Happy Mondays all round and Hello Simon, Drive Team and Constructors:



My favourite theme.

:^)





SONNET - THE VERVE



ROMEO AND JULIET – DIRE STRAITS



THE WITCHES PROMISE – JETHRO TULL



SONG FOR THE LOVERS – RICHARD ASHCROFT



POETRY IN MOTION – JOHNNY TILLOTSON



SUMMER WINE – LEE HAZLEWOOD & NANCY SINATRA



BEHIND THE MASK [WHO DO YOU LOVE] – ERIC CLAPTON

Morning Simon, team, NYM and Matt of the redundant BAIU (or maybe just dormant). Oh, and shopaholic bloggers,



Shakespeare, you say? Well you have to start here



TO BE OR NOT TO BE - B A Robertson

Hi Simon and everyone



Surely not the first poster. Here at work early today as early finish in order to teach the most stressful class at our club of the lot.... the 4/5 year olds!!



Not many blog problems for me, not even the whirling of that wheel that seems stuck on posting comment which means you have to copy and paste what was written and post in 2 chunks and face the 180 second rule.



So Shakespeare it is then, I had to cover off King Henry iv part i for English Literature 'O' Level after having a taster for Shakespeare by reading Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice. I did not really grasp his use of the English Language ...it seemed that for a relatively short answer he gave an essay!



1. ROMEO AND JULIET - Dire Straits

2. STAY - SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER

3. YOUR HISTORY - SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER

4. ROMEO - Mr Big

5. TOO SHY - Kajagoogoo ( Shylock)

6. ANTONY'S SONG - Billy Joel

7. WINTERS TALE - David Essex

8. I LIKE IT - Gerry and the Pacemakers ( As you like it)

9. Fanfare for the common muse - DIVINE COMEDY

10. TWELFTH OF NEVER - Donny and Marie ( 12th Night)



Laters after more thinkage time.



Have lovely days



Mandy ;

Good Morning All



Song Suggestions -



ROMEO & JULIET - Dire Straits



WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING - The Smiths



TRAGEDY - Bee Gees



A WINTER'S TALE _ David Essex



LOVE STORY - Taylor Swift







What about a bit of Mendelssohn?



THE WEDDING MARCH FROM A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM

Morning everyone



A nice sunny start to the week.



ROMEO AND JULIET ~ Dire Straits



ROMEO ~ Mr Big



ALL THE LOVERS ~ Kylie Minogue



KING MIDAS IN REVERSE ~ The Hollies



TO BE OR NOT TO BE ~ BA Robertson



ALL OR NOTHING ~ Small Faces

YOU'RE HISTORY - Shakespear's Sister (see what I did there?)

Oooh!





THE THEME FROM "BOTTOM"





LAST NIGHT - The Mar-Keys

Good morning everybody!



Here we go...



STAY - SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER

SONET - THE VERVE

ROMEO & JULIET - DIRE STRAITS

CLEOPATRA'S THEME - CLEOPATRA (sorry)



Off to the coffee machine...



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cBzz

Woohoo... Chris Evans played my Gobsmackers a bit earlier... one was the Waterboys' song, Fisherman's Blues and the other was Elton John's That's Why They Call It The Blues... and I only sent them in, hoping to hear The Waterboys as they were fab when I went to see them a couple of weeks ago and I've not heard them for ages on the radio!!!



I tried to post this earlier but the thingy was going round and round and I couldn't post anything!



Still can't post.... three word Monday... BLOG NOT WORKING!!!!

What about



BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE from "Kiss Me Kate" - based on "The Taming of The Shrew"?



There is a version by The Muppets!

3 more words "blog working again"..... was it just me or did anyone else have a problem posting in the past 15 or so minutes?

Since Shakespeare was born and died on April 23rd, how about....



LIVE AND LET DIE ~ Paul McCartney and Wings

OPHELIA - The Band (in tribute to Levon Helm who died last week)







(and just as the BAIU committee members prepare to go their separate ways and relax down at the coffee shop, the blog starts playing up again...)

Some more bard-related nonsense:





KING FOR A DAY – THOMPSON TWINS



CARRY ON WAYWARD SON – KANSAS



JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT – CUTTING CREW



KILLER QUEEN – QUEEN



FLOWERS IN THE RAIN – THE MOVE



LOVE POTION NO 9 – TYGERS OF PAN TANG



:^)

Morning all :-)



WILLIAM IT WAS REALLY NOTHING .....THE SMITHS



TRAGEDY....THE BEE GEES



PSL xx

Morning to all on this rainy day,



I know that this has already been suggested but can I add my vote for:



ROMEO AND JULIET - DIRE STRAITS



One of my favourite songs from 'teenagerdom'.



Back later x

Also another rather nice song of the same name, with some Shakespearish flutes (recorders?) ...



OPHELIA - Kula Shaker

R DEAN TAYLOR...THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE



PSL xx

Message for Harry, whenever you arrive today - Teen Hoffs is sitting at the table reading 'Poetry - an Introduction'. Thank you!!



Hey ho, the wind and the rain....................

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and fellow blogpoppets!



Working from home today. Still don't have any IT kit at work so if I want to produce documents, I need to use my own 'puter. Result.



The obvious one is Dire Straits so I am sure that will get a play. There must be hundreds of songs but I am a bit stumped at the mo. Need to think.



Oh, Chris is playing The Verve and "Sonnet"!



Back in a bit.

ONCE UPON A DREAM ~ Billy Fury

WITCHES' SONG - Marianne Faithful



WORDS OF LOVE - Mamas & the Papas

"Worn out phrases and longing gazes won't get you where you want to go"





and finally...



WORDS - F.R. David

AINT NO GRAVE (CAN HOLD MY BODY DOWN) - JOHNNY CASH



On the subject of Shakespeare, if anyone ever has the chance to see the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School perform a Shakespeare play, then I would definitely recommend they take it. They travel around, usually to schools, performing specific Shakespeare plays in a totally unique way in little over an hour, but still using the correct Shakespearean language. It is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare for children whilst at the same time, keeping the adults interested! This year, we saw Twelfth Night which was brilliant. My abiding memory, however, was of Hamlet, last year, with an actor speaking the 'Alas Poor Yorick' words in the style of Eric Morecambe. Obviously not highbrow RSC stuff but definitely something that children and teenagers can remember.

I just asked Teen Hoffs what he would suggest and to my surprise, he stood here and reeled off William Shakespeare's Sonnet 14 (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day). So 'stuff' learned at school does stick sometimes!



So, rather spurious, but our suggestion would be:



SUMMER DAYS - BOB DYLAN

Good Morning All :)



Just time for a quick blog, before our meeting at 10.



Looking forward to hearing Louis Theroux on tonight's show, I thought his 'Extreme Love' documentary about autism was very well done, and I also highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know what life is like for families with severely autistic children. I could see so much of my family's lives on screen, especially the mother who said that it was heart breaking. That's how I feel, autism breaks my heart in so many different ways every single day. I love my boys to pieces, but if there was a cure, I would not hesitate to sign up for it.



Anyway, enough serious stuff, oldie suggestions...



DON'T FEAR THE REAPER - BLUE OYSTER CULT



CHERISH - MADONNA



ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT - ELVIS PRESLEY

Good morning all - bright and sunny so far......................



ROMEO AND JULIET - DIRE STRAITS must have been suggested but I'll go with the obvious.



Busy day in the garden today - spuds to plant and seeds to sow.



See you later.



JW

DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN - CHRIS DE BURGH

Family Affair - Sly and the family Stone (Covers most of the tragedies)

Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (Tempest)

Fernando - Abba

Ghosts - Japan

Jar of Hearts - Merchant of Venice

King in a Catholic Style - China Crisis

Romeo and Juliet - Dire STraits

Moon Dance - Van Morrison (Midsummer Nights Dream)

Night Boat to Cairo - Madness (Anthony and Cleopatra)

Tradegy - Bee Gees

Winters Tale - David Essex

Mr Writer - Stereophonics

Wondrous Stories - Yes

Famous Last Words - Tears For Fears

Sonnet - The Verve





Happy St Georges Day to all.



I also have a few FREE copies of Pride and Prejudice left to give away today if anyone would like them.

27 - because of 'The Tempest' words spoken in the song. Yes, I'll get off the fence. I was a big fan of Chris de Burgh all those years ago.....



(By the way - obviously no problems for me posting today and not for a while either. Will go now and leave you all in peace...)

Just time for one more.



Seems like people are always falling down dead on stage, or pretending to be dead, or trying to find new ways to blame somebody else or to justify their evil actions...



BODIES - Robbie Williams



#9 Florence - whoop whoop, well done you!



#23 Hoffs - agree. Seems like it would be a real no-no for the youngsters, but after dragging them kicking and screaming to a performance, they've always enjoyed it. We've been to a few of the performances held at National Trust properties - all adds to the atmosphere having a picnic watching a very stripped down Macbeth performed on the lawn at night with a floodlit gothic pile in the background, and the wind and rain lashing in on an August evening. That's how they did it back in the day at the Globe - tankards of mead in the audience, and gnawed bones and pieces of fruit thrown on stage at the baddies!

#9 Your talk of The Waterboys reminded me - I know I keep requesting this, but it's such a fine song - written by ex-Waterboy, Karl Wallinger





IS IT LIKE TODAY? - WORLD PARTY





♫♪Many years ago he looked out through a glassless window

All that he could see was Babylon

Beautiful green fields and dreams and learned to measure the stars

But there was a worry in his heart ...♫♪

Hello Katy - sounds like you had a wild weekend with your band of merry minstrels!



And loving your Jethro Tull sugestions at #1

Morning all. Very little time today, and a quick flick through shows that almost everything I thought of has already been mentioned.



One that hasn't though is the following, inspired by the fact that in Shakespeare's day, men used to play female roles...



AEROSMITH - Dude Looks Like A Lady

#32 insert "g", delete "s"

The biggest problem with Shakespeare's plays is that we're all introduced to them as O-level/GCSE set texts, when they were intended to be seen live on stage, and struggle with the complicated language and historical themes and concepts, and never ever want to go near it again until much later in life.



TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - The Specials



Really really not here now.

Good morning everyone.



#2 Regular John, my vote for the worst song ever!



#19 Hoffs, that was quick! Hope he finds it useful :0)



Theme:



SISTER MOON by STING



Hopefully back later.

#36 HtS. Each to his own. I find some of the lyrics very moving.



(But your recommendation last week for senna also had the same effect.)

Good morning,



Florence, Congrats on your "Blue Monday" morning.



Hoffs, Thanks for the recommendation.



I love a bit of MacBeth (heres's hoping I don't get struck down for saying it out loud):



WITCHY WOMAN by The Eagles

BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED by Ella Fitzgerald

BLACK MAGIC WOMAN by Santana





Or maybe:



ANNIE'S SONG by John Denver (for his wife)

WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING by The Smiths (would you mind sharing please PSL? I love this song)



Katy, Haven't been around much lately but it lovely to see the "Return of the Mac".



Have a good day.x

Morning All,



HAPPY BIRTHDAY by STEVIE WONDER



ROMEO & JULIET by DIRE STRAITS



TO BE OR NOT TO BE by BA ROBERTSON



SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER by SMITHS



madchick x

#36 Harry, worst song ever? Hero by Enrique Iglesias. As soon as I hear him start groaning in the opening bars the radio has to go off.

#37 Regular John, OK, perhaps not the worst song ever but it certainly contains the worst rhyme:





Some like the sun

They'd be a Barbadian

We think it's fun

Here in Stratford-on-Avion

35 - John - exactly - I was really put off Shakespeare at school for that reason (plus the fact that every person from my parents' generation seemed to be able to reel off so much Shakespeare and look rather disapproving because I couldn't) but as I have got older, I have learned to appreciate it much more. I will definitely take my boys to BVOTS etc but not going to force them as I don't want to put them off in the same way that I was.

I AM THE WALRUS by THE BEATLES (part of an audio version of KING LEAR is on this track)

Morning All,



A wildly wet weekend enjoyed by me and mine this weekend. Think yougest boy is still finding mud in places he really rather wouldn't after playing rugby in a giant mud bath.



Can't manage to make the ole cells work this morning but would like to hear Dire Straits. One of my faves.



Zoe, are you around? Watched Finale of True Blood last night and las left mildly disappointed. Was it just me?



Also caught Louis Theroux's Extreme Love. It was heart breaking watching the families cope. The bit that got me was when Louis asked one of the mum's if she had thought about putting her son into care and her reply was the only way the Authorities would get involved was if she called 911. What kind of a choice is that?



Maybes Laters



A.

#40 Julia, looks like we have something to get our teeth into when the blog goes quiet: Worst Song Ever .............. nominations please :0)

#31 Katy... I also love the World Party song so had to have a listen!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4pxYEDy1mc&feature=related

I must say that I enjoyed Shakespeare at school, and we were fortunate enough to go on school trips to see plays at the Old Vic & Young Vic and also outdoor plays in Cambridge. It also helped that we had a couple of budding thespians in the class who would bring their own interpretations of the characters (in various comedic accents!!)



PRINCE HAL'S DIRGE by LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

#45 #40

Harry, Julia.



I'll compile a list!



--

cBzz

#45 Ooh Harry! You worked out by cunning plan (or was I just responding to a subtle prod given by your goodself?)



Here's hoping that what ensues is the usual mature and thought provoking exchange of views we so often see on this lovely blog.



Hope all is well with you.

#45 'video killed the radio star' The Buggles....I just hate that song!



PSL

#48 coffeeBuzz, Love it! I am in and out all day today but will pop back when I can to see what interesting suggestions are made...



#48 Harry, for "by" read "my". So excited at the prospect of a heated but adult debate that my fingers slipped on the keyboard (or perhaps I am just hopeless at touch typing).

WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN....THE BANGLES

CRUEL TO BE KIND by NICK LOWE



A WINTERS TALE by DAVID ESSEX

#48 cBuzz, a list? Let's assume that 'worst' is an absolute; that is, only ONE can be THE worst



#49 A subtle prod? Not sure I can do "subtle" :0)



#50 PSL, I'm not sure 'hating' is quite enough. There has to be some supporting evidence in the lyrics, the music, the arrangement, etc to qualify it for the worst song ever.

SIGH NO MORE....MUMFORD & SONS

#55 but if I told you my inner thoughts and reasoning I'd have to kill you....or be sectioned!



PSL ;-)

#56 That's a risk we're all going to have to take ;0)

#54 Actually Harry on second thoughts even if you felt you could do "subtle" you couldn't give a "subtle prod" because it's an oxymoron. Do you think you can do subliminal? Care to suggest another "s" word to accurately sum up your never ending talents?



As I type Little Girl is sat on the arm of the chair singing "Chick Chick Chick Chick Chicken" My permission to blog has clearly expired for the time being. Time to read "The Tiger Who Came To Tea".



Laters.

#54 Harry, I thought you might take me to task over lists :P

I suppose I could argue that there are so many bad songs but, as you say, there is only one worst.



Ok then, I'll whittle down my list of baddies to one worst.



Back after lunch and some more coffee....



--

cBzz

Meeting done. The battle to get our twins into a National Autistic Society run school has begun!



#44 FW Alice - No, it wasn't just you, I found the finale of True Blood S4 to be distinctly underwhelming too. I was disappointed with S4 as a whole, if the TV show had stuck closer to the books, like Game of Thrones, it would be so much better IMHO. I used to love True Blood, but I'm only tuning in for Alexander Skarsgard now! I see that S5 starts in the US in June (the 10th to be precise) like I said, I will watch because I still love Eric, Pam, Jason and Lafayette, I just hope S5 is better than S4.



On the Extreme Love Autism documentary - When that mother said that the future for all of our severely autistic children is residential care, that is the truth, sadly. There will come a day when, through us being too old/ill, or our children getting too physically strong for us to cope with, they will have to go into residential care, because they will never reach the point of being able to take care of themselves. That fact breaks my heart more than any other.



We don't have to call 999 here to get that help, thank goodness, it's all done mainly through social services. That's who we had our meeting with this morning.



Sorry for the serious stuff, I wouldn't have mentioned any of it if not for LT being on the show tonight. I don't like to go on about the autism side of my life on here, as a rule.

#58 Julia, I fear the 's' which best sums me up is "soporific" but I aspire to "subliminal".







Note to Guardian of the naughty step (that's you PSL!): did you observe that I didn't descend to using any vernacular interpretations of "to prod"? ;0)

Good Morning Each!



'I'm Henery The Eighth, I Am' by Herman's Hermits



'As You Like It' by Adam Faith



'Just Like Romeo and Juliet' by The Reflections



''Miss Macbeth' by Elvis Costello

Regarding worst song....



'Oh, what a feeling, to be dancing on the ceiling.......'



I really really really don't like that one.....

**SPOILER ALERT - In CASE ANYONE ELSE WATCHES TRUE BLOOD BUT HASN'T SEEN IT YET**



#60 - Zoe, there were very few bright spots to S4 but the finale just about took the biscuit. I mean at the beginning we had Tara saying she wanted to be on that porch wi' Sookie so you just knew that summat was gonna happen to her. Then we had Tara finding Jesus and immediately jumping to the conclusion that it was Lafayette 'what had done it' and that he was taken over by Marnie. That was sloppy by anyone's standards. How on earth did Lafayette manage to chain TWO vamps, at night, to a bonfire by him/herself!?!? I could go on but I shan't. Suffice to say, it wasn't good.



A.

Morning one and all.................................so very very very late today...........no time to read back.................so I'll just fire away with my suggestions.................



THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND (AS YOU LIKE IT)



CRUEL TO BE KIND - NICK LOWE (HAMLET)



EVIL WOMAN - ELO (MACBETH)



DREAMER - SUPERTRAMP (A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM)



ROMEO & JULIET - DIRE STRAITS



EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK - ELVIS COSTELLO



BOOK LOVERS - DIVINE COMEDY



WONDEROUS STORIES - YES



A WINTER'S TALE - DAVID ESSEX



TRAGEDY - BEE GEES



YOU'RE HISTORY - SHAKESPEARES SISTER





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



P.S Hope everyone is well...........................................................................

Given the amount of royalty in Shakespeare's plays:

SPIN DOCTORS - Two Princes



GARY BYRD & THE G.B. EXPERIENCE - The Crown



or for Banquo's ghost:

THE SPECIALS - Ghost Town



An alternative to 'To Be or Not To Be', which mentions Antony & Cleopatra

B. A. ROBERTSON - Bang Bang



And a more obvious contender:

SUPERGRASS - RICHARD III

Grandma, we love you, Grandma, we do, though you may be far away, we still love you.....



(Just need to be clear that this is my final entry for the worst song and NOT a suggestion for today's theme)

Three Word Monday:



HOUSE MARTINS NESTING!



(That would be the birds, not the band).



Got to share. Some weeks ago, we ordered 5 water butts from the garden centre. They duly arrived and Ziggy installed them. It then turned out that one of the water butts had a leak so off I went to the garden centre who promised a replacement. An hour ago, the phone rang:



Me: Good morning, Alex-Girl speaking



Caller: This is the garden centre. Are you the lady with the split butt?



Me: (hysterical laughter)



Still giggling now!



Worst song ever? Have to narrow down my list of contenders....

68 - Alex_Girl - ooh-er! Very funny. Much laughter here.

How about...........................................................................





PEN AND INK - TRACEY CHAPMAN



SONNET 20 - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT





or for A Midsummer's Night Dream and a bid for the HOIB.............................





OSSIE'S DREAM - THFC CUP FINAL SQUAD WITH CHAS & DAVE!!!!!...............



.................................go on Simon........I dare you!!...............................







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

#50 I hate it too. And I hated it doubly when Geoff Downes played an instrumental version with vocoder voice in the middle of his keyboard solo during a Yes concert on the Drama tour. We already hated Trevor Horn* for being there in place of Jon Anderson, that was just asking for trouble. I literally booed.



*Although I did feel a bit sorry for him when someone in the 3rd row shouted "bring back Jon Anderson" right before the opening notes of the second song. Although that feeling disappeared when they played "..And You and I" and he wasn't Jon Anderson :-)

Tweeted:



GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - Nothing Rhymed

Rain has temporarily stopped play - potatoes in but seeds pending!



Worst song - Downtown by Petula Clark - worse than fingernails on a blackboard!



JW

hi all



ROMEO AND JULIET-DIRE STRAITS



AIR ON A G STRING-JS BACH(WAS USED AS A THEME FOR THE HAMLET ADS)



WOODYRAPINGHOOD-TOM TOM CLUB

Just thought of this oldie!



JULIET ~ The Four Pennies

Julia - thank you [the mac thing]. Loved your Fb status over t'weekend x





Chuckling at Alex's split butt ... thanking Flo for the World Party link [such a good song! - surely someone here will hate it :^)] ... and now feeling brave enough to wade in with my song dislikes without offending anyone.



Despite my mother's and I suspect other mothers' caution that ".. if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all .." I had to really button it earlier when Shona said she was going to use *that* track with Heather Small for her powerpoint presentation.



Tangentially, the only jarring note of 'Miranda' [the TV series] was when her assistant sang *that* line and held up a placard of HS's face.

Quite why this should drive me to screeching distraction is a mystery, but I did note that on many forums at the time, others found that part of the show equally annoying.



:^D

A couple of the songs I hate are, She Bangs by Ricky Martin and Barbie Girl by Aqua!

#73 Jennie - my parents bought Downtown as a 45rpm single record, ostensibly for me [wha...? I was about 7 or 8 at the time], but really because they just wanted to play it again and again and again and again ...



:^$

Bit late to the Blog today and not had time to check back so sorry if any of these tunes are duplicates



SUMMER NIGHTS - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN



JULIET - FOUR PENNIES



LIMELIGHT - RUSH (for the theatre reference and lyrics of 'all the worlds a stage'

Just remembered - I requested this on twit earlier:



THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE - JOHN D LOUDERMILK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5eSr06fQRc



You've got to wonder at the etymology of that name ...





:^)

#61 polishing the step as I type.....and thinking of the flip-flop treatment for your prod.....



#68 poor Alex and your recent perdicament as diagnosis by the garden centre staff....*much Frankie Howard tittering*



#71 glad it isn't just me!



PSL

SUICIDE IS PAINLESS - JOHNNY MANDEL or MANIC STREET PREACHERS

(for Romeo & Juliet and for Shakespear quotes in verse)

#78 Poor you Katy! :^(



#68 Hope your butt situation improves soon Alex - nothing worse than a split butt, especially in a drought! ;o)



JW

#77 I was once made to endure a cover of Barbie Girl that would make Dr MÖSH squirm!

It was in German, by a band who sounded like Rammstein (but I don't think it was *actually* Rammstein).



Having said that, they did achieve something: they took a song I thought couldn't get any worse and made it worse! :D



(still agonizing over a very long list...)

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cBzz

Just a quick pop on over lunch break to offer Alex a plaster for her split butt. Too late to choon chase but my offering for worst song would be :



I Remember Elvis Presley - Danny Mirror



Perhaps Katy would rather I had picked "Proud" though;~ Sorry Katy, although I'm not too keen on the song myself, it really does suit the photos in the power point the best.



Some great songs chosen today so good luck everyone.



Shona x

Afternoon all.



Back to school today and a morning spent doing less than inspirational INSET :/ Frankly, I'd rather we just had the students back.



Anyhoo, I hope you all had a good weekend. I haven't had time to read back, but noticed something in passing about Alex's split butt?! Sounds v painful.



I'm a bit late for mensh-chasing, and too brain-dead to think of anything particularly orginal so my late, Shakespeare-oldies are:



Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straights

Dreaming - Blondie

Winter's Tale - David Essex

Music - John Miles

Rain is lashing down now. Worried about my broccoli seedlings which were planted into their bed yesterday. Oh well, I have more....



Ooh Jennie - I moved my chilli, pepper and tomato seedpots into the kitchen. HUGE excitement yesterday when I saw a tiny tomato seedling emerge! Thank you for the advice!



I can confirm that the poorly butt has been removed and replaced by one that is not split and has no leakage. Mr P much relieved - he was rushing out to purchase a large pack of Tena lady products (other incontinence devices available). Still chuckling. Also slightly worried about next time I go to the garden centre - will I forever be known as "the lady with the split butt"?



I have considered the Worst Song. I eliminated the obvious (Joe Dolce, Renee & Renato, Brotherhood of Man) and have plumped for:



Florence & The Machine - You've Got the Love



Reason? She has murdered a cracking song, managed to get rid of every bit of goodness in it and turn it into a banshee wail of despair.



(whispers) I like "Downtown"......................

*whispers* I secretly liked 'Don't Sleep In The Subway Darling'

Alex - glad the tomatoes are on the way up! I wanted to get mine planted today but it's raining too hard at the moment to get to the shed to perform said task - by the time I get there with my wheely walker, I'll be drowned! Best find another job for today.................

(Glad someone likes Downtown :~ .........)



Can anyone explain to me how micro-chipping puppies is going to help curb dangerous dogs? People who own such dogs and the purposes for which they have them, are hardly going to go to the vets and pay to have them chipped are they?

Is it me or am I missing something?



JW

Deliberating done and a decision has been made (well, I picked one at random!)



My choice of worst song (in the whole of today):

Camouflage - Stan Ridgeway



I think that's in no small part due to it being overplayed by a former colleague through tinny PC speakers in a large open-plan office.

Additionally, the lyrics are just so cheesy.



I made a decision a few years back that disliking "anything by " just wouldn't do and that I'd try to judge every song on its own merit.



So far I have struggled to keep to that!



--

cBzz

#89 Jennie,

I think the idea behind micro-chipping isn't so much to trace the breeding stock, but to provide a vehicle for prosecuting the breeders of non-licensed animals.



Having no such legislation here (in Scotland) makes a bit of a mockery of the system, I feel though.



--

cBzz

Afternoon all



#87 - if you are known as that lady - perhaps another garden centre might be an option!



#89 - Jennie - re. the puppy microchipping - I said exactly the same to Mr T this morning!



T x

#90 Oooh cBzz - don't know that one. Which might be a good thing, yes!?





*disclosure alert*

Am attempting to write lyrics to some tunes OH's new band have laid down. Aiming for the sparse-yet-meaningful 'brevity being the soul of wit' style of wordage. Love most of Squeeze's lyrical content - but for a great story well told, don't think I could better the following:



Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say

Please share my umbrella

Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows

Under my umbrella



All that summer we enjoyed it

Wind and rain and shine

That umbrella, we employed it

By August, she was mine





Aaah ♪♫♥

#88 (whispers) So did I........



#89 Can't answer that Jennie. My cats are chipped but that is in case they get lost. Although it didn't help much when Willis went walkies. S'pose the cat needs to be found... My suggestion for dangerous dogs would be to micro-chip the owner.



Right, must get on and phone the water company. I have 5 water butts that are overflowing so maybe the water co would be interested in buying the surplus...............

#80 I think there are some questions that are just best left unasked....



PSL

Looks like the 'worst song ever' suggestions are turning into 'guilty pleasures'.

A recurring theme on R2, I think. ;)



#93 Katie, yes my advice would be to keep your ears well away from that song, if you're trying to be creative!



*scurries to the coffee machine, commando-style...*



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cBzz

#93 Katy, you don't know Camouflage?



I think it's great LOL



"This was an awfully big marine" ;0)

#93 My favourite Hollies song.............



#95 Agree. Although, I do still wonder about Randy Vanwarmer (or the horny lorry-hotter as we used to call him)



#96 "Commando-style"???????? Ooh-er sir!

P.S. I also have a soft spot for Petula's "Sailor" :-S

*laughing out loud* at #95,96,97,98



Wish I could think of something funny to add to the chuckle chain ...



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