Good Morning Simon, Driveteam, Constructors and Blogchums





Just wanted to say hi really.



Great theme - so I'll duck out until the serious Mensh Chasers are done







:^)

Good Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



All I can think of at the moment is:



ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY by Great White



And yes, I did have to Google the artist's name this time.



Will try and come up with some more on the way to work...



Deebee ~X~

Good Morning again -



Suggest



LOVE BITES - Def Leppard



ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY -Ian Hunter



I GOT STUNG - Elvis

I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN - Mr. Sinatra or 4 Seasons

Hi everyone!



Can only think of these two until I put my thinking cap on....



ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST ~ Queen



SNAKE BITE ~ Peter Skellern



xx

SPANISH FLEA - Herb Alpert





Hi Katy !

THE SCRATCH - Surface Noise

Morning Lord Ammo of DT (or should that be Deet!), team, NYM and bite-free bloggers,



First one that springs to mind...



ITCHYCOO PARK - Small Faces

Hi everyone



So it isn't my exczema on my legs at moment it is the pesky mozzies!!! Oh well the vaseline repair and protect is doing a fine job of eliminatiing the bites!



1, Calling all the heroes - IT BITES

2. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - Queen

3. SKIN DEEP - The stranglers

4. ANT MUSIC - Adam and the Ants

5. Anything by THE BEATLES

6. THE FLY U2

7. Anything by STING

8. Jump around - HOUSE OF PAIN

9. ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY - Randy Crawford.



Have a nice day, hope its not too wet for ya.



Mandy :)

Good Morning all bloggers



My suggestion for today is :-



SUPERFLY - CURTIS MAYFIELD

Morning All,



How about I'M FLEA by Roger Daltry!!!



My serious suggestions are:



UNDER ATTACK by ABBA



ITCHYCOO PARK by THE SMALL FACES



or anything by Midge Ure!



madchick x

THEME FROM THE STING - Ragtimers

For some reason, this song popped into my head...



BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil.





But that might be more relevant to bed bugs. Altho mozzies and midges do also tend to nip at your ankles poking out under the duvet.

SKIN DEEP ~ Nick Lowe



SKIN DEEP ~ The Stranglers





I don't know if a fly can be included....



FLY AWAY ~ Lenny Kravitz



I'LL FLY FOR YOU ~ Spandau Ballet



x

JUMP THEY SAY by DAVID BOWIE

JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) by THE POINTER SISTERS

Good morning Simon, Team, NYm and blogpoppets!



Got to be...



STING - iT'S Probably Me



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Making myself laugh here



FLYING WITHOUT WINGS - Westlife



WILD THING - Troggs

Morning all



Think someone's trying to tell me something - was just about to post when we had a power cut!



Can only think of the following so far:



NOWHERE TO RUN - Martha and the Vandellas



Will have another cuppa now the leccy's back on!



#8, #11 - Itchycoo Park is inspired!!

BUZZ BUZZ A DIDDLE IT - Matchbox



BUZZ ME BABY - Fleetwood Mac

Good Morning All :)



Hmm mosquitoes eh? Pesky little critters! I did G**gle on this one, I have to admit, because all I could think of r.e bloodsuckers was...



LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE - ANNIE LENNOX



But not many people would feel that charitable towards mozzies!! :D



Anyhoo the search threw up some songs with interesting titles, though I must confess to never having heard of them before...



FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITO'S TWEETER - NINA SIMONE



MOSQUITO SONG - QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE



BUZZIN' FLY - TIM BUCKLEY



Going to ponder on it and see if I can think up some more without artificial help!

Good Morning Each!



'Blood Sucker' by Benjamin Zephaniah



'Natty Dread' by Bob Marley And The Wailers

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon the Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



Just a flying visit today - super busy :(



No thoughts on a song as yet but will put on the thinking cap and see what I can come up with.



Just wondering how days 4 and 5 went Alex~G and if you've survived to day 6?



Hope all is well in blogpoppetland. No time to catch up as yet.



Have fabby days one and all.



~ xx

Typed post and it disappeared. Oh well .....



Hi everyone!



x

Well, my drive to work wasn't very inspirational unfortunately. The only other song I came up with was:



FLESH AND BLOOD by Roxy Music



Hi to KatyMatey!



~X~

Dare I suggest...



'The Ugly Bug Ball' by Burl Ives

I know it's early, but just can't resist asking for anything by GNAT KING COLE or MIDGE URE!!!!

And....



'Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter' by Joe Bonamassa



'The Bug' by Dire Straits

I've had a think, and I thunked...



FLY AWAY - LENNY KRAVITZ



LEAVE ME ALONE - MICHAEL JACKSON



FIREFLIES - OWL CITY

Morning All,



No inspiriation on this one.



Absolutely lashing it down here in South Yorkshire.



Maybes Laters



A.

Ooo what about...



I KNOW AN OLD LADY (WHO SWALLOWED A FLY) - BURL IVES or PETER, PAUL AND MARY :D

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES - Space



It is after all the female mossie that carries the big M.

There is of course:



HUMAN FLY - The Cramps



but not sure that's quite Radio 2 material!

Morning all



Apologoes for the late arrival - I've been trying to get through to the Beko helpline -to absolutely no avail! You get a recorded message telling you to hold and then the line goes dead - not very good!



So, no suggestions from me today, but I was interested to hear the talk about mossies and repelling them; Mr T was thoroughly munched last week in Greece; he obviously tastes better than me! I guess the brewers yeast idea is the same as eating Marmite (other spreads, etc) for a couple of weeks before going on holiday.



Will report back later on the Beko saga (assuming I find someone to talk to!)



Tortie x

Morning,





If you want blood (you've got it) - AC/DC



Mosquito song - Queens of the stone age



Once Bitten twice shy - Ian Hunter or Great White



Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert



Flyswatter - Eels



Sugar Bee - Canned Heat



Fields of gold - Sting

Good morning,



Tortie, Good luck with Beko.



Toots, Have been polishing the ARFO crown for you.



Howsabout:



SUPER FLY GUY by S'Express

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE by Guns 'n Roses



Must dash.

Have a good day.x

One last oldie suggestion...



THE FLY - CHUBBY CHECKER

EATEN ALIVE - Diana Ross (sounding suspiciously like Michael Jackson)



I never get bitten. But I do eat Marmite. Mrs Good gets peppered by the blighters, and so do the Junior BGs. Also, picking up from yesterday's discussion, am I the only person to be in the 5th decade of my life and have no clue what blood group I am??? How do I find out??? I once asked my doctor and he said they don't test just to make a note of it in my records - it's only when needed. What does that mean? When I've been knocked down by a bus and need a blood transfusion, and THEN they do the test, thereby wasting critical minutes? This could keep me awake at night.



*Stops rambling, before paranoia sets in*

Is it Friday yet?



Dont you just love an ELO song with a great ending?



MTF.xx

#37 I eat Marmite too, JBG - maybe I should get some brewer's yeast tablets for Mr T before we next go away, as won't go near Marmite!



I only know what my blood group is because I give blood.



#35 Thanks Julia - still no reply!

#37 I found out my blood group when I was pregnant, it was a big deal at the time because I am A negative and my twins were O positive, and I had to have a few injections to stop anti-bodies forming.



My mister asked if he could find out his blood group, but he got told the same as you, they would only test for it if a blood transfusion was needed!



I think you can pay privately to have it done, but no idea how much this costs. Also I believe that O negative is the universal donor blood, so they could always give you that while they determine your actual blood group.

Morning all. Struggling with the oldies other than anything by Sting and I'm sure there's a group called The Bees but have no clue about any of their songs.....

Hello Summertime - Bobby Goldsboro.



MTF.xx

Morning All again



Too busy today for much chat today.



But here is my selection :-



FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - STEVE MILLER BAND

SOMEDAY I'LL FLY AWAY - RANDY CRAWFORD

SPIDERS AND SNAKES - JIM STAFFORD

UGLY BUG BALL - BURL IVES - ( always used to be on junior choice with Ed Stewart)

Inspiratino just hit me between the eyes





TIME OF THE SEASON - the Zombies





#39/40 Oh well, ignorance is bliss! If the Marmite theory is true, this year I will have zero bites as I'm on a "marmite diet" to try to reduce my cheese intake - whenever I fancy cheese on crackers, or a cheese sandwich, or cheese anything, I have marmite instead. And it's working! But my sodium levels are probably sky high...

A must to avoid - Hermans Hermits.



MTF.xx

Getting to the point -ELO.



MTF.xx

One way or another (I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya.....) -Blondie.



MTF.xx

#38 I know MTF! Every time Simon announces an ELO opener to the show, I think of you and wait in anticipation to hear the opening strains of Twilight. Methinks, he knows that we are all waiting and he is just toying with us! Naughty boy! ;-)

This Little Calamine by Ray Charles



Midge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel



The Itch Is Back by Elton John



;-)

I take a deep breath everytime MCW.



I've got a feeling that this will be my lucky week.



Apart from the washing machine packing in (again!) and we're getting ready to go on hollibobs and they cant fix it until the 20th, ho hum!



I cant even remember what ELO song he played yesterday now. LOL!



Sunshine and showers here again today.



MTF.xx

You see :)

I got the 50, not even trying!



MTF.xx

Coffee time...



Thanks for the contributions to yesterday's discussion about how people find oldies to suggest. I think the conclusion was that we mainly use our hippocampuses rather than our fingers, making us all a very clever bunch of blogpoppets! And we know from Simon's blog the day after the Sony Awards that he is grateful for our input to the show. So well done us!



I did know my blood group - I only ever gave blood once, but I nearly passed out. Not because I don't like the sight of blood, I just hadn't eaten. It was my own fault. Still, it put me off doing it again.



I rarely get troubled by mozzies, but I have been bitten by horseflies a few times and their bites are incredibly itch and painful. And they seem to last for ages, and gradually get bigger and bigger. Nasty horrible things...



~X~

Good morning everyone.



I'm a little late as I've had a few virus problems with my laptop but it seems to be clean now. I haven't read through yet but the theme of 'blood thristy predators' makes me immediately think of:



NEWS OF THE WORLD by THE JAM



for some reason.



Be back later.

SHAKIN' ALL OVER by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

Wow, this morning hasn't exactly gone to plan! Didn't get a chance to think of any songs.



I know my blood group because my Mum used to work in the Blood Transfusion Service and would call me for my AB+ if there was a shortage. There is something very useful about my blood apparently. Haven't given for too long. Was rejected at one point because I'd had acupuncture, then because I had been to Azerbaijan. Should be ok now so should make the effort.

#37 JBG, as Tortie says, if you give blood they will tell you your blood group. And then, if you are hit by a bus, and you do need a transfusion, you won't feel guilty for drawing from a bank to which you have never contributed ;-)

#54 Simon just tweeted - no NOTW jokes - in relation to today's theme, so doubt that one will get played Harry ;)

Much as I love my iPad, it is useless for anything more than a couple of lines. Here's the missing "X"



X



Hello Katymaty, nice to see you.



What can AlexG be doing that is keeping her from us?



*drums fingers on desk until 3 minutes have passed*

#58 He's always nicking my jokes, Zoe LOL

Anything by Buggles



Sorry i will leave now !

#57 HtS, feeling suitably humbled.

Anything by The Bees, Sting and/or W.A.S.P

La Cucaracha "the cockroach" (possible background music for Simon, today)

Don't Stop by Spanish Fly

Nut Rocker by B Bumble & The Stingers

Calling All The Heroes by It Bites

The Bee Song by Arthur Askey

The Moth by Aimee Mann

Moths by Jethro Tull

Mosquito Song by Queens Of The Stone Age (midweek mosh maybe?)

My #60 ......... apologies to Lord Ammo, his tweet was earlier than my post! He didn't nick my joke this time!



#62 JBG, I was only joking! No need to be humbled, I'min no posotion to criticise anyone!

Cant believe i forgot



BORIS THE SPIDER - THE WHO

hi all



spanish flea-herb alpert and the tijuana brass



the fly-u2



fireflies-owl city



superfly-curtis mayfield



let there be love-gnat king cole

Off for a swim shortly - just thought I'd poop by first to catch up.



#56 Mo, I always knew there was something useful about you! ;o)



#59 Alex-G is busy looking for a new work contract, and preparing for her house-move. It's irritating isn't it, when blogpoppets' real lives take them away from blogging! Haven't seen Suzie today either.



~X~

#64 My typing is nothing to shout about either!

Speaking of blood types, there's an article in today's Guardian on what the Japanese say your blood group says about you:



https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/05/blood-type-say-about-you



Type A



Best traits: Creative, sensible



Worst traits: Fastidious, stubborn





Type B



Best traits: Creative, passionate



Worst traits: Selfish, irresponsible





Type AB



Best traits: Sociable, adaptable



Worst traits: Critical, indecisive





Type O



Best traits: Agreeable, optimistic



Worst traits: Jealous, arrogant

Hellooooooo!! Here I am!



Where have the days gone? I am busier being unemployed than I was when I was working! The ironing basket is empty (for the first time in 2 years), the laundry bins are likewise empty, the bathroom shines, the cats are brushed, quotes for removal companies are received and I have an interview tomorrow which requires research. Phew!



How are you all? MCW, sorry to hear about the job but, as you said, it was not your intention to be a full-time wage slave so good for you for sticking to your guns. Belated happy birthday Billie! Gazza - you have packed already? Deebee, well done on reuniting dog and owner. JBG, I don't know my blood group either.



Hello to everyone else! (waves madly!)

As a kid I always had problems with biting insects, and suffered terrible swellings around the site of any successful bites, many are the occassions when I was walking around with arms like Popeye during cricket matches, because the little biters had been having a damn good snack on me. Fortunately this problem has reduced as I have become more sedentary!



I would choose Genesis - Carpetcrawlers for an appropriate song today particularly the line of "the fleas cling to the golden fleece, hoping they'll find peace!" If they cling to me too long now, they certainly find some sort of peace (rest in peace)(or pieces)!.



Or Run DMC/Aerosmith - Walk this way! Well it contains scratching!



ttfn



DD out

#67 Suzie mentioned something yesterday about work keeping her away from the blog for a couple of days



#67 Oi! I am useful for many things.....



#69 I am very decisive, contrary to what this article says. But this can be a bad thing too, I suppose. I am also very contrary ;-)



x

Toots! Have got an ARFO to give you a run for your money ;-). Have written in down in my diary so I don't forget it LOL.



X

Late entry for today's theme



The Angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs



Carpet Crawlers - Genesis



and one for the HOIB



Beauty & The Beastie - H & Claire



and some punnage



Give a Little Bit(e) - Supertramp



Off to do some work now ;-)



x

Has anyone recommended



BUFFALO GIRLS - MALCOLM MCLAREN ? Which finishes on.



'.....All that scratching is making me itch'.



I can't give any more blood until my iron level goes up - but I'm allergic to iron tablets! But I am A+ and I don't seem to get bitten too much. The midges on Lake Windermere are a menace until the bats make an appearance in the twilight. So we need more bats.

Afternoon all



Sorry for absence as still very busy at work, but I have lurked whenever possible.



MTF - had my own first outing as a tooth fairy last night, as the GD lost her first tooth, can't believe the going rate is £2 a tooth!



Can I suggest, as I don't think anyone has



The Theme from 633 SQUADRON,



as that's all about Mosquitos



Cheers



A

*raises head above the parapet and breathes deeply*



Phew!!! Where has the morning gone???



Hey Katy me old mucker - lovely to see you :)



Alex~G - wow, you've been a busy bee. Good luck with the job stuff.



Nadine - from yesterday you were at the eastern border when you waved yesterday? Btw, thank you, it's my favourite colour acshelly :)



~ xx

Hello everyone... first time post for me. How about "Midge" Ure and Call of the wild ? Too cheesy a pun for you ?

Blood type? Ain't got a clue. A friend and I gave blood when we were working for the Army in Berlin - what an experience - never to be repeated. Apparently, during the actual taking of the blood process, despite feeling totally fine, I went a rather worrying shade of white and the nurses made such a blimmin' fuss, it scared me half to death. The recompense was the lovely spread of open sandwiches and fruit they laid on for the donors - truth be told, that's the only reason we went - we were too young and daft to take it more seriously, The then husband had a fit when I told him I'd given blood - he was worried I'd get Aids!?! Eh??? Is it me??? :s



~ xx

#73 - Mo m' Lovely - I'll show you mine, if you show me yours ;) Bring it on, I say. Looks like it could be a great week for ARFO suggestions.



#76 - Andy - Aw that's lovely - little pet, I bet she was thrilled to bits when she woke this morning to see her £2 (!?!) tucked under her pillow.



#78 - Dentoby - First timer? Don't worry, your first five or so posts will be modded before they're released for all to view. After that, providing you're playing nicely, your posts will pop up immediately. Anyhoo, warmest welcomes - hope you can hang around awhile and enjoy the banter.



~ xx

#69 Which blood type makes you unable to believe pseudo-psychological mumbo-jumbo...?



;o)



Had a lovely swim, followed by a disgusting sandwich which I bought from the petrol station this morning when I went to fill up. It was apparently 'creamy tandoori and salad'. I still have no idea what - if any - meat was in it. I could only eat half, and I was still hungry so I had to go and get a packet of crisps. Thereby probably undoing any good I did from the swim. Ho hum...



~X~

Btw, is it just me or am I the only person totally underwhelmed by the 'headline' act for Prawns in the Pork? No disrespect, he's a fine artist but I just didn't think he was headline material. I hope to be proved wrong.



~ xx

#82 - oopsee - it's not Prawns in the Pork at all but Radio2 Live.



~ xx

#82 Toots, I think there are going to be other acts announced soon. Also, it's not the P in the P gig - at least I don't think, so as we've been looking at going to that. I know what you mean though.



~X~

#84 - Hey Deebs - good swim? Yeah I realised it's not P in the P - see #83.



~ xx

#85 - Doh!!! Deebs, I've just read your #81 - I missed it earlier xx

#81 Have you read the article, Deebee?

#87 Harry, yes I have. I also have a psychology degree and know a bit about personality traits and the theories behind why people have certain predispositions.



And I stand by my comment.



;o)

#69 I read that article Harry, it seems a bit like horoscope types to me, in that it is a collection of general traits that might, or might not chime with a lot of people.



There is also the blood type diet, apparently as an 'A' I should be mostly vegetarian, and eat little or no meat or fish, but lots of past and rice.



It's funny because I was a vegetarian for years, and now I do eat a lot of vegetarian meals, probably 4 days out of 7. I am not a big fan of fish anyway, and never have been, so maybe there's something in it after all :/

#89 D'oh! that should of course read 'pasta' I missed off the a, funny really as I am one!! :D

#78. Dentoby.Hello! You underestimate us if you think that you can outcheese us. That said, I think your first post was entirely suited to your new surroundings, and you are a welcome addition. Come back soon.

Apparently today is 'National Kissing Day' here in the UK! So a big *MWAH* to you all, and I shall celebrate by listening to the original Prince version of 'Kiss', I just love it when he goes berserk "there's no particular sign I'm more compatible with..." :D

#88 Deebee, don't you think the article agrees with you? Did you do humour in psychology degree?

#92 Is that so, Zoe? In that case here's a very big *MWAH* back atcha! I wish that had been the theme, instead of midges - much nicer!



#93 Absolutely. Hence my ;o)



That's the trouble with the written word - you can't see the tongue firmly placed in the cheek...





~X~

#92 Zoe, you should tweet 'National Kissing Day' as a 3 worder. I thought about doing it myself, but as you were the one to discover it, it's only fair that it should be yours. It would be a good one for Simon to read out.



~X~

#92/96 you will need to get the *MWAH* into the 3 worder though ;-)



X

Who said I was am numbers person LOL. of course I meant #95 ;-)



X

I give up! Do I now have to correct the typo in #97?



It must be going home time.....



X

Afternoon all,

MAD day here in Oxford with visiting prospective studes and parents - and in the time-honoured tradition of the Blog, as I had a mensh last night (albeit for the right song, wrong artist?!) will duck out of any mossie ideas today.

Itchycoo park is my fave so far, and reminds me of listening to Annie Nightingale on Sunday afternoons, doing my dreaded weekend homework...

I found the info on remedies and preventions for mossies v useful tho as I am being taken to St Lucia in August by and with my lovely Sis-in-Law and her lovely airmiles (who needs the Euro lottery anyways) and am known as the 'pin cushion' or could be a substitute 'Gorgonzola in the corner of the room' as I attract them away from anyone else.

I'm hoping to find some serious spray/lotion before I go (plus they sell one over there called 'Kill' or 'attack' apparently) which I need to find asap when I land.

Good luck with the menshes tonight, I'm hoping to hear the show - but the M-in-law has been released back into the wild this afternoon so is going to need some attention/shopping/etc after work/pilates before I can even get home to my radio.

Maybe tomorrow will be less mad, hopefully.

Enjoy your eves.



ps No more LUTHER!! Only 4 episodes - what a swizz.

#96 Haha! The thought of Lord Ammo reading out 'MWAH'... do you think he and Sally will have a discussion about how to pronounce it?



;o)



Daughter just texted to say she's arrived safely in Crete and is sitting by the pool in the sunshine. It's alright for some...



~X~