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   Mr Spoon
   

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   I was young, I needed the money...

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   charlies_hat
   

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   Button Moon biscuits - a staple of homebaking in the 80's....

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   The All New Jeni B
   

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   I was reminded today of another song I sing.

   Whenever I'm on hold while on the 'phone, I start humming "Hanging on the telephone" to myself.

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   Sir Lupus
   

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   Really enjoying this thread, and I think I may also find myself with "the heating's on" popping in to my head in future.

   We often make up our own songs to accompany household tasks, esp if wanting to encourage our children to do something. I fancy my "brush your teeth twice a day" is a future classic, altho I must admit it does bear a bit of a resemblance to "feed the birds" from Mary Poppins.

   However, at the nursery that my daughter goes to, they sing the days of the week to the tune of the Addams family - "There's Monday and there's Tuesday, there's.." etc. Sadly they've not yet got them all clicking their fingers in time...

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   Mary Evans
   

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   Whenever one of the younglings is crying for reasons deemed unnecessary by a jury of their peers, the whole family joins together in a rousing chorus of "Shut uppa ya face". It's character building.

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   waylandsmithy
   

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   Whenever we see a female homeless on one of our family trips out, me and the kids always break into a few bars of 'the lady's a tramp'.

   Of course we don't. There aren't any in Cheshire.

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   The All New Jeni B
   

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   Another one has occurred to me - Earlier this evening, Mr B was pottering about in the garage, interfering with the ride-on mower. He yelled through to me, "Can you give me some help?" to which, obviously, I replied, "I need somebody. Not just anybody...."

   I didn't think it was quite so amusing when I realised he'd become trapped under the mower...

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   Gerontius
   

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   'Fart of Gold' by Neil Young....every time.

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   Sinnick
   

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   Hope you took pics, Jeni, before singing "Please release me, let me go". We should all get the benefit of his difficulties.

   [am I really quoting Englebert Humperdinck ????]

   Posted 8 months ago #
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    charlies_hat
    

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    When I was a young teenage hat, I once had too much fizzy pop and had to spend a night in the police cells (shame). I remember the custody policeman outside the cell singing 'Please Release Me' all night. It took me a few years to realise that it was mildly amusing.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Dickens or Shakespeare
    

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    It's when the copper starts signing "The Last Waltz" with a knowning glint in his eye you should really be worried.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Not Amused
    

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    I rarely cook, really rarely, but when using a food mixer, I always end up humming "And then I saw her face, now I'm a food mixer".
    I should seek treatment

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Not Amused, I sing "Liquidiser, liquidiser, you're a liquidiser baby" to the tune of Britney Spears' "Womaniser".

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Oxbridge
    

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    When asked to do something at work I didn't want to, I would occasionally hum along to that old Clout song 'I'll be your prostitute, whenever you want me...'.

    I'll get my coat.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    nickb
    

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    DUring the famous international headbutt scandal I sang 'Zidane, you're rocking the boat.' And when forced to defrost the freezer...

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    We had friends around for dinner a few months ago, and bought a Viennetta for dessert.

    (We were being intentionally naff, the menu was classic 80s fare.)

    Neither Mr B nor myself could resist the urge to sing, "Oh, Viennetta..." when we carried it through.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Ironduke
    

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    Intentionally naff?

    Come on Jeni...vienetta has only just hit Scotland, and there's already a crack team working out the optimum lard temperature and batter thickness for deep-frying it.

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    Squudge
    

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    Impersonating Midge Ure while serving dessert - I thought dinner parties were dull

    This Xmas I am torn between serving Arctic roll and Heston's sodding-gold-plated Waitrose Orange Xmas Pud - both perhaps, to please everyone (I might need two Artic rolls).

    and a tin of Tip Top (for the xmas pud, obvs).

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Squudge, you need some Clootie Dumpling for Christmas dinner, best served warm with a choice of ice cream, cream, brandy butter or for a really posh topping, evaporated milk.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Squudge
    

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    ta for the reminder - now retrieved soggy blueberry pie and open tin of evaporated milk from the fridge

    <eyes images of Clootie Dumpling on the Internet, with trepidation and awe...>

    

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    ianslat
    

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    I find myself singing the theme tune to The Littlest Hobo every time I fob my kids off with of the promise of doing something at a later date rather than today.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Ironduke
    

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    Squudge- the cow that sufferred to pass that needs a healthy dose of Liquid Paraffin.

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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    Squudge, actually your name mimics the sound of a clootie dumpling dropped on a vet's head...

    I know it looks a bit, well, you know, but it is truly delicious.

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    Squudge
    

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    I could be tempted to a hearty clump of Clootie, with hot custard, and the guarantee that I didn't have to move for 2 hours afterwards.

    Re clearing out of Scotland, whilst you have my sympathies, please don't send the refugees too far my way. The South of England is now officially full, and we need a cover charge to keep out the riff-raff (didn't work in my case).

    Perhaps vast holding pens could be set up either side of the Humber so that that Big Bridge actually goes from somewhere to somewhere. My Dad grew up in Hull by the way - I remember visits to Nana being in grainy black and white, just like old telly.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    bonjonelson
    

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    I keep hoping Lloyds TSB (or similar) will do an advert with "How can I get you alone?" as the sound track.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    charlies_hat
    

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    Or the theme tune to Lone aRanger?

    I had clootie dumpling in Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow a few years ago. I'm still feeling full.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    grottymonty
    

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    As a young accounts clerk, I used to inadvertently sing "don't be cruel" as I was preparing the accruals journals - and drive my colleague mad.

    Nowadays, I use that dreadful Spanish kids song Chu Chu Ua to get the kids out of the house in a morning as we sing "Time to go, time to go, time to go go go..."

    If you're unaware of this mini disco anthem, I suggest You Tube. It's more addictive than crack.

    Jeni's liquidiser and Wayland's Thunderbirds are my faves so far

    Posted 8 months ago #

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