Good Morning again -



What an unexpected surprise, Simon. How lovely.

Lovely to see you oh Lord - but why does the schedule say the Marvellous Mr Allinson is in for you this evening?

Suggest -



KISS - Tom Jones



BRASS IN POCKET - Pretenders

Hi Simon and bloggers!



Well done to John Higgins on his well deserved win!



Would you please play the song John walks into the hall with, in memory of his dad who sadly passed away in February. His dad's favourite song was....



NEEDLES AND PINS by The Searchers



Thanks Simon

[Normality resumed ........... deep sigh of relief]



Good morning everyone.



I'm confused: is this Simon sitting in for Richard Allinson sitting in for Simon? I'm sure all will be clear at 5.05pm



Lots of work today first thing so catch you all later.

COLOURS - Donovan



CANNONBALL - Damien Rice



THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH - Herman's Hermits



IT'S OH SO QUIET - Bjork

One more....



GREAT BALLS OF FIRE ~ Jerry Lee Lewis

SNOOKER LOOPY by Chas 'n Dave



RED by Daniel Merriweather



YELLOW by Coldplay



GREEN DOOR by Shakin Stevens



BROWN EYED GIRL by Van Morrison



BLUE VELVET by I don't know..



PINK CADILLAC by Natalie Cole



PAINT IT BLACK by The Rolling Stones



UNBREAK MY HEART by Toni Braxton

Morning Lord Ammo, team, NYM and normal bloggers,



May I suggest:



BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse



MELTING POT - Blue Mink

'pick me up and put me in your pocket' Jeanette Harper

Good Morning All



This is a tricky one. The only songs I can come up with are:



BRASS IN POCKET by the Pretenders



TRUE COLOURS by Cyndi Lauper



Will have to put the thinking cap on - I may be back later...





Deebee ~X~

Good Morning All :)



I'm VERY happy to get back to normalcy too, even if it is a lousy word!



The old routine is back, Simon is back and blogging, and all is right with the world :D



Yes, I can see that today is a tricky news day for oldies :/ *Scratches head over snooker*



Is now a good time to confess that I once owned a copy of Snooker Loopy, and could probably still sing all the words to it? No, thought not!



Oldie suggestions...



Brass in POCKET - The Pretenders



Bermuda TRIANGLE - Barry Manilow



BLACK or WHITE - Michael Jackson



YELLOW - Coldplay



Hard Habit To BREAK - Chicago

'kiss' Tom Jones



'weak spot' Evelyn Thomas

#11 Of course, I WILL be back later - just not necessarily with any more song suggestions ;o)



How about



BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO by Neil Sedaka



~X~

Good morning and welcome back Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets all!



Confused? I certainly am!



Well done Julia at #8 for being so inventive so quickly. I am off for a thunk.



Harry, can I refer you back to my first post of today on the previous blog re something I learned today for the first time.



X

Good morning folks.... busy old day today, so...



POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces



MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart



"..or steal my daddy's cue

And make a living out of playing pool."



or



BREAKING OFF IS HARD TO DO - Neil Sedake

(okay - so it's "Breaking Up"...)

'back to black' Amy Winehouse

Hello again,



Yellow - Coldplay

Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band



Maybes Laters



A.

Morning Again,



Simon, you have taken us all by surprise! A nice surprise and great to get back in to the old routine!



How about:



GOLDEN BROWN by THE STRANGLERS



POOL HALL RICHARD by THE FACES



Tough theme!

Back to BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE



BRIDGE Over Troubled Water - S&G (excellent JW/PS show last night)



There must be many options for this this one



X

Inspired by Zoe UU's "Bermuda Triangle"....



WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? - Frank Sinatra

Morning All,



ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE - Pink Floyd



BLACK IS THE COLOUR - The Corrs



CANNON- The White Stripes



CANNONS - Souxie and the Banshees



HOLE IN MY POCKET - Sheryl Crow



MAN IN BLACK - Johnny Cash



CRUCIBLE - Rob Halford



RED AND BLUE - Lady GaGa

Morning Lord Ammo (touches cap deferentially) et all.



Glad to hear you turned out (in your pearly gear?) to welcome the new King and Queen (oh sorry, there is someone called Chaz first, isn't there..?)



We enjoyed it (you kow what) in HD, quadrophonic stereo, with pink fizz...superb music, brought a tear to Mr E's eyes (or he said it was the music anyways...)



As for music to accompany snooker, hmm that's a hard one for a Monday-ish morning for most of us (me included, REAL monday yesterday was hitting the garden, followed by 2 NT places in the arvo).

HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHMN STICK - IAN DRURY

maybe a bit of a tenuous link, but you can't ever play too much of his stuff.

so how about 'I CAN SING A RAINBOW' (by whoever) for the 'red and yellow and pink and gold, orange and purple and blue' some of which I believe are colours of the snooker balls!?

'GOODNESS GRACIOUS GREAT BALLS OF FIRE' JERRY LEWIS

I think I'll go now, linear thinking might be better after caffeine!

Have a nice day y'all.

'resCUE me' Fontella Bass

Some Elton John Ones



Don't Go BREAKING my Heart

BLUE Eyes

I Guess That's Wht They Call it the BLUES



OK enough already. Off to do some work!



X

Just for fun.... a song for each of the colours!



NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN ~ Moody Blues



RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER ~ Billy idol



YELLOW ~ Coldplay



GREEN DOOR ~ Shakin' Stevens



GOLDEN BROWN ~ The Stranglers



BLUE MONDAY ~ New Order



PINK CADILLAC ~ Bruce Springsteen



BLACK VELVET ~ Alannah Myles



xx

BREAKAWAY - TRACY ULLMAN



Here's a funny bit from Bill Bailey on the Snooker theme music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m32IEP5iik&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Silly me, it's 'red and yellow and pink and green (gold??), orange and purple and blue'..plus insert an errant 'n' in the well, you know where.

Oops sorry about the duplication B&B!



Thought of another



HURRICANE by ATHLETE

Baby's in black - The Beatles

Big Green and Yeller - Seasick Steve



A.

I MISSED AGAIN - Phil Collins



I GO TO SLEEP - Pretenders

Morning Everyone and of course, Lord Ammo - the Drivetime Dude, The Team and the NYM,



I'm rushing in with the HOIB suggestion as I can't think of anything sensible:-



How's about



I CAN SING A RAINBOW by CILLA BLACK? 'Red and yellow and pink and blue'. Apologoes for the poor effort.



I did think of Brass in Pocket by the Pretenders so would like to second, third or even fourth that suggestion.



A bit busy at the mo, hope to poop by later for a catch up.



Toodle-oo for noo.



~ xx

How could I forget!



Goodbye YELLOWbrick Road

(Ronnie) ROCKET Man (O'Sullivan)

KISS the Bride



X

Blackbird - The Beatles

Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones





A.

GOLDEN FRAMES - KT Tunstall



FRAMED - Ritchie Valens



IN THE FRAME - Del Amitri



TOUGHER THAN THE REST - Bruce Springsteen



SPIN - Lifehouse



SPIN ME ROUND - Roxy Music



TAKE OVER, THE BREAK'S OVER - Fall Out Boy

SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford

Simon, forget Snooker Loopy, for some of us of a certain age remember



THE BLACK & WHITE RAG by WINIFRED ATWELL.........brought back memories of me as a child watching the snooker with my dear old Uncle Joe!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15RMWP-YEaE&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Sorry, couldn't resist



Roddy FRAME (Aztec Camera) - Good Morning Britain



which has been in my head for a number of days now



X

Good morning Duke of Drivetime, team and bloggers



Blimey, you lot have been inventive with such a difficult theme! I'll have to go away and have a good think, or maybe I'll pass on today's tune chasing and get on with some work!



Back later



Tortie x

KISSING THE PINK (isn't that snooker terminology?): "The Last Film"

BALLS :"Fight For My Country"

C BANK (featuring JENNY BURTON): "One More Shot"

Now I must go and clear up what remains of my kitchen!



BTW Psl, we have underfloor heating too, I wonder whether our tiler will be insisting on an electrician to do his job!!

'it's in his kiss' Linda Lewis

YOU WIN AGAIN - Bee Gees



#29 MCM - great minds eh?



#31 - Billie - Phil Collins... brilliant! Inspired selection.

'just seven numbers' The Four Tops

SONG OF THE CENTURY - Green Day



END OF A CENTURY - Blur



SAFETY JOE - John Prine



UNTIL I MET YOU (CORNER POCKET) - Manhattan Transfer

With reference to the atmosphere, the venue, and the ball to the right of the brown...



BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIGGER CITY - Cee-lo Green

Good morning Lord Ammo, Team and fellow blogpoppets!



Hope all are well this sunny, but chilly, morning.



Can't think of a single tune (or not one that fits the theme). Very confused about who is heading up Drivetime today - the BBC schedule definitely says it is RA sitting in. Am VERY glad that we do have Noisy back.



Mo, hope the wasp sting is getting better.



Billie, we have lunch and dinner.



Gazza, I agree re the TB show. Charity records should not have been included and the majority of the others were what I would call "novelty records". All very cringeworthy but TB is great.



Everyone else -- Helloooooo!



Should get the car doctor's verdict today. Mr P went to visit it yesterday to pat its bonnet and say hello. It is looking very forlorn on the forecourt of the garage. Still crossing fingers that they can make it better in time for the weekend.



Back later - think I am meant to be working!



A-G

I found this blog on the songs that snooker players walk on to https://www.thesnookerblog.com/2011/04/players-1st-round-walk-on-songs/



I used to watch snooker all the time when I was little, probably due to my granddad liking it. I remember the year when Dennis Taylor won so clearly, it was a real nail-biter. I have seen many snooker players out and about in Sheffield over the years, but never been to a match at the Crucible.

White ladder- David Gray



Red shoes – Elvis Costello



Mellow yellow- Donovan



Pretty green- Mark Ronson



Golden brown -The Strangler



Blue Monday – New Order



Pretty in pink- The Psychedelic Furs



Black coffee in bed – Squeeze

RACK 'EM UP - Jonny Lang



RICK RACK - Gerry Rafferty



WHITE CHALK - PJ Harvey



POT OF GOLD - Akon

Morning All,



'Silence Is Golden' The Tremeloes



Have a good day everybody

I just had a wee peek back at the previous blog and would like to add that, as a child, we used to have dinner and tea (Mum used to cook a three course meal at lunchtime for us, Dad was an engineer in the local power station and always made it home for dinner). For tea we would have two courses - eg sausages, chips, beans followed by pudding, generally custard and something (have you ever tried jelly on hot custard??? mmmmmm yum!). Both meals were finished off with a cup of tea and a biscuit (usually chocolate). Unbelievably, we weren't overweight either.



anyhoo, back to the grindstone.



:) xx ~

Coffee time, and I've torn myself away from the lure of the garden (we have a very nice one at work!) to catch up.



#3 Billie - I'm hoping you'll be happy to share!



Maybe we'll get Simon AND Richard Allinson today. That would be a real treat...



Mcw - hope your new kitchen is finished soon. I think the kitchen must be the most disruptive room in the house to have refurbished. Unless you only have one bathroom...



Alex - fingets crossed for your car. Although there is a very good train service to Cambridge.



Zoe gave me an idea for another suggestion:



BREAKAWAY by Art Garfunkel



Back later - I too am supposed to be working.



~X~

Oh yes, Toots/Boots/Jemima - you've reminded me. I was going to post a comment re dinner/supper/tea.



I don't know if it's a North/South thing, but we always had (still do, actually) lunch in the middle of the day and dinner in the evening. Supper is a light/late dinner (something cooked, but not a big meal - such as beans on toast). Tea is sandwiches and cake, and a cup of tea!



~X~

SIDE EFFECTS - Mariah CArey



BOTH SIDES NOW - Joni Mitchell

Lord Ammo,

Much as I ♥ Richard Allinson (melifluous voice, great tunes, wry sense of humour) I think you better check your BBC leave card to check that you are in fact NOT booked on hollimidays today....or perchance the YTS child on minimum wage has made a boo boo as regards inputting the schedule!

Hush - Kula Shaker



At my Gran's we had had Dinner and Tea. At Dad's it was Lunch and Dinner as he always said that TEA was a drink. So we now have Lunch and Dinner with Snacks inbetweeny, lol.



A.

'No Easy Way Out' Robert Tepper

'Rock Steady' Aretha Franklin

Morning Simon, Morning everyone,



Really disappointed the blog wasn't working on Friday - I was hoping we could all talk about frocks!!



Anyway, a tune for today - I can only think of Kiss Me - The Cranberries.



Have super days,



Softy

xx

#15 Mediterranean Mo, read back to yesterday's blog: thank you!!! Sorry you were over your limit though. I did know about the VAT discrepancy and I'm happy for it to stay ;-)



Can someone help with dietary advice: does a fruit scone count towards your "5 a day"? :-)



Be back later ...........

#61 - Harry, the answer is yes, but if the fruits include sultanas/raisins and cherries too then that is two of your five. If you add strawberry jam (other fruit jams are available) then that is three of your five. Hope that helps.

#61/62 absolutely and surely if there is butter/clotted cream involved then you are also working towards your daily calcium needs ;-)



X

Is it pun time yet?



Thank you for the baize - Kirsty MacColl



A.

Ooh and can I second #60. Great Song choice Southern-Softy!



A.

morning all it says richard allison is sitting in 4 you today havent you heard he might turn up hoping 2 do the show he be in a shock if you turn up



snooker oldies



snooker loopy-chas and dave



rocket man(o sulivan)-elton john



blowing in the wind-donovan(wind=trumpp)



you win again-hot choclate



whispering grass-windser davis-(4 the late ted lowe)

#62 & #63 ..... my scones contained sultanas and cherries so, having eaten 3, I seemed to have managed to exceed my 5-a-day and, having eaten them with butter, I've gone some way to preventing osteoporosis. And, it's not even lunchtime (dinnertime??) yet! After all this healthy eating I think I might treat myself to a pie! :-D

its changed now if you go to schedule near the top of the page you will see a calander with tells you whos on 4 the next week or so,last night it still said richard allison but now hes not mentioned,chris tarrants in 4 steve wright next week he has a lot of holidays

Talking of pies Harry the Snapper... I've just made some Cornish pasties and they look and smell yummy and once they cool down a bit, I shall be having one with HP sauce on it for lunch! :o)

#68 happy hornet, you're right, it definitely said earlier on that Richard Allinson was sitting today.

#69 I hope you made enough to share, LucisMum...I am drooling



x

#68/70 conspiracy theory - the blog is back and seems to be working (no jumping here) and "they" can't have it all running smoothly for us so confusion has to be added to stir things up a bit



x

Hmph, pies, Cornish pasties - think of me as I sit here chomping on chicken salad :(



#67 - Harry, I'd like to work on the theory that at least one each of the different fruit pastille (other fruit sweets, blah, blah) flavours is indeed fulfilling your five-a-day quota.



~ x

Good Afternoon Each! Just a quick in and out for me, for a while at least, so apologies if I've snaffled others tunage...



'Blue For You' by Status Quo



'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' by Pat Benatar



'Long Shot' by The Pioneers



'Yellow Triangle' by Christy Moore (Someone MUST have gone for that)



'Razzle In My Pocket' by Ian Dury & The Blockheads. (Unlikely in the extreme)

LOL at HH suggesting Blowing in the Wind for Judd Trump! :D



In that case pass the HOIB for NELLIE THE ELEPHANT - TOY DOLLS

Hi all!

Joke first .... How do you make a snooker table laugh? Put your hands in its pockets and tickle its balls!!!!!



FREEZE FRAME - J Geils Band

JIMMY MAC - ????? Martha Reeves and Vandellas?

YELLOW Submarine - The Beatles

Take it to the limit - The Eagles ( Maximum 147)

The Race - YELLO

BROWN Sugar - The Rolling Stones

BLACK Velvet - Alannah Myles

True BLUE - Madonna

GREEN Door - Shakin Stevens

Lily the PINK - Scaffold

Lady in RED - Chris De Burgh

BREAKAWAY - Gallagher and Lyle

Hi Simon,

How about BALLroom Blitz? But please play the 1992 Tia Carrera version from Wayne's World - soooo much cooler!

Thanks.

About scones...fruit or otherwise.



There is much discussion in the Softy household about the pronunciation. The girls think it's scone as in bone and the boys think it is scone as in gone... I think the boys are just trying to be posh.



Any thoughts poppets?



xx

#78 Scone as in moon - as in Scone Palace



x

#78 I thought it was the other way round. My Mum, who IS posh (even though she came from Dagenham) pronounces it to rhyme with bone.



Another word that seems to have more than one pronunciation is clematis. Should it be pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable, CLEMatis? Or should it be clem-AY-tis?



~X~

#78 - I'm a girl and I say scone as in gone

#80 Deebee - Crikey! Perhaps it is me that's posh then.



I would go for clem - ay - tis.



xx

#81 I say scone as in gone too but I'm Scottish!



Followed a recipe a few weeks ago to make pancakes (Delia) but ended up with thin, runny things that were what I call crepes. Think I should have been making dropped scones?



x

#82 That's how my Mum pronounces clematis too. So yes, I'm afraid you are posh ;o)



#83 Aren't they called Scotch pancakes...?



~X~

I do enjoy a good game of snooker, but I must confess I can only remember the order that the colours come in by humming 'Snooker Loopy' (sad eh?)



First day back at work today which was a bit of a mountain to climb this morning for me, of course the bonus of it though is that its also cherubs first day back at school. With my bountiful free time today I have 'tried' to put up a curtain pole. Im half way there which means,.. ive drilled the holes, put the wall pluggs in and half screwed in one screw. Tomorrow I will go and buy a better screwdriver as its clearly required if im ever gonna get the other 5 1/2 screws in.

I say scone as in gone; like Mo, I, too, am Scottish.



I think I say clem-atis, no emphasis on either syllable.



Off in a mo to get my tea ready before running club and will have supper (tea and toast) upon my return.



Not at all posh and would never try to be, I'd only let myself down :(



Good luck ye mensh chasers; I'll be tuned in at 5.05 and happy to hear either SM or RA or even both.



Toodle-oo for noo.



~ xx

All Hail Dude of Drivetime, your wonderful TeamCool and Blessed Blogpoppets ...





... glad everyone has returned safe and sound from assorted holidaying. Am feeling much revived after a few days away.



Lunch/Dinner. 'Tis often discussed in our house because OH still prefers Dinner/Tea. Cumbria, see?

[I'm sure in my very early years in Lancashire we all said Dinner/Tea - but then we went to live abroad and it all went continental - but we still took 'dinner money' to school]



Supper was a hot beverage and biccy before bed. And should STILL BE THAT! Sorry Billie. A lot of my mother's la-di-dah friends use that phrase and she's started using it. 'Suppah' she says. For goodness' sake, mother. Remember your roots. lol.



Afternoon Tea is tea with sandwiches, cakes/pastries served on a side table whilst relaxing in comfy chairs.



High Tea is the same food but when everyone sits around a table to have it.



We have been known to do both when we've had a Dinner at Lunch time. When that occurs, we have Supper at suppertime.



Hope that clarifies things.



Did I mention cakes?

Scones = Cones.



5-A-Day -

Jelly Babies stress on their packaging - 'Natural colours & flavours - contains real fruit juice*' - still haven't found what the * is for.

Whilst I was looking, I discovered that Bassetts [other hounds etc] Jelly Babies were originally launched in 1918 as Bassett's Peace Babies to celebrate the end of the First World War. There are six flavours with six different faces!

Who knew?





SO much to read - lots to comment on.

I leave you with this thought - anyone else still got Easter chocolate/sweeties to finish?

#87 - ah, Cakey - you speak much sense! That is the acid test - anyone who says "lunch money" for school may have a leg to stand on, but anyone who says "dinner money" therefore eats "dinner" in the middle of the day. Unless of course they take a "packed lunch". Aaaaagghhhh. I'm not keen on "supper". Supper is a crumpet (unless you are posh and call them pikelets) in your dressing gown in front of the fire watching Stingray before you go to bed. Most of the people I know who have "supper" pronounce it "sappah" - which is just silly.

I say scone as in gone and I am not Scottish....well actually I may be many generations back, my maiden name has a very Scottish ring to it!



I say CLEMatis, yet I remember my father pronouncing it as clem ay tis.



I have a very posh friend who pronounces yes as 'ears'. My children refer to her as Mrs Ears!



It is always 'lunch' at mid dayish in our house, yet I used to take 'dinner' money to school like you, Katy. BTW Hello! Glad you had a refreshing break. Did you go to Cumbria?



Dinner in the evening, and supper was only an occasional meal (or we would be constantly grazing!!) of maybe cheese and biscuits.

#88 - Cakey, I must confess, I have choccie left over from Easter. Not used to having so much, lol! I know, I must try harder.



#89 - I do ask the kiddwinks what they had for lunch but pay dinner money. Does this mean I am legless?!?!



A.

#90 - MCM..."Mrs Ears" - fantastic!



What about people called Ralph who pronounce it "Rafe"? Sorry if that offends any family members!

Snooker oldies ..



Have tweeted

LOVE IS A WONDERFUL COLOUR - ICICLE WORKS.



Also thought of COLOUR BLIND by DARIUS - but it's all a bit late in the day for mensh-chasage.





POT MUSIK - M



POTCORN - HOT BUTTER



POCKET MAN - ELTON JOHN

Breakfast, (cereal or fry up if weekend or holiday)

Dinner, (at mid day)

Tea, (4-5.30)

Supper *as taken by cherub* (cereal or potato cake and milky drink)



I can also credit a Lancashire heritage... maybe its just us Katy?

The very posh school secretary at the prep school my children attended, always referred to canapes (can a pays) as 'canapps'. I had never heard that before. Now would they constitute as being tea or high tea or supper?

Think I like the idea of Jelly Babies being one of my 5 a day. :-)

Oh my look at the time ! must dash school crossing beckons.

Happy day all

we eat when we are hungry :-) no names no pack drill

#90

Chicklester - I went south by southeast, across some water, and spent a lot of time in Monet's House & Garden in Giverney - my brother's little corner of Normandie is a couple of kilometres from there.



pssssst - don't tell Harry.]





#91 Alice - I got one box of Jelly babies and one box of Thornton Chocs - I still have some left of both.



*feels proud*

#78 ......... scones.



John Betjeman wrote a poem called "How to Get on in Society" in which he rhymes 'scones' with 'stones'. I understand that the whole of the poem is taking the mickey out of people who (mis-)use words and behave in an affected way in order to appear better than they actually are. What do you think?



How To Get On In Society by John Betjeman



Phone for the fish knives, Norman

As cook is a little unnerved;

You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes

And I must have things daintily served.



Are the requisites all in the toilet?

The frills round the cutlets can wait

Till the girl has replenished the cruets

And switched on the logs in the grate.



It's ever so close in the lounge dear,

But the vestibule's comfy for tea

And Howard is riding on horseback

So do come and take some with me



Now here is a fork for your pastries

And do use the couch for your feet;

I know that I wanted to ask you-

Is trifle sufficient for sweet?



Milk and then just as it comes dear?

I'm afraid the preserve's full of stones;

Beg pardon, I'm soiling the doileys

With afternoon tea-cakes and scones.

#94 Gill - me too Lancashire (my great grandma was the publican at the Dog and Partiridge next door to Wigan Parish Church. Last noted as being called The Bees Knees) and I agree with you wholeheartedly. Etymological dictionary credits "supper" originally as "the last meal of the day" (so I guess it is that re-assuring snacky thing before bedtime) coming from C13th French, whereas "dinner" (also C13th French) originally meant "first meal of the day" (ie breakfast), then moved to mean the mid-day meal, and later transferred by fashionable types to mean "evening meal". The word "snack" goes back to about 1750. Tea is simply another word for cannabis, so that explains why some of us are a bit confused...