Morning all from a beautiful peaceful slightly misty Shire.....the kind of morning at 5.30 that was just right for a spot of fly fishing....



THE WIND CRIES MARY JIMI HENDRIX

Morning Simon and everyone on this lovely bright Wednesday!



How about this one that I've not heard in ages.....



ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN ~ Marvin Gaye



xx

ROLLING STONES SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

Ha! ha! Simon, I noticed your use of the word wit instead of with which kidz use in texts and on facebook, so you really are down with the kidz!!!



As an instructor of a kickboxing club whose members are predominantly under 18 we hear a lot of expressions such as "Sick" which means good so will blog others during the day once I have finished my RE lesson with the toonage theme today:



1. ARMS OF MARY - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver

2. PROUD MARY - Tina Turner ( ooo deja vu from yesterday!)

3. Anything by JUDAS PRIEST

4. GOD ONLY KNOWS - Beach Boys

5. DEVILGATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro

6. DEVIL WOMAN - Cliff Richard

7. MATTHEW AND SON - Cat Stevens

8. ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN - Marvyn Gay

9. Anything from - ALL ABOUT EVE

10. Harvest for the world - THE CHRISTIANS

11. DANIEL - Elton John

12. Jesse - JOSHUA KADISON

13. SARAH - Thin Lizzy

14. MY SWEET LORD - George Harrison



I'm sure i will find more later.



Good day to one and all.



Mandy ;)

Hi poppets, Simon, nym, etc etc



Gorgeous morning in this shire, hope it lasts!

My suggestion for now is

Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson

I may be back if inspiration hits!



Tiggs xxx

A few more:



HEAVEN ~ Bryan Adams



GOD ONLY KNOWS ~ Beach Boys



HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL ~ Tavares



JESSE ~ Joshua Kadison "She asks me how the cat's been. I say, Moses he's just fine"



Back later!



xx

HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU THE ELGINS

Hi Simon & Team and Hello Blogpopsters



Baller may mean cool and stylish - but any one of us [and that includes you, Dude] casually dropping it into a conversation is gonna sound like a douche ..





DEVIL GATE DRIVE - SUZI QUATTRO



MATTHEW AND SON - CAT STEVENS

DELILIA TOM JONES

Simon, like your family, ours also enjoy playing card and board games.. Scrabble being our favourite and I see you mentioned Rummy, the card game... no idea of the etymology of Rummy, but another game we often enjoy playing, mostly during the winter or maybe outside in the sun, is RUMMIKUB...



https://www.vintagetoysgames.co.uk/images/rummikub_box.jpg

PS Simon: Just found this.....



Rummy - card game, 1910, rhummy, of unknown origin. Gin rummy is first attested 1941. Meaning "drunkard" is 1851, from rum. Meaning "opponent of temperance" in U.S. politics is from 1860.

Hi Simon and all



My selection of Biblical Character tunes is:-



JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG (JOY TO THE WORLD) - 3 DOG NIGHT



HEY JUDE - BEATLES



SIMON SAYS - 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY



Enjoy the day

Good Morning All :)



I've heard the saying "It's a rum do." Used for something that is out of order, or "He/She is a rum 'un." For someone who is a bit dodgy.



The last youth saying I heard for somthing good was "Dry!" or "Amazeballs!"



I shall try and think of some more local sayings, when my brain kicks into gear!



Onto oldie suggestions...



DEVIL IN DISGUISE - ELVIS PRESLEY



DELILAH - TOM JONES



JESUS TO A CHILD - GEORGE MICHAEL

Gotta be U2's version of Woody Guthrie's 'Jesus Christ' from the Folkways album?

JEZEBEL SADE

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND



DANIEL - ELTON JOHN



DELILAH - TOM JONES

EXODUS BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS

ANy excuse for a Hollies' song......



KING MIDAS IN REVERSE ~ The Hollies

Good morning everyone!



For anyone who missed my thanks yesterday for the congrats and good wishes, THANK YOU!



I'm sure this guy is mentioned in the Bible somewHere and it's an excellent chance to hear, and chill out to, a little-played woman with one of the sexiest voices:



GOD BLESS THE CHILD by PEGGY LEE.



I've always thought Sally would do a very credible version, too, if she can be persuaded to do a turn?

I like Katymac's suggestion for MATTHEW AND SON. Good one!



How about some PETER, PAUL and MARY to go with it?

A few more oldie suggestions...



PERSONAL JESUS - DEPECHE MODE or JOHNNY CASH



WHENEVER GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT - VAN MORRISON & CLIFF RICHARD



GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE - COLDPLAY



ANY DREAM WILL DO - JASON DONOVAN

Morning again



A quick poop in with my choons - sorry if they have been mentioned before



Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson



Arms of Mary - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver



Devil Woman - Ye Olde Cliff Richard



Solomon Grundy - born on a Monday...............



Busy day



Catch you later.



Shona x

GOD ONLY KNOWS BEACH BOYS

And now to the etymological dictionary becasue I do like a good word.



I think, in the context that Wodehouse uses it in your example Simon, 'rummy' meaning bad, peculiar or strange, is a variation on 'rum'. According to my dictionary, it is derived from 'Romany' (somewhat racist perhaps?). It was Georgian underground slang used by one rogue to describe, approvingly, another but, from the 18th century onwards, was used to describe anything that was not quite right.



Hope that helps.

SON OF A PREACHER MAN DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

The mister bought the boxset of Jeeves and Wooster last year, and we enjoyed watching them very much. I thought that Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were just perfect in the roles, and I loved the humour and farce of it all.



One of my favourite things was how Bertie Wooster (and indeed all his society friends) had nicknames for each other, like 'Bingo' Little and Chuffy Chuffnell, I love all that sort of thing :D



A couple more oldie suggestions...



JESUS HE KNOWS ME - GENESIS



GAME OF LOVE - WAYNE FONTANA & THE MINDBENDERS (for the Adam & Eve references)

#13 Hi Zoe, I didn't see your association of 'rummy' with 'rum' before I posted, but I agree with you :-)

Morning All,



'There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) ' Eurythmics



Have a good day everybody

Does anyone think there is a snowball's chance in hell of getting Ry Cooder played?



If so, what about:



JESUS ON THE MAINLINE

Delilah - Tom Jones

Jezebel - Sade or Marty Wilde

Daniel - Elton John

Hannah - The House of Love

Abraham, Martin & John - Marvin Gaye





Regards

Nick from Wiltshire

Morning all



Not been around much as v busy - still!



Can I second Mary's Prayer by Danny Wilson always reminds me of my youth and watching No Limits on BBC2 with a v young Jenny Powell .....



Where was I?



Also, can I suggest



I am a rock - Simon & Garfunkel



Cheers



A

Ooh late to the party again.



I'll second #3 Sympathy for the Devil, great choon and #5 Danny Wilson's Mary Prayers. Started singing this as soon as I read the theme for the day but couldn't fo rthe life of me remember who sang it. So ta muchly Tiggs.



Maybes Laters



A.

And now to work ..........................



.............. hope you all have a great day and I'll catch you all later.

A Biblical song for for Matt - 'Number of the Beast' by Iron Maiden, and it is midweek mosh day too.

'Israelites' Desmond Dekker & The Aces

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Quick poop by with my suggestions:



JESUS HE KNOWS ME by Genesis



ARMS OF MARY by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver



ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN by Marvin Gaye*



DANIEL by Elton John



MARTHA'S HARBOUR by All About Eve



DEVIL GATE DRIVE by Suzy Quatro - of course!



THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA by Charlie Daniels



~X~



*not sure there was actually a Martin in the Bible...

Silly me - how could I have forgotten



DEBORAH by T Rex



;o)

Morning Simon / all!



SO SORRY for not being on here for ages - I've actually had quite a busy last month. I leave my current workplace on Friday and start at that well known optical superstore that you should have gone to next Wednesday. Anyway, hope everyone is chipper, and thanks to Spike and Katy for an entertaining evening last night!



Right, I've Tweeted my choices, but here they are;



EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT from JESUS CHRUIST SUPERSTAR - how much more biblical can you get? :-)



LIKE A PRAYER by MADONNA



Cheers!



Kev

OOh, a Herman opportunity....



Jezabel - Hermans Hermits.



Morning all :)



MTF.xx

Ooh, just thought of;



PERSONAL JESUS - DEPECHE MODE

another one

Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins Singers



Tiggs xxx

I can't believe I missed;



BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN (Beelzebub has a devil put aside for meeee, for meeeeee, for MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!)

Greetings all,



JEZEBEL SADE



See you all later, dog walking beckons.......the lake will be lovely this :-)

#24 & #27 Harry - I heard that usage of 'rum' a lot from my grandparents, but it doesn't get used so much these days.



Another expression I like, which I've seen Stephen Fry use on Twitter, is 'Lawks!" as an exclamation of surprise. I've never actually heard any one say it out loud though.



At the last secondary school that the mister worked in, there was a music teacher by the name of Dr Smith, who had a lovely turn of phrase. Dr Smith once did a sponsored walk, which the mister sponsored him for, and afterwards he sent out a lovely note of thanks which also documented his movements during the sponsored walk, the part I liked was... 'Stopped at The Brown Trout for a commodious sherry.'



There are many weird and wonderful Yorkshire sayings, and the mister is originally from South East London, so it's a wonderful mix of colloquialisms in this house!

I'd like to suggest the haunting ...



MARTHA'S HARBOUR - ALL ABOUT EVE

If you had not have fallen, then I would not have found you...



ANGELS FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND - Willie Nelson OR Beth Rowley.



Both beautiful versions, of a truly beautiful song, that just doesn't get played enough.



MTF.xx

ANGELS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS, anyone?

I've just thought of another saying that is popular in our house at the moment, when I am in a flap about something, or start going off alarming at the mister, he says "Be still woman." I don't know why but this makes me LOL

Kev - you are most welcome. Such fun.

Altho' the shoe-horning of the word 'tropical' into the chat prompted much groaniness from your mayoblogmates ...

:^D





Zoe - Lawks a mercy - very Dickensian! Also love the archaic Shakespearean exclamations.

Oddsboddikins! Egad!

Lawks and lummy, one of my old teachers favourite exclamations!



Can I second Katy's t**itter suggestion of Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton



Tiggs xxx

Heavens to Murgatroyd - it's MTF - hello

:^)

Yo Katymaty :)



MTF.xx

#49 - ooh, you came over all Miranda there - such fun!



And I'm on the radio again from 8:30pm until 11pm on Sunday evening.



And as for saying;



Suffering Succotash - a remnant of watching cartoons in my youth

#51 - wasn;t the bird in Magpie called Murgatroyd?

Good Morning Each!



Lots of Moses songs...



'Creep Along Moses' by Mavis Staples

'Get Down Moses' by Joe Strummer

'Moses' by Coldplay

'Amos Moses' by Jerry Reed





Or, hows about one of these...

'Anna' by Toto

'Bartholomew' by Frank Black

'Claudie' by Status Quo

'Debora' by Tyrannosaurus Rex

'Daniel' by Elton John

'Ebeneezer Good' by The Shamen... although this would be a terrible choice

'Eve Of Destruction' by Barry McGuire

'Felix' by Thomas Ferson

'Gideon's Bible' by John Cale

'Hannah, We Know' by Tiny Dancers

'Call Me Ishmael' by Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly

'Jimmy, Jimmy' by The Undertones (Only a slight stretch)

'Personal Jesus' by Johnny Cash

'Kezia' by Deadbeat

'Lazarus' by Porcupine Tree (For KJ)

'Proud Mary' by Creedence Clearwater Revival

'Nathan Jones' by Bananrama

'Old Obidiah' by Tommy Steele

'Peter Gunn' by Art Of Noise

'Hail Holy Queen' by Sister Act

'The Derby Ram' by Erland & The Carnival

'Sarah' by Thin Lizzy

'Timothy' by UFO

'Urban Futuristic' by Pop Will Eat Itself

'Si Te Vas' by Shakira



Run out os steam, there

Anyone got a clue why people used to go to the 'foot of our stairs' ? What was all that about!



MTF.xx

@Shona_W, a fellow crossword addict? Don't know if you've discovered it online (Express readers don't usually find their way to it LOL) but the Guardian has a great website dedicated to all sorts of puzzles and they've just started a new blog for cryptic fans. There are thousands of crosswords to be found there:



www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords

#56 MTF, that was a favourite with my Mum.



She was also fond of forecasting rainy weather with "as black as the back of the grate over Bill's mother's". No idea who Bill or his mother were!

#56 If you're eating breakfast, look away now...



the wensite phrases.org.uk states;



"The foot of the stairs was en route to the lavatory, as was, in the days of the outside privy, the less well-known alternatives, 'the back of our house' and 'the bottom of our garden'. The implication of the speaker's destination suggests that the real meaning was 'I was so surprised that I soiled myself and need to visit the lavatory to clean up'. "



So there!

Bl**dy Nora another one Harry! Who the 'ecky thump was Nora?



MTF.xx

Thanks Kev. LOL!!



MTF.xx

#50

Tiggs - course you can! And if it gets played I hope YOU get the mention. Would be good to hear a different name during DT. ;^)



Mind you - seconding and thirding and fourthing other peoples choon choices soon becomes a counting game in here... every time I thought I had a fine idea for the theme I looked back and saw that Mandy had already suggested it in her mighty list #4 lol.



So I don't bother referencing other's choices any more.



Just noticed - where's our Billie then? She was really enjoying getting back into the swing of blogland ..

It'd be nice to pop my mench cherry with such a good choon, thanks Katy!

Sorry if that comment offends, hand washing all my laundry is getting me down this morning, blooming washing machine!!



Tiggs xxx

#60 She was an incendiary woman in our house, known as "flaming Nora", but I'm sure it was the same person :-)

Hi Simon



Marys Prayer - Danny Wilson

I've always been fond of the word of Gadzooks! and thought it was something to do with comic books ..



... but interestingly, it actually originated in the late C17 as a variant of 'God's hooks' [the nails of the Crucifixion - gruesome!] and was meant as a curse.

Kev - lovely to 'see' you! Good luck in the new job, although I'm gutted that you'll be gone from your current place of work before we move Daughter down there - a missed opportunity for a mini blog meet...



KatyMatey #45 see my #36 - I love that song, and I haven't heard it for ages. Really hope it gets played.



I'm sure the Bee household has some quirky little sayings - I'll have to have a thunk and come back at lunchtime.



~X~

#63 Tiggs, I like it but I'm jealous that Lord Ammo has "droit de signeur" ;-)

Just thought of another lovely song that fits today's feem:



SARAH by Thin Lizzy



~X~

I must 'away' catch you dudes later. #68.. Nice one Harry!!



MTF.xx

Oooh - too many great posts to respond to ... I can't keep up!



First up

#67

Deebeedeebs - didn't see that you'd requested it already m'dear. Simon does occasionally play a slow one, particularly if it's a bit special .. which it is :`)

Keeping my fingers crossed for us ..

#68 - Harry I'm not sure that Lady Ammo would be impressed by that argument!



on Zoe's Yorkshire sayings we did confuse the little lad who plays with the GD the other day as he came in from the garden saying his finger hurt and we told him there was a spell in it and his mum needed to get it out for him.



Poor lad was born in Lancashire (as was his mum) and had no idea that we meant a splinter and came up very worried about what was wrong with his finger!



A

#55 #69 Sorry Paul - didn't notice that one was on your lovely long list. Well, we're a caring, sharing blog, after all...!



~X~

#67 - Don't worry, Deebs, we'll still be living in Bournemouth so still opportunities for a mini-meet!

#72 Another saying favoured by my Mum .......... "if you can't take a joke" :-)

I once worked with a lovely lady from Belfast, who used to talk about 'getting the messages', meaning that she was going shopping.



#71 Me too, Katy. I've tweeted it as well, so fingets crossed.



~X~

#68 thanks for that Harry, had to g**gle it, (being a bit fick as I is!)

Love Martha's Harbour too, really, really hope he plays it



Tiggs xxx

Daft North Country-isms .... Ecky Thump, Flamin Nora, Foot of our stairs ... there are certainly plenty to chuckle at.



My - slighty batty - Manchester grandmother - use to exclaim 'Blood and Thunder Pills!' whenever something out of the ordinary occurred.



And what is 'Hells, Bells, and Buckets of P***!" all about?

Hi Everyone and, of course, Simon the Child Entertaining Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



A propos the etymology of rummy, I dunno. However, we played a good few games of rummy whilst in the Highlands this summer. The second youth hostel we were at was quite literally in the middle of nowhere and it was rather wet our first day there so we spent the afternoon playing cards. Another of our favourites is Irish Snap.



Good luck with the MOT.



Old fashioned phrases and a tune for the theme? You're making us work too hard, Mr M. I've got a specification to type up before I get outta here so not sure if I'll be able to contribute. Will pop on the thinking cap and see what I come up with.



How's about DEVIL GATE DRIVE, SUZI QUATRO for a theme suggestion.



Really loving the show at the min, well the bits I hear. You all sound wonderfully refreshed and happy to be back.



Hope all's well with you gorgeous blogpoppets today. Sun shining in The Shire :)



~ xx

Morning everyone......................three word Wednesday..........Soon Be Christmas!!!



Don't think that I will be able to match Paul of Sheffield's effort...but here goes...



Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Dance with the Devil - Cozy Powell

Devil's Food - Alice Cooper

Pay the Devil - Van Morrison

Take the Devil - Eagles

The Devil's been busy - The Traveling Wilburys

You Handsome Devil - The Smiths

The Devil went down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

Devil Woman - Cliff Richard (sorry for this one!!)



Plus to add parity



Only God knows why - Kid Rock



Need a cup of coffee now!!!! Have a good day.



Dougal x

Right - coffee time well and truly over. I'll have to leave you blogpopsters to it.



*So long...



~x~



*another curious expression

Hi lovely Toots! Hi lovely Dougal!





The same batty Manc grannie would also remark- if someone's appearance wasn't up to scratch - that they resembled 'The Wreck of the Hesperus'

Righto, poppets, must poop off. Enjoy the rest of your day and good luck for the show!



K.

#80 Dougal not surprise you songs are all devil related ....soon be christmas!!!! must be the devil in you! lol



I like the Times for sudoku's but can't do the crossword at all, usually manage about half The Telegraph crossword...we make our bin men work hard with all the newspaper recycling from our house!

Trying desperately to be a smart-ar*e here but I can't find a song for the punchline!



I was going to say that my edition of the Bible is incomplete, lacking one of the Books of Moses but I can't find a song called "Ruthless" :-D

#57 Harry the Snapper, I don't actually read that newspaper - I just dive straight for crossword. Heaven help me if I start blogging with the Guardian for puzzles. I would never get to bed! But thanks anyway - I will try go on and have a look.



#76 Deebee, I say I'm going for the messages!



Can anyone help with this one - a Scottish one. Some people say "ben the hoose" meaning the room in the house next door. Where does "ben" come from with that? The room behind?



Last shot from me for the day - out and about from now



Samson and Delilah - Grateful Dead



Simple SIMON Says - Ohio Express (This is not directed at you, your Lordship!)

Sometimes we were told to 'pull yer socks up', meaning to get on with some given task in a more orderly or efficient manner. If the matter in hand was beyond the person thus tasked...

'If tha's got no socks, tha caint pull 'em up'



One of my faves when we first came to Sheffield was the cry of those bemused by some event or other...



'Well, I can't get my cap straight' ...???



And why do Sheffielders call sweets and suchlike 'Spice'?

#87 PoS, in the Black Country sweets were always 'suck' and a 'bag o' suck' was a real treat.

#13 Zoe, a case of synchroncity?



Headline in the sports section of the Guardian today:



"Flower says captain Morgan is no rum choice"

Get A Job by The Silhouettes

Ain't That A Lot Of Love by Taj Mahal (or Simply Red)

Adam Raised A Cain by Bruce Springsteen

Evie by Jim Capaldi

Jesse by Janis Ian

Moses by Coldplay

Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Jezebel by Frankie Laine

Samson by Regina Spektor

Ham N Eggs by A Tribe Called Quest

A Song For David by Joan Baez

Song of Solomon by Kate Bush

Along Comes Mary by The Association

Jesus Is All Right With Me by The Byrds (or Doobie Brothers)

John I'm Only Dancing by David Bowie

Martha by Tim Buckley (or Tom Waits)

And a very good day to all of you on this fine Leeds morning.



How about



What if God was one of us by Alanis Morissette.



Ta ra.

ooh, ooh, ooh! Walls Come Tumbling Down - Style Council (Like Jericho, walls come tumbling down)



Tiggs xxx

#19 Harry the Snapper.... after mentioning Peggy Lee, you suggested Sally doing a turn, so I wonder if instead of having a week of reading out their own confessions as they did some time ago, Simon, Rebecca, Matt and Sally would like to do a turn each on a Monday to Thursday, then on the Friday they could do a group number!!!!!



Hmmm.... what songs could they perform? Rebecca could maybe do 'Fox on the Run' the old Madfred Mann song, Simon could sing 'Simple Simon Says', Sally could sing the old Gracie Fields song about Sally down the alley, but what song for Matt and a group number for the Friday too!!!



xx

#85, Harry. For you...



https://grooveshark.com/

#86 Shona... no idea where Scottish 'ben' comes from, but ages ago I remember hearing Lorraine Kelly say she used to live in a 'wee but 'n ben' so I looked it up and found this...



It's a two roomed house

But = livingroom

Ben = bedroom

Scots say "Ben the hoose", which means the next room!

Just pooped by to catch up and was hit by some inspiration:-



HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - TAVARES



Rightio, off to catch up now.



Btw, PSL - you're on fire - first off the blocks this morning. It was a tad misty early on wasn't it, nice and sunny in this corner of the Shire. I heard your mensh yesterday too, along with PoS and Matthew's Mum. (I'm not sure I've met Matthew's Mum but hi and lovely to see you).



~ xx

#94 PoS, bl**dy marvellous LOL



I knew it was an old joke but I didn't know it had been turned in a whole song .............. and with yoddling and whistling, too!!

Just got up from another night shift couple of days off now had a quick flick through the blog and couldnt see this one



JUDAS - LADY GAGA appologies if i missed it

#97 Oh dear, "yoddling"????? Of course, it should "yodeling" ...........



*crawls away in embarrassment*

I want a hat