Good morning everyone.



I’m not sure if this will be universally thought of as a good thing, but I should be around more today.



The theme?



WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER by JANIS IAN



would do very nicely, please.

Morning all. It's my office Christmas party tonight. I hope none of the following apply to me...



JONA LEWIE - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen at Parties



STRETCH - Why Did you Do It?



MADNESS - Embarrassment



ELVIS COSTELLO - Party Party (underrated song, in my opinion..)



BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Step Into My Office Baby



And for those who work from home:



THE POLICE - So Lonely

Is she really going out with him? - Joe Jackson.



Now post....



MTF :)

Hi again everyone



I wondered if those Wombling Furry Folk had broken the blog!!!



Looking forward to hearing the Mother Superior's confession, later today!



GET THE PARTY STARTED ~ Pink



GAMES PEOPLE PLAY ~ Joe South



FUN FUN FUN ~ The Beach Boys



COME OUTSIDE ~ Mike Sarne



THEN HE KISSED ME ~ The Crystals



YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS ~ Toby Keith



KISS AND TELL ~ Bryan Ferry



xx

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



At last - been trying to log in for the past half hour. Thank you to Peta-replacement for fixing it!



My suggestions:



GET THIS PARTY STARTED by Pink



EMBARRASSMENT by Madness



EVER FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN'T by the Buzzcocks



ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE by Brenda Lee



Deebee ~X~

Hi Simon



Internet seems as dodgy as the weather!. Looking forward to the Mother Superior's confession tonight.



Christmas Party - Pretty broad song choices



Its My Party - Amy Winehouse and others

A Hard Day's Night - the Beetles

Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics

Living it Up - Level 42

Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis

Red Red Wine -UB40

I will Survive - A drunken favourite

Carry You Home - James Blunt

Come as You are - Nivarna

Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Ritchie (No photocopier ones)

Deja Vu - Beyonce

Dignity - Deacon Blue (Usually lost)

Dont Want to dance - Eddie Grant

Embarrassment - Madness

In these Shoes - Kirsty Mccall

Let me Entertain you - Robbie Williams

No regrets - Robbie Williams

Sexed Up - Robbie Williams

Sorry - Madonna

Hedonism - just because you feel good - Skunk Anansie



That will do for now.

Good Morning again –

Suggestions –



MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME – Three Dog Night or the rather splendid version by PJ Proby



IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO – Lesley Gore or Dave Stewart



IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME – R Kelly



IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME - Cher





YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO – Chi-lites



WHY DID YOU DO IT? - Stretch



THINK I’D BETTER LEAVE RIGHT NOW – Will Young



I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER – Jim Diamond

#5 GET THE PARTY STARTED. I got it right on Twitter, anyhow...



~X~

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf



Willy the Shake

x

WIDE EYED AND LEGLESS - Andy Fairweather-Low



SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS - The Dubliners



PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE - Sammy Davis Junior

A couple for the morning after:



SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD by Elton John



WHO'S SORRY NOW by Connie Francis



~X~

Morning Simon, team, bearded NYM, and synchrotronized bloggers (No, I don't know what it means either...)



Did the Wombles break the blog? I added my feedback on the earlier blog, so won't go on again, but they really struck a chord.



I'm really busy today, but this theme is going to run and run and run, methinks.



I'll be the one on my own at my desk with the cider and a bag of HulaHoops, sniff sniff. Until next Thurs, that is.



First up..



WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - The Shirelles

I'VE BEEN DRINKING - Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart



FLASH BANG WALLOP WHAT A PICTURE – Tommy Steele



WHAT A SWELL PART THIS IS – Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby

Morning all again



As the blog was broken, I made a very rare foray into twitterland with



KITCHEN AT PARTIES - Jonah Lewie



I blame the weather, can't possibly have been the helpful Wombiles, for breaking the blog!



Tortie x

Do you want to know a secret - The Beatles.



MTF :)

Good morning all



Some additions to the earlier bloggs along with some supportive ones



I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - JIM DIAMOND or BEATLES

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - SHIRELLES

MAMA TOLD NE NOT TO COME - 3 DOG NIGHT

RAINEY DAY WOMEN NOS 12 & 35 (EVERYONE MUST GET STONED) - BOB DYLAN

PURPLE HAZE - JIMI HENDRIX

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO - CLASH

I CANT EXPLAIN - THE WHO

REMEMBER ? SHANGRI LAS

I CANT HELP MYSELF - FOUR TOPS

THEN HE KISSED ME - THE CRYSTALS



Enjoy the day

PARTY FEARS TWO – ASSOCIATES



YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES – JONA LEWIE



BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR – ARCTIC MONKEYS







:^)

#10 Loving your AFL suggestion, Billie!



~X~

At last! Good morning second time Simon, bleary eyed team and wombling blogpoppets all.



Sorry for absinthe. No note I’m afraid, I’ve just had a bad few days with all sorts of things getting me down and although I’ve popped in on occasion for an injection of blog good humour to cheer me up, haven’t felt like or really had time to post. Anyhoo, I’m not going to dwell on negatives.. as the wise and lovely Katy said recently ‘this too shall pass’ :)



Have lots of memories of Christmas office parties – lots I would like to forget!



Some party choons ..



SHAME – EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING



IT’S A SHAME – THE SPINNERS



EMBARRASSMENT – MADNESS



LOVE HANGOVER – DIANA ROSS



STEP INTO MY OFFICE BABY – BELLE AND SEBASTION



THE BIG BOSS GROOVE – STYLE COUNCIL



JUST A KISS – LADY ANTEBELLUM



DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES - ULTRAVOX



Jillyx

MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Sophie Ellis-Bextor



SELF CONTROL - Laura Branigan

I'd third GET THE PARTY STARTED, either PINK or DAME SHIRLEY.



IN THE MORNING - RAZORLIGHT (you know we won't remember a thing!).

Not sure I should risk mentioning this because it might just get played but there is the truly dreadful:



THE ANNUAL OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY by RAY STEVENS

CARELESS WHISPER - George Michael

Morning all. A bright and sunny at the moment in the east – not sure how long it will last.

I loved Simon’s tweeted photo of the Drs Mosh & Nosh from last night – it looked like fun was being had ;)



We don’t have a work Christmas party which is such a shame – a wardrobe full of festive frocks and few occasions to wear them. Ah well….. at least there’s the blog party; I shall be dressed to the nines.



Oldies – so much to choose from and I think everyone's been to the same kind of office parties as I have, so a few suggestions:



Born to Boogie – T-Rex

Carless Whisper – George Michael

Cigarettes & Alcohol – Oasis

Fastlove – George Michael

A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

No Regrets – Robbie Williams

In These Shoes? - Kirsty McColl

It Only Takes a Minute – Take That

Kissing a Fool – George Michael

One Wild Night – Bon Jovi

Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers

Somethin’ Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra

Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra

Hi Simon and everyone.



Dr Nosh? Made me howl... Good monker!



Got IT rage at moment as spent the last hour and half trying to log in!!! Aargh! And breathe!!!



Anyway only 4 weeks in this contract and off to xmas lunch today!!!



1. TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - Deneice Williams and johnny mathis

2. DANCE AWAY - Roxy Music

3. CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL - Oasis

4. MILK AND ALCOHOL - Dr Feelgood

5. LOVE HANGOVER - ????? Brainfeeze???

6. EVERLASTING LOVE - LOVE AFFAIR

7. CELEBRATIONS - Kool and the Gang

8. WHO ARE YOU? - The Who

9. GET THE PARTY STARTED - Pink

10. ALL NIGHT LONG - Lionel Ritchie



Oh well time to call IT!



Have a lovely day



Mandy ;)

2.

Oops - adding the 'e' to make Carless (an entirely different kind of problem) into Careless Whisper

Morning one and all.........................still managing to get here for a few mins.........................the dreaded office party...............................my oldie suggestions are..................................................................



Mama Told Me Not To Come - Tom Jones



Same Old Song and Dance - Aerosmith - especially for Dr Mosh



You Gotta Fight - Beastie Boys



Party Fear Two - Associates



Get The Party Started - Pink



Lets Dance - David Bowie



Bye bye for now...................................have a good one.........................and mind how you go.....................ho ho ho......................................................



The Magic Roundabout Lady x.......................................................................

Morning All,



'Party Girl' U2



Have a good day everybody

#19 JillyM Lovely to see you xx



#22 Harry - well, I *was* pleased to see you too - but can now hear the HOIB calling ..

:^D



What a lot of LONG lists!!

It's interesting how some interpret the theme more literally as one for party songs, whilst others see it as something where it could all go horribly wrong, or at least a bit raucous. I think it's clear which camp I fall into...



THE POGUES - Fiesta



STATUS QUO - Marguerita Time



RUN DMC - You Be Illin'



CONNIE FRANCIS - Who's Sorry Now?



OFFSPRING - Why Don't You Get A Job



And for the photocopier in the blog title...

RINGO STARR - Photograph



FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)

IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES - Garth Brooks



LIDO SHUFFLE - Boz Scaggs

("One more for the road...")

Good morning all - sunny but cold here in Essex. No wind as yet! Aren't we supposed to be getting another dose tonight/tomorrow?



Quick suggestion



It's my party (and I'll cry if I want to) - Lesley Gore (?)



The party's over - ??



I'm hopeless at who sang what but I remember tune titles.



Off to catch up on two days worth of blogging. See you soon.

Jennie

#19 Hi JillyM! Sorry to hear you've been having a bad time. I know exactly what you mean about this 'ere blog - sometimes you don't feel like joining in and it's nice just to lurk... And smile :o)



Our office Christmas party is tomorrow - the format varies quite a lot from year to year depending on who's organising it. We've had pantos, quizzes, games, sometimes just food and drink. This year we're having a band, and I've had my arm twisted to sing... not to sure about it to be honest, but we're practicing this afternoon so I'll let you know how we get on.



~X~

#22 HAT OF INAPPROPRIATE BLOGGETRY goes to Harry The Snapper's bold typeface suggestion.

:^D





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.....................°•HOIB☆•★•☆HOIB•°

....................°ºHOIB☆•°★°•☆HOIBº°

.................❄°ºHOIB☆•°★°•☆HOIBº°❄

......✲´¯`❄*•°º¤HOIB☆•°★°•☆HOIB¤º°•*¨✲´¯`❄

✲´¯`❄¸¸.•*¨*•°º¤HOIB☆•°★°•☆HOIB¤º°•*¨*•.¸✲´¯`❄

'Don't Believe A Word' Thin Lizzy

JillyM - nice to have you back



If Zoe's lurking - I saw your post yesterday and I hope things are OK ((hugs))



Christmas party confessions - hmmm - probably not broadcastable (and might get me 'moderated' on the blog). Suffice to say I've lived down to most of the cliches - although not had any kind of close encounter with a photocopier!

Morning everyone :-)



First thoughts:



'Good Time Tonight' - The Soul Sisters

'Shake Your Booty' - KC & The Sunshine Band

'History Repeating' - Propellerheads and Shirley Bassey

'Should I Stay Or Should I Go?' - The Clash

'Girls Talk' - Dave Edmunds



N x

Morning all



WONDERFUL TONIGHT - ERIC CLAPTON



Pen x

'I'm Still Standing' Elton John

The Strangest Party (These Are the Times) - INXS

A few more for the morning after!



EARLY IN THE MORNING ~ Vanity Fair



SHAME IS THE NAME ~ Morrissey



IN THE MORNING ~ The Coral



I HUNG MY HEAD ~ Sting



I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER ~ The Beatles



xx

Good Morning Each!



'Will You Still Love Me, Tomorrow' by The Shirelles



'Til The Morning Comes' by Neil Young



'Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers' by ZZ Top



'Dancin' Fool' by Frank Zappa

#29 Katy, yes, there are lot of long lists today. Perhaps I should try a new approach to getting a mensh myself.



For the theme:



Please select one from every song that's been in the Top 40 over the last 25 years and append my name to it please, tune-chooser.



That should cover it :-D

Oh Babe, what would you say? - Hurricane Smith.



MTF :)



Ps, has anyone else still got 'all day long we will be wombling as we go' rattling around in their head? No, just me then!

Yowsa, yowsa, yowsa!

#44 MTF, not me. I avoided the little beasties by listening to Radio3

Morning from a clouding over Cleckhuddersfax. I've made a suggestion for an appropriate mid-winter Mosh. I'm off today as it's a significant birthday but I'm not partying just yet (until the blogger's bash). As for after the party...



THE PARTY'S OVER - JOHNNY MATHIS

THE CARS - DRIVE



Currently waering my birthy scarf as knitted by my mum - with horizontal stripes!

A bosun or boatswain is an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship.

A boson is any of a class of particles, such as the photon or alpha particle, that have zero or integral spin and obey statistical rules permitting any number of particles to occupy the same quantum state.



CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD "Everybody Party All Night"

RAY STEVENS "The Annual Office Christmas Party"

VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO "All Tomorrows Parties"

#44 MTF - I hadn't, but I have now!!



T x

Bother! Wearing my Birthday scarf! Brrr! Cold - I'm off for some soup.

Harry, you missed a treat. They were great.



I am the entertainer - Billy Joel.



Another heart breaks - ELO



A must to avoid - Hermans Hermits.



Will anything happen - Blondie.



Here is the news - ELO



Do you wanna dance - Mamas and Papas.



Nobodys fault but mine - Beth Rowley.



I just dont know what to do with myself - Dusty Springfield.



Save the last dance for me - The Drifters.



Rescue me - Fontella Bass.



Everybody knows - Leonard Cohen.



Ring ring - Abba.



The last thing on my mind - Neil Diamond.



The night is still young - Billy Joel.



Me and Mrs Jones - Michael Buble.



Stop right now, thank you very much - The Spice Girls.



I dont feel like dancing - Scissor sisters.



Who's sorry now - Connie Francis.



Meet me on the corner - Lindisfarne.



Trouble - Ray LaMontagne.





Or as in my case, as I work alone.....



Give myself a party - Rosemary Clooney.



Whats all this talk of lists?



Never do them myself!!!



MTF :)

And not forgetting that party perennial....



'Don't Stop Me Now' - Queen

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I cant stand up for falling down - Elvis Costello.



MTF :)

Happy Birthday Lady S.



CAKE!!!!!!



MTF :)

Many happy returns to Lady_Stormrider!!! Hope you have a fantastic day.



#44 Yes, I've been 'singing' it all morning...



Lists?? I prefer to limit myself to just a few songs, and try not to suggest the obvious ones (although I admit sometimes I do that) - it's more of a challenge to choose the 'right' ones, and the grin is bigger if one of them gets picked.



;o)

I GOTTA FEELING - Black Eyed Peas

All caught up now.



Re comic sans font (Mondays blog) iI used to use it a lot when I was teaching reception children as it was the only font that had an 'a' written as we taught the children to write it, rather than the curly a as in this font.



Wish I could think of a clever song to go with todays theme (or any days theme!) Not a very good lateral thinker!



Had an early Christmas present on Monday - Essex Care Services have given me a bath lift/chair so I can now have a bath! Sounds silly but it's one of the bigggest things I have missed since being affected by MS to this degree. Had a bath last night and it was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!



Also Mr bought me a certain e-reader from a river company. (Sorry Harry!) I didn't think I would like it but it's very light to hold and doesn't make my arm ache which real books tend to do. Father Christmas has been around very early this year!



Off to the virtual store where ELH to do the weekly shop.



See you soon

Jennie

#57 Now that I look at it, it looks like something the boys in Accounts would be boasting about the next morning....!!

Not in the mood for posting today so I shant... AHHH I JUST DID !!!!



In a bad mood with my knee, which is sore and a little swolen today. Neighbour says ive developed quite the entertaining 'limp' (anything to entertain the masses eh?)



Truly hope your all well. Havent had a xmas party for some years now, but I do get rather festive the last week of school having tinsel on my hat and bells on my STOP sign. Quite a sight to be seen I assure you.



Take care me ducks xx

~gill~

A humungous slow cooked beef stew just coming out of the oven.



Aahhhhhhh, what a lovely aroma.



Anyone care for a bowl, plenty to go round.



MTF :)

#56 I don't know where the extra ? came from. I swear there was only one when I posted...



#58 Jennie, how fantastic that you have your bath lift. The things we take for granted... my Mum's having her bath removed and getting a walk-in shower in the New Year because she no longer feels safe in the bath.



#60 Sorry to hear about your knee Gill - hope you feel better soon.



~X~

Yayyy

agree on milk and alcohol, always need some feelgood on the radio..and everywhere else :)

and well done MTF beat me to I cant stand up for falling down from young elvis



work stopping me from being a reg, but I am trying

be good peeps



its

#44 MTF - I have. The good Lady Driver and I were singing along to the chorus in the car, and I was surprised that after all this time I still knew every word to Underground Overground!

We've tweeted a few tunes already, and went for sheer, damned annoying party hell:



ATMOSPHERE - RUSS ABBOT



MY BOY LOLLIPOP - LITTLE EVA



OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD - GAP BAND



and now add some more:



AGADOO - BLACK LACE



SWING THE MOOD - JIVE BUNNY



COME ON EILEEN - DEXY



HI-HO SILVER LINING - JEFF BECK



At least one of those to be played at a party or two over the next few weeks :o)

Hello all,



How about: Yes sir, I can boogie by Baccara

#36 ever since the words 'xmas party' and 'photocopier' were first mentioned this morning in twitter-land, I've had a feeling that I am being watched - by the photocopier!!

We have a 'network' here, so you could end up sending your inappropriate photocopies of body parts to another office...yikes.

could be that DESMOND DEKKER has the appropriate tune for that eventuality:



'WHERE DID IT GO'



Does not even bear thinking about.

One Xmas lunch already consumed today, and early evening drinkies/nibbles party in the Uni Dinosaur museum to come...could be an amazing place to have a few games - ie 'spot the dinosaur' plenty of those around these parts.

Meant to wish Lady_Stormrider a very happy birthday in my last post but was side tracked by another parcel being delivered! One more to go and Christmas will be sorted (as they say around here!)

Remembering my manners ...



Thanks Flo for the card you left in the womblingblog - which broke before I had chance to see it. Also thanks for get well wishes and comments about blue Christmas lights.

I chuckled when you asked if I had blue lights in my bedroom... ahem!



For the record, I have NO blue Xmas lights but many friends have them. Especially outdoors, like PSL. I don't dislike them, per se; it's just that my interior decor is warm honeys and reds - electric blue just doesn't match. LOL.



Jennie - how wonderful to get a bath lift - they are really quite marvellous contraptions. I used one when I was recovering from my brain thingy and wasn't allowed to stand under a shower for a couple of weeks. It might seem odd to think of it as a Christmas present, but I completely understand why you should ... [and between you and I - yesterday I received one of those mini bagless vacuum cleaners which is so much easier to use than my huge vax and I'm really rather excited about cleaning the house for Christmas!]





MTF - beef stew? I should coco.

When I'm feeling hungry again.



grumpychap - hello again. You seem very cheerful today.



:^)

Sorry for be so late with the good wishes but:



Happy Birthday Lady_Stormrider



Confession time .............. I'm developing a fetish for empty glass jars. It started off with re-cycling when we'd wash them and put them out every other Thursday for collection by the council. But now I don't like parting with them. I'm sure they're going to come in handy one day :-D

Just found a few minutes lying around, so I thought I'd use 'em on here. Firstly, many happy returns to Lady_stormrider . I hope you get a second scarf to help keep you warm (#50).



Also, Katy. The new HOIB is a work of genius. And thanks for my hat and scarf yesterday.

#67

Suzie - that dodgy relationship twixt the office party and the office photocopier was highlighted by our very own AlexGirl last week when we were talking about having a blogparty.

I know, I know - it's such a cliche but I still find it ridiculously funny. Happy dinosaur spotting



:^)

#29 Katy... I thought you were the mistress of long lists... maybe it's catching!



#44 MTF... oh no, you've started me on that Womble song again!!!



#58 Jennie... I have just had one of those reader thingys delivered for my husband who is an avid reader, but whether he'll like it or not is another matter because I know he likes books and always said he didn't want an e-reader but I didn't know what else to get him!



#60 Gill... I'm just picturing your entertaining limp! Is it anything like the one I remember Norman Wisdom having, many moons ago? Hope it's better quite soon.



#70 Harry, you could paint pretty patterns on your jars with glass paint and drop a tea light inside!



Happy Birthday Lady Stormrider

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xx

#67 Suziee, is it going to be like that film 'Night at the Museum'? Maybe after one or two drinks the dinasaurs will come to life...



~X~

#70 Harry - ever heard that song 'Jar of Hearts'?!



#71 Paul y'welcome and looking forward to seeing what damage you've done to our scrabble game when I can get onto my desktop computer in the office [can't access it on this browser] ..

:^D

Blue christmas lights, that was what I meant to comment on. It is perculiar, as everything else pertaining to coldness and snowiness seems somehow very christmassy, and yet the blue lights cropping up hither and thither seem cold, and yet so harsh. Sort of wintery, but not quite christmassy. Each to his own, though.

#76 I know what you mean about the blue lights Paul, ours are like small stars and look quite nice - but I wouldn't want blue ones in the house - far too cold!



I meant to say earlier, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY STORMRIDER!

#75 Katy, never heard it but I've looked it up on Sp*tify and there are dozens of versions ............... listening to the one by Christina Perri now and it's very pleasant.



Following my suggestion at #1, I've been re-discovering Janis Ian all day.

I was listening to Richard Allinson on ithingy while doing my shopping and he had an email from Dirk Thrust!! He gets about, the boy!



#73 - Mr asked me ages ago if I would like an e-reader and I ummed and aahhed for a few days and eventually said 'No - I like real books' but apparently he had already ordered it so I got one any way!



You can still have real books but this thing would be great for holidays, travelling etc as it is so light.



I've got blue lights on my tree indoors and have never thought about them looking cold - mind you they are hidden under garlands of thick silver tinsel so perhaps that warms them up a bit?! They look ok to me.



Jennie

Talking of christmas lights. Kev (tricky tree) has twittered a mosh request to the Doctor for Wizards Of Winter by the Trans Siberian Orchestra (which I'll gladly second here). This led me to discovering this...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gurChXbVU7A&feature=related

#80 Me too Paul.



In fact - I requested the very song and linked to the video on our Winter theme day:



"120.

At 15:18 1st Dec 2011, Katy Mac wrote:



Way too late for a choon choice - but this always makes me smile ..

WIZARDS IN WINTER - TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

and is nothing to do with tinsel or Christmas.

#shelied

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szLmAPW39uE

:^D"





You may get more response than I did. LOL.



Not that I'm in any way competing ....



;^)

Hi all

'We don't have to take our clothes off' (to have a good time) - Jermaine Stewart

'Handbags and Gladrags' - Stereophonics or Chris Farlowe

Tree going up tomorrow night. Assuming I've recovered from tonight's party.



Probably a bit late, but one for those who mix their drinks..



GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

#56 Deebee. I'm pretty much the same as regards lists. I tend to go for a few curve ball suggestions rather than a brain dump, but that's just my preference and probably accounts for the fact that I don't get menshes as often (although I think I got one yesterday as the last menshee for Pick Up The Pieces - the good Lady Driver talked over it and I haven't had a chance to check on iPlayer).



Nothing wrong with either approach - in fact, I envy those who come up with so many great suggestions!

#69

Hiya Katy

My numero uno speako persona..or something like that

I am only grumpy to those who know me.. so I am told :)

Usually quite daft.

And well done, I haven't had chance to say... you got your song played, the first time I came on here... my drive home had me shouting, thats Katy who said hello to me :)

Very later in today due to meetings. Really pleased to learn some blogpoppets are getting early prezzies to make life easier and Gill, I hope your knee gets better soon.



#70 Harry, LOL so have I started saving glass jars. I think it was Deebee talking about pickling pears that got me started and I haven't pickled anything. But got about 6 jars staring at me on a shelf in the cupboard.



I was hoping Simon was going to leave the party tunes for our party on 22nd :( He's maybe got something more exciting for us for then.



Hope your song gets chosen. I'm heading home shortly on the lookout for Thunder Snow but will be listening to the show.



Catch you later



Shona x

Just read back Womble blog - sorry you're not well Katy. Keep cosy and get plenty of sleep. X

Afternoon All

The Womgle are great! Loved the clips and being that I did not grow up in the UK, I'd never heard of them so fresh and new to me. Sweet show and could feel the nostalgia through the digital waves.



My office party tune:

Is That All There Is? ~Peggy Lee



Enjoy the seasonal chilly evening everyone,

LB, x

Oh no Simon... not that Slade song to start your show!

I heard it playing in two shops today... but then everything comes in threes!!!

Do some songs get played to death??



2nd song on today's show - Caro Emerald



2nd song on Monday - Caro Emerald



2nd song last Thursday - Caro Emerald



Is it just me?

Whoop whoop me!

I LOVE nuts, my dentist on the other hand hates them and has told me not to eat them. I have crumbling teeth, and those yummy nuts are just no good for me :-(

I miss nuts...



Evening all !!!!

(well done on the menches)

Knee much better now thanks all, had it elevated for an hour which seemed to do the trick.



Cherub has just pointed out to me that im actually due a trip to the dentist having been for an emergency temp filling the morning of the day I broke my leg. Had completely forgotten about it! quite the miricle its still holding 4 months on.

Well done Mr B Good and The Driver... and I loved Sal's confession!!! :o))

Ever closer to 100

Simon



A big thanks for the mention , but a bigger thanks for playing the wonderful Chic with My Forbidden Lover



Ta Simon and team

Aww so glad Ralph McTell won the folky song as I saw him a few weeks ago and when he sang Streets of London, six feet in front of me, with the guitar he's had since he was 19-years old, it gave me goose bumps... I still love it now! Thanks listeners!!! :o)

Evening All



I missed most of the show, rehearsing with the band for our Christmas party tomorrow. I don't think we're going to be very good, but hopefully everyone will sing along anyway. Will have to listen again to Mother Superior's confession. Well done for any menshes, and commiserations to the menshless.



I did hear Ralph McTell though. I agree, FF - its a lovely song!



I've thought of a festive blog name, and I'm wondering when to change. Should I wait till the day of the blog party? Hmm... decisions...



Hope you're feeling better KatyMatey, and Gill, that the swelling in your leg has gone down.



~X~

Oh, and meant to say - Shona #84 yes it was me that did the pickled pears. We used a kilner jar - one of those with a clip thing over the top. But I do like pretty shaped jars, and often keep them if we buy any jam or whatever.



~X~