Good morning Simon, team and poppets all,



'Tis another lovely day (definitely Thursday!) in paradise :)



Some choons ...





FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER - CHRIS REA



WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO



CHAIN OF FOOLS - ARETHA FRANKLIN



FOOL FOR LOVING YOU - WHITESNAKE (for Dr Mosh)



IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY - JAMES RAY OR FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS



Jx

Morning all



WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - FRANKIE LYMON

WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO

FOOL ON THE HILL - THE BEATLES

ONLY FOOLS RUSH IN -ELVIS PRESLEY

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



FOOLS GOLD by the Stone Roses



SOMETHIN' STUPID by Frank and Nancy Sinatra (or Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman)



WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE by Diana Ross



FOOL ON THE HILL by the Beatles



FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER by Chris Rea



Must dash - back later for some chat....



~X~

Good Morning All



Suggestions -



DUMB – Beautiful South



NOW AND THEN THERE’S A FOOL SUCH AS I – Elvis



WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN - Who



I AM A CLOWN – David Cassidy



THE FOOL ON THE HILL – Beatles



FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER – Elkie Brooks



FOOL AGAIN – Westlife



FOOL TO CRY – Stones



FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING - Whitesnake



CHAIN OF FOOLS - Aretha Franklin



IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY - Freddie & Dreamers



I GOT YOU BABE - Sonny & Cher

Morning all,



Got the dreaded green box so tweeted



Ship of fools - Erasure



Since I usually don't tweet (I normally just read) not sure that I have done it right.

If I have and you can 'see' me, could you let me know.



Ta muchly,



A.

Hi again everyone



April Fool songs..... how about........





APRIL FOOLS ~ Rufus Wainwright



FOOL TO CRY ~ The Rolling Stones



WON'T GET FOOLED AGIN ~ The Who



CERTAIN KIND OF FOOL ~ The Eagles



FOOL ON THE HILL ~ The Beatles



FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER ~ Chris Rea

Good morning all



FOOLS RUSH IN - RICK NELSON



WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE -FRANKIW LYMON & THE TEENAGERS



FOOL IF YOU THINK ITS OVER - CHRIS REA



LISTEN TO THE RHYTHM OF THE FALLING RAIN (Telling me just what a fool I've been)-CHIFFONS



WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES= DOOBIE BROTHERS

From me:



Fool on the Hill - The Beatles

Don't be Stupid - Shania Twain

I was only Joking - Rod Stewart

Hi Simon and the crew from a gloriously sunny North Cornwall (although not for very much longer when I don't have any diesel to get to work).



American Idiot - Green Day

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Dare - Gorillaz

Fools Gold - Stone Roses

House of Fun - Madness

Nobodys Fool - Haircut 100

Rudebox - Robbie Williams

The Joker_ Steve Miler Band

Unbelievable - EMF

Wicked Game - Chris Issak

Ooh, missed one! I also tweeted:



SILLY GAMES by Janet Kay



Three minutes is a long time when you're waiting to get on with some work...



~X~

Morning all



CHAIN OF FOOLS....ARETHA FRANKLIN



WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES...THE DOOBIE BROTHERS



WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE...DIANA ROSS





BE YOUNG,BE,FOOLISH,BE HAPPY...THE TAMS



thanks



PSL xxx

#7 The little grey cells are not working well this morning, it should have been THE CASCADES not the Chiffons for Rhythm of the Rain.

Morning everyone.........hope you are all sunny and bright.............................





NINCOMPOOP - DESMOND DEKKER



MAYOR OF SIMPLETON - XTC



WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES - DOOBIE BROTHERS.............especially for Mr D x



FOOL TO CRY - ROLLING STONES



MAKE ME SMILE - STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL



THE EDUCATED FOOL - IRON MAIDEN



WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO



THESE FOOLISH THINGS - BRYAN FERRY





Enjoy your day.........................................................................................



Dougal x..................................................................................................

A few more...



FOOL'S GAME ~ Bonny Raitt



GLORIOUS FOOL ~ John Martyn



POOR LITTLE FOOL ~ Ricky Nelson



IT'S A FOOL'S GAME ~ Bonnie Tyler



KISSING A FOOL ~ George Michael



I PITY THE FOOL ~ Stevie Wonder

Good morning, everybody!



Working from home today, as I've been fighting off the dreaded lurgee the last few days and am too contageous to be going into the office.



Head's still not right, so no oldies from me as I need all of my thinking power to compete with a really slow connection to the office. I am liking all the suggestions so far though.



No coffee today :(



--

cBzz

Morning all, once more.



How can I be sure - Dusty Springfield.

Morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets!



YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - New Seekers

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE = LOU CHRISTIE (for the line 'I tried every trick in the book')



TRICK IN THE TAIL - GENESIS

Morning all



Apologoes for duplication - no time to read back yet!



FOOL ON THE HILL - The Beatles



Back later, hopefully



T x

A few more..



MY FOOLISH HEART - SAME COOKE



THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE - THE SMITHS



NOT THAT FUNNY - FLEETWOOD MAC



THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER BAND

Deebee, I hope your arm's better today, also Hoffs, hope you're feeling brighter too!



Just realised the Bonny Tyler song title in my last post isn't right... it's called



IT'S A HEARTACHE ~ Bonny Tyler (it's a fool's game is one of the lines in the song)!

And another:



THE JOKER - Steve Miller Band

Dont bring me down! - ELO.



Confusion - ELO

a strictly Northern tune...



THE JOKER........THE MYLESTONES



(and one that the men dance to rather than the ladies...anorak fact)



PSL xx

Hi Simon and everyone



Glad your back in the room Simon on this sunny legitimate THURSDAY!



Apologies Simon but your White Hart Lane lot have got us Kings Road massive in the FA Cup Semi Final, hope its delayed due to our Champions League committments ( being the only English club left in Europe, "snigger snigger")



Hope your poorly arm is better Deebee.



Now to fool around:



1. SHIP OF FOOLS - Erasure

2. FOOL IF YOU THINK ITS OVER - Chris Rea

3. WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN - The Who

4. FOOL AGAIN - Westlife

5. I WANT YOU TO WANT ME - CHEAP TRICK

6. THE JOKER - Steve Miller Band

7. NOBODYS FOOL - Haircut 100

8. FOOLS GOLD - Stone Roses

9. NO MORE THE FOOL - Elkie Brooks

10. SILLY GAMES - Janet Kay



May poop later, will have to catch last hour of show on i thingy as will be in the throws of an interview at 6. Fingers crossed for a perfectly timed new contract!



Have a wonderful day.



PS, Shona, hope you had a successful 1 to 1.



Mandy ;)

I go to extremes - Billy Joel



Fools in love - Joe Jackson.

Hope you feel better soon coffeeBuzz and all other bloggers who are not feeling 100%



One more from me...



YOUR LATEST TRICK - DIRE STRAITS



Hope everyone has a good day.

Jx

I STARTED A JOKE - BEE GEES

The laughing gnome - David Bowie.

I AM A CLOWN - David Cassidy



SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Judy Collins

Morning all. A somewhay rushed visit first thing, but I'll hopefully be back for a more leisurely visit later.



Oldies:

Kissing a Fool - George Michael

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

Something Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra (or Robbie & Nicole Kidman)

The Fool on the Hill - The Beatles / Peggy Lee

MESS AROUND...RAY CHARLES

#25 Mandy, did you mean 'poop'? If you did, too much information! Have I missed a blogging acronym?!

#13 Dougal - I could scarcely believe there wasa track by Desmond Dekker called 'Nincompoop' so I just played it on Spotify and its top quality - love the way the trumpet break effectively plays the word! I hereby second it. I also don't think I've used the word Nincompoop for about 30 years.

Smile please! - Hermans Hermits.



Should I laugh or cry - Abba.

H.A.P.P.Y RADIO......EDWIN STARR

Oh.........the blog page has shrunk............be glad when all the gremlins are sorted..................





CHARLIE BROWN - THE COASTERS



HA HA SAID THE CLOWN - MANFRED MANN



EVERYBODY LOVES A CLOWN - GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS





Caffeine calls..............................................................................................................



Dougal x.......................................................................................................................

FUN FUN FUN - The Beach Boys.

#13 #33 I tweeted it earlier! fab

is it time to start suggesting silly songs yet?





I bet we all have a favorite silly song that never fails to raise a smile? ;-D



PSL

Who has got the blog poppets dicker for Rostronposkett? Mind you, it took me 4 attempts to spell that right and still not sure that I have?

#33/40 Is PoS the keeper of the dicker?



Just to fill you in Rostronposkett (can we abbreviate that to something?!!) poop = pop .. as in poop in .. pop in etc. Can't remember who/how that first started but Mandy was not being over sharing!!

APRIL, COME SHE WILL - Simon and Garfunkel.



A truly beautiful song, for an equally beautiful month, once we have got past the first that is.



My Nana was born on 1st April 1896, I guess that would make her 116 today. How far back can other blog poppets go back with memories of loved ones? I vaguely remember my great Grandmother who I am reckoning must have been born a good twenty years before that, but only vaguely. Whereas my Nana is still very much in my memory, even though it was 30 years ago that I last saw her.

Obviously, I cant go back with memories of 1896 (I'm only in my 40s after all!) I meant people that we remember, how far can we go back in terms of when they were born.

Morning all



Can we have some Jewel please.



FOOLISH GAMES - JEWEL

Coffee time (sorry to rub it in, Coffeebuzz - hope you feel better soon!) and after 10 minutes in the sun I'm ready for a blog catch-up.



I can't stand April Fool's day, or any kind of prank, micky-take or teasing however well meant - just don't find it at all funny. Quite relieved it's on a Sunday this year.



Didn't have a great night with my arm. I'd find a comfortable position, then need to move and it would take me ages to get settled again. Mr B snored through the whole thing. Arm was very stiff this morning, but once I was up and about it felt a bit better although drying my hair was a challenge. Times like this I need a daughter - oh, hang on... I'm sure it's nothing serious, just a pulled muscle. It'll be fine in a day or so.



Hoffs, hope you're feeling better today and that mini Hoffs has a good first day at his new school.



~X~

Morning all



Late again. Apologoes...



April Fool's jokes...



I GOT YOU BABE - UB40



I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD ) - James Brown



Not really here, so must be off.



JBG



PS Thanks for the score of 94.5 for last night's Rubberband Man!

Ooh, one more!





YOU REALLY GOT ME - The Kinks

#43 Sal, I have very vague memories of my grandad - my Dad's dad, who died when I was very young. I'm ashamed to say I don't know when he was born (will have to ask my brother who's researching our family tree), but Dad was born in 1926 so I'm guessing his father would have been born around the turn of the 20th century. My Mum's mum, who died in 1989 so I remember her very well, was born in 1905.



~X~

Good Morning All :)



I would like to hear...



FOOL ON THE HILL - THE BEATLES



I hope it gets played, but loads of people have probably suggested that one already. Not had time to catch up yet, but I'll suggest a few more, so please forgive duplications...



I'M WITH STUPID - THE PET SHOP BOYS



STUPID GIRL - GARBAGE



EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL - CONNIE FRANCIS



A FOOL SUCH AS I - ELVIS PRESLEY

Good morning all - another beautiful day here in South Essex - clear blue skies and no wind.



FOOL ON THE HILL by The Beatles is probably the obvious choice.



Will read back to see how many other people have suggested it!



QJW

Morning All,



'Fools In Love' Joe Jackson



Have a good day everybody

' I was Only Joking' Rod Stewart

It seems I'll get paid at the month after all. #25 Mandy, thank for asking. #35 Rostronposkett, LOL at Mandy and her poop.



For those who get taken in with April Fool jokes



I'M A BELIEVER - THE MONKEES



A bit tenuous I know but all the best ones have gone.



Trouble posting again. Grrr

Morning all



'Why Did You Do It?' - Stretch

'Oblivious' - Aztec Camera

'Good as Gold' - Beautiful South ("Good as gold but stupid as mud he'll carry on regardless...")



N xx

Good morning everyone.



Fools and foolishness for the theme? Perhaps Simon could replay Sally questioning if the woman with a regional accent was real person speaking following the trailer for the BBC's "Listening Project" on last night's programme?

Already tweeted (and I see already mentioned)



THE WHO - WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN



GARBAGE - STUPID GIRL



DIRE STRAITS - YOUR LATEST TRICK



#54, Oddly enough, as I was getting ready for work this morning I had Aztec Camera's Oblivious going through my head, and was wondering if ever there'd be a suitable theme... :o)

Oh dear I missed that Harry. Where was she from?

#55 Harry I heard that lady, she's often on Radio Humberside, I didn't hear what the trailer was for, or Sally's question!

If you really want 'oldies'



WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I? by Anthony Newley



DON'T LAUGH AT ME (cos I'm a fool) by Norman Wisdom



APRIL SHOWERS by Al Jolson



Must be thinking about elderly relatives that has taken me back!!



I remember my great grandmother - she lived with my nan in her declining years. I remember going to see her in the 'back' bedroom where she was bedridden. She was born in 1874/5.



QJW

GROUNDHOG DAY!!!! How about 'Won't Get Fooled Again' WHO....

Yes Jilly in response to your comment yesterday it was a thoroughly enjoyable activity and honour! Also available for christenings, barmitzvahs, weddings etc Have another loverly sunny day y'all xx

Thanks for the wishes, everybody - I'm on the mend so should be all fit n' healthy for my holiday next week.



I hope all of the other sub 100% bloggpoppets are back to full strength soon too.



Deebee - I alternated between cold gel and ibuprofen gel for a shoulder injury a few years back and that did the trick.

#57 & #58 Simon played the trailer for Radio 4's "Listening Project", just before the confession, and an elderly lady was describing how she met her husband when he gave her a lift in a 3-wheeler car. After the clip, Sally asked, "Is that a real person?" Not once, but twice. I think Simona was a little shocked. Poor Sally; she really should get out of London more often.

STATUS QUO - She Don't Fool Me



CHICAGO - Baby, What A Big Surprise



THE BEATLES - I'll Get You



Thinking about the one I always seem to remember from comics when I was a kid, i.e. the bucket of water balanced on top of a partly opened door...



THE FOUR BUCKETEERS - Bucket of Water Song.



Then again, maybe not...

Sorry that should read comment from Julia 40....senility settling in now under the blonde...... off for a read through now and prospecting new schools again for September.........pps: der Dicker= German for fat/enlarged man........

I think Sally sometimes speaks before activating her brain! And then each time she seems to dig herself a bigger hole. I don't think Simon knew what to say!

I remember my great grandmother (my dad's granny) with a wee red shawl over her shoulders. Can't really remember her face too clearly but I do remember the shawl. She must have been born around 1875 (ish)



My nan(mum's mum) was born in 1903 and it was my mum's granny who died the day before I was born.



I've done some of my family tree on my mum's side - it is facinating to do. It's also very time consuming and can be a bit expensive sometimes.



I found out that my great, great great grandfather fell off a train in 1883 (when he was 33 years) and was killed. I delved into that story quite a bit.

We're not all like that you know ;)

KELIS - Caught Out There



KELIS - Trick Me (if there's a radio friendly version)

In my innocence, I thought Sally was questioning whether it was an actress.

#62 Yes Harry, I think for the first time Simon was a little dumb struck at Sally's comment.

My # 67 was in response to # 65.



Thanks for the repsonses to my 'memory' post. I am guessing that my great Grandmother was born around the 1870s too.



Some of their trinkets/valuables, who knows, I wouldn't part with them, have been passed down through the generations and I suppose must be antiques now. It seems odd to think, that things that have belonged to immediate family can be classed as that. Yikes!

#59 - Your Maj, I remember my Gran singing the Don't laugh at me cos I'm a Fool. She always sang it while pottering around in the Kitchen. That and 'Oh dear what can the matter be?' Lovely memories



A.

#71 Sal, the furthest I can go back is 1899 - my Great Aunt Novella (my father's father's sister). She lived next door to my Grandad and I used to go round to see her whenever I got the chance. She used to let me sit on her lap as she played the piano AND she made the very best jam butties :0)))

#67 Ha! ;)

Was that her Christian name Harry? Ahhh, jam butties eh! My Grandpa, used to butter the top piece of a milk roll, then put jam on and then slice it, with the loaf upright!

#71 And, Sal, as for family trinkets being antiques: I took my kids to a museum in Yorkshire (can't remember exactly where) only to find our kitchen was on display :0(

#75 Yes, Sal, her forenames were Sarah Novella but there was another, elder, sister called Sarah, too, so she was know as Novella.

Give me an old fashioned kitchen any day Harry :)

#76 Harry, that might have been York museum - I took my parents there once and found their first washer and gas cooker on display - much to their amusement!

Thats interesting about using the same names in families Harry, assuming of course that the children were from the same marriage.



Sally, or Sallie, which is how mine is spelt is supposed to be a shortened version of Sarah, cant quite work out how, but there you go.



Right, I'm off out on the pull.



Have a good day everyone :)

#79 Tortie, I think you're correct.



When we lived in Leeds we spent the Summer holidays visiting as many FREE museums as possible and there were dozens in Yorkshire. Not always easy to find but well worth tracking down. Huddersfield had a couple of crackers, if memory serves me.



We only went to the York one because local authority workers were having a "work to rule" and letting everyone in for nought :0))))

Ps, what ever became of back bedrooms and parlours?



Gotta fly....

Just thought of another song, vaguely April Fool 'ish



GAMES PEOPLE PLAY ~ Joe South

April fool suggestion:



Trick of the Tail by Genesis



Phil and Jude Graham

#82 we have a back bedroom Sal - the one that overlooks the back garden!

#82 I think "Parlours" went the same way as the "Snug" at the local pub.

Third time lucky!



OK poppets, I'm taking this afternoon off - good luck with the mensh chasing and I'll 'see' you tomorrow (pink and green boxes permitting!)



T x

ELH has just delivered the shopping and a bottle of a soothing tincture, which both Mr and I like to imbibe now and then, was sent with the security cap still on it! The delivery driver thought he might be able to force it off but to no avail! Will have to send Mr up to the local 'offie'.



Talking of places gone out of fashion - does anyone remember the 'bottle and jug' which was like an off licence attached to a pub and children could go in and buy 'pop' and sniff the heady atmosphere of that mysterious place - the pub!



QJW

Firstly I must apologise for not having thanked everyone who welcomed my first posting on Tuesday. That was quite remiss of me and I consider myself suitably chastised.



Today's song theme seems to be proving surprisingly difficult and I can't think of anything that hasn't already been suggested. I'd support 'Fool on the Hill' and 'Fool (If You Think It's Over)', though.



Some very interesting genealogy discussions. Feels like I've fallen into an episode of 'Who do you think you are?'

my parents first home was a prefab and when we once visited the science Museum that had a whole one in there to show the modular kitchen/bathroom/back boiler heating system!



PSL

Now then, I read this blog just about every day and contribute most days. But someone saying they might 'poop later' has never crossed my radar before now! As a great lover of innuendo and toiletry humour there's no way I would have missed that!

It seems there's a blog language between the lines of the blog language...!

Afternoon all!



Had to come indoors - was going pinker and pinker outside. Peas are planted, pea netting done. It offends Ziggy's OCD nature as it is not perfectly straight but I am happy.



Rosie caught a shrew - she is happy.



Kira is staring lovingly at Ziggy's bare torso - she is happy.



The Big Blue One Who Looks Like Les Dawson is sleeping under a bush - she is happy.



Happiness abounds.



My maternal grandmother (the lovely one) was born in 1905. I clearly remember her elder brother although I am not sure of the age difference. In those days, it was likely to be anywhere between 12 - 24 months. My paternal grandmother (the not so nice one) was born in around 1895 and used to tell me tales of Queen Victoria.

I still have my nan's jeelly pan (a bronze pan for making jam) and black iron griddle which would look good in any rustic kitchen. They came in handy over the years as artifacts in the classroom if I was doing "The Victorians"

#91 Rostronposkett, I think you'll find the phrase is "poop back later" (a typo for "pop back later") which caused some amusement on its first appearance that it was adopted en masse. I've been here for over a year now and I've seen it hundreds of times.



Once PoS shows up this afternoon I'm sure he'll supply you with his dictionary

of 'bloggisms'.



Just wait until we start getting pendantic ;-)

Right, off to the dentist.



See you later.



QJW

#94 Talking of pendantic, has Simon had a sex change? Your #62 refers!!! Made me laugh!

Further to my #94 (in response to #91) Of course, being a phrasal verb, "Poop" can be conjugated in several ways depending on which tense you want to use or where you are intending to poop:



I will poop in

You pooped by

We pooped in

Did you just poop by?



etc



Have fun with it :0)



#96 Alex_G, didn't you know? I read it on tinternet so it must be true :-S

#97 LOL!!



I should poop in again a little later..................

#98 I love it when you poop in :0D

After all this poop talk, Harry, I hope someone in the Construction Team definitely chooses 'Nincompoop' now.



I think Mandy's use of 'may poop later' without the crucial 'back' is what brought it to my attention....