fellow bloggers, good morning Simon?



Thanks for the update Alex :-)



My offerings for now ...



ODE TO BILLIE JOE - BOBBY GENTRY



ROMEO AND JULIET - DIRE STRAITS



YOUR SONG - ELTON JOHN



BITTER FINGERS - ELTON JOHN



Later ...

Afternoon



Just to re-add my selections



Clifford T ward - Home thoughts from Abroad

The Scaffold - Lily the Pink

Iron Maiden - Rime of the ancient mariner



Cheers

Afternoon All.



What a superb photo of the VIP - with TB!



Lots of lovely suggestions on the tale end of yesterday's blog.



I suggest MORNING HAS BROKEN - Cat Stevens.(or another)

It's a poem by Eleanor Farjeon which he set to music so I think it fits.



Cheers......



BP

i suggest pop art poem by The Jam

rodders68 x

WORD UP - CAMEO



8-]

And dare I risk ...



WORDY RAPPINGHOOD - TOM TOM CLUB



Wince!

BP your suggestion has taken me right back to Junior school assemblies!

What a lovely suggestion and on such a sunny day.



Mcw x

Here we all are. Nice pic - of both of them!



KatyMatey - from the previous blog, my name already rhymes.



So, to repeat - my suggestions were:



POETRY IN MOTION - Bobby Vee



POET - Sly and the Family Stone



I also second MCW's Gloria Estefan suggestion - I was going to say it myself, then realised you already had.



Deebee X

Many many years ago when I was at school, I remember one of the English teachers coming into class and saying "Today, I am going to read you a poem".



He struck a pose, and recited:



"Shake, shake, shake,

shake, shake, shake,

shake your booty

shake your booty.



Shake, shake, shake,

shake, shake, shake,

shake your booty".



We were all laughing our heads off! So, my suggestion:



Shake your booty - KC & the Sunshine Band







I have a feeling a hat may be heading my way..........

#23 Did he do it in a Shakespearian tone of voice?

#21 Although I'd much prefer to hear the Cat Stevens version than a group of 8 year olds playing it badly on recorders!!



Hi Deebee, am supposed to be getting house ready for family bash on Sunday, as you can see I'm putting in alot of effort! Great minds again with Gloria Estefan!



Now I really really must leave and get things done!



Mcw x

#24 Totally!!!

Poetry related?



I'm going to go for Iggy Pop - The Passenger



.....which was a song based on a poem written by Doors front-man Jim Morrison who was a keen writer of poetry, and, indeed, the first of the two poetry books, the lost writings of Jim Morrison (named Wilderness) ended up on the New York Times best seller list in 1998.



Great track, also, from Iggy.

Simon,



You and Tony Blair

What a great pair.



Ok, so it's brief but it rhymes!



Nic

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash

- Leonard Cohen

AG



#23 Sound's like the sort of thing my sister did when she was teaching.



Best one was on National Poetry Day she gave permission for all her sets to invade other teacher's classes and demand the right to read a poem to their class. The kids loved it, not so sure about the other teachers tho!



A

#30 Love it! What a great way to share favourite poems!



The teachers and kids would have hated me though - invading their classroom and reciting the whole of "The Wasteland"!!

I wish I was a little grub,

with whiskers on my tummy.

I'd climb into a honey pot,

and make my tummy gummy.







I thank you.

#28 Nic, why don't you send that in as a tweet of the day?



How about



I eat my peas with honey

I've done it all my life

It makes the peas taste funny

But it keeps them on the knife



Or



There was a young man from Dundee

Who was stung on the neck by a wasp

When asked if it hurt

He replied "Not at all

He can do it again if he likes!"



Well, who said all poems had to rhyme...

My other half and I have developed a habit of writing each other poems in Birthday, Valentines and Christmas cards. It can prove to be a bit of a brain strain at times, but it's much nicer than just receiving the generic To and From!



8-x

There was a young woman from Ryde

Who ate a green apple, and died

The apple fermented

Inside the lamented

And made cider inside 'er inside

And a last suggestion from me for the day ...



ROSES ARE RED - BOBBY VINTON

#34 That is so sweet, Glenn

#34 That is lovely Glenn.



Deebee - you made me laugh out loud and now everyone is looking at me!!



I think we have some quality pomes on this here sit. I like National Poetry Day. Do think they should have it on a Friday tho and combine it with Poets Day........



Wandering off to look up the words for "Cottleston Pie" - I need some Winnie the Pooh wisdom..........

#38 Sorry about that Alex. I will try to be more serious in future.



My favourite A A Milne poem is "James James Morrison Morrison Wetherby George Dupree" I won't repeat it here, because of copyright. But there was a time when our children were younger when they could both recite it word-perfectly.

#39 Don't you dare! I like smiling! Better than a facelift any day!



Just love AA Milne. I have a lovely book of the articles and stories he wrote for Punch magazine (and I expect other mags were also available) and they are all so charming and witty.

#40 Yes, me too. He was a genius. Another one of my favourites is "What is the matter with Mary Jane", but we used to change the words to "Sarah Jane". For reasons you may be able to guess ;O)



I've heard the "real" Winnie the Pooh is now in the library in New York. I'm going to check it out when I go there next year.

#41 I didn't know that. Would love to see the real and original one!



In a lot of the behavioural change work I do, I often have to identify personality types to ensure the right type of communications and triggers are being sent out to meet all needs. Rather than using the psycho-babble stuff, I tend to apply the characters from the Pooh stories! For instance, I know I am a Piglet. Always willing, but always a little afraid so adds the voice of caution. Fortunately, my man is a Pooh so I am protected! The person sitting opposite me at work is definitely an Eeyore. It does work!

afternoon all....even later than Mr M :-) thank you for my song yesterday, too late to make a suggestion today :-(



3 worder...



fingers tingling...chillies ouch!

eyes crying onions :'-(

Oh dear PSL, doesn't sound like you're having much fun this afternoon, but I'm sure it'll all be worth it!



8-o

Afternoon all. Anybody out there help me write a sermon on Psalm 23? And Simon, I know you'll probably ignore this suggestion, but you can't do a show based around poetry without something from THE POET - lEONARD COHEN of course - so how's about SUSANNE PLEASE?

LEONARD I meant....

I set this as my f/b staus on the day my daughter moved out..



Loss

The day she moved out was terrible -

That evening I went through hell.

Her absence wasn’t a problem

But the GHD's had gone as well.



with apologies to Wendy Cope ;-)

#43 PSL - be grateful it's only your fingers tingling!!



;-0



x

Deevs - just read your words of wisdom on t'other side. You have your head screwed on the right way, my friend. Hope they make the person feel better.



x

Yay - 50!!!

#49 ha ha!

(I was going to do a little b*tt*m animation but didn't want to upset anyone!!)

Thanks Alex. I can only speak (or type) from the heart. Sometimes it can get me into Big Trub tho!!



x

# 49 Most definitely agree with that Deevskiboo, as one who (should I openly admit this?) speaks from ... errr ... experience!



Oooouch!



∑B-o

Well done for the 50 Alex!



Earlier Simon tweeted that TB had left half a banana behind. Interesting he should say that. About 8 years ago, my friend Cress was working at an ice cream cafe in Norwich while she was at Uni. I didn't know her at the time - she told me this story fairly recently. Anyway, Simon came in with his family, and Cress served them. I think she recognised him from 'Winning Lines' or something (which I have never seen, not that that's relevant). And after they'd gone, she found - you've guessed it - they'd left half a banana behind!

Ooh, how exciting. I just got a phone call from my lovely lady who heard my mensh in the car on the way up the M5. Unfortunately though I'm still at work and didn't hear it!



I feel a listen again moment coming on, or is that a little vain?



8-)

Well done Glenn!



Well done Deebee!

Well done deebee again!!

Well done Glenn



Well done Deebee

Oops - not a second well done to Deebee

a mensh is still a mensh!

Hi Everyone.



Well done Glenn, Deebee, Deebee again and that Gary!



Couldn't be here this afo so need to refer back.



#21 Mcw Thanks. I know what you mean about the recorders!



#40 Alex Could you give the title of that book and possibly the ISBN ?

It would make a lovely birthday gift for someone I know.



#46 Revster - show some Vicar of Dibley episodes instead? The music is spot on.



Cheers........



BP

Well done Gary

I did notice that at the end of today's show, Simon said that the first ARF tune was to be selected via the blog. No mention of any other media, so, perhaps MTF? Her choice would of course, be particularly pertinent at this time.

Well done all of todays menshees, but paticularly well done Deebs, on our first (I think) illicit mensh.

#57 #58 #59 #60 #62 #65 I got a mensh? I got two menshes? I got an illicit mensh? Do I need to whoop? Or yip yibble?? Or both??? What the blazes happened on today's show? Would someone care to enlighten me?



Oh, and a well done to Gary and Glenn!

#56 Glenn, it is not at all vain to 'listen again' for your mensh. Enjoy your moment!

First post here, just wanted to suggest Rush's mighty "Spirit of Radio" as the shows opener tomorrow.

#66 Right, I've 'listened again' - and thanks as well to BB for the clarification over on FB. Think I need a "whoop whoop!" and a "yippitty!" now. I do have a bit of a dilemma,though. I'm keeping a record of my menshes (sad, I know) - do I include the one for a song I didn't actually suggest? I guess technically I shouldn't, as Simon corrected himself. But as PSL says, a mensh is a mensh... ;o)



#68 Welcome Webbmeister! Good choice - you'll have more of a chance if you re-post it on tomorrow's blog.



Deebee X

#69 - (I'm reminded of Sham 69!)



To quote Michael Winner "Calm down, dear. It's only a ...." mensh!



Seriously - ENJOY!



Going to bed now - so it's nightie night from him and PJs from me.





BP

ive changed my user name i noticed not many use there full name but i did get my name on today with my choice of song im new 2 blogging thing never blogged before i came on this site

my new user name hasnt come on :(