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This old thing? I got it from the charity shop. But thank you.
Start swinging, Huey, while the jukebox plays "Mickey's Monkey."
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Wanderer
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Vanessa just asked me to spoon and Deirdre with her lovely irish accent, asked me if I wanted to fork.
Just to be sociable but NEXT YEAR, I expect better behavior from these two.
Someone pass me a double please. I think I'm going to be ashamed of myself.
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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Here you go, BB. [Offers BB Doublemint chewing gum.]   Woooo! I'm still in control of the jukebox. It's hair metal time! "LOVE ME LIKE A BOMB, BABY, COME AND GET IT ON..."
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Originally posted by Stealth:
Start swinging, Huey, while the jukebox plays "Mickey's Monkey." I'll wait for "Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel.
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Okay, but first we have to hear my favorite Peter Gabriel song, "Solsbury Hill."
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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I just youtubed Solisbury Hill --I had heard it before but had no idea what it was called. Good song.
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Stealth, HWW, so glad you could both make it.
Luke, Cindy, please fetch a libation for Ms. Stealth and Mr. Wanders.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Legionnaire!
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Hey gang! I brought fish!
Just spouting off.
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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CJ! It's always a pleasure! And Deddy! I'm so glad to see you!
Daniel, please see to Mr Taylor's beverage choice. Amanda, please get something for Mr Dedman to drink.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Luke's cute, but I'm looking to get lucky with Deirdre, especially after BB rejected her.
Huey, glad I could help you put a name to a song you like.
Oh, good, the karaoke machine's finally here. Let the flood of cheeseball pop classics begin. I'll kick things off with this bit of ear-candy from Sheena:
"Wake up every morning
Stumble out of bed
Stretching and a-yawning
Another day ahead..."
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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And since you mentioned Sweet on your thread, I'm gearing up the karaoke machine for this song .
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I love the Sweet. My computer's too slow for YouTube, so could you please tell me which Sweet song you chose?
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Great choice! Ahh, Brian Connolly's swan song with the band. Reportedly, Connolly was very proud of the high notes he was able to hit on "Love is Like Oxygen", because his voice had been damaged a couple years earlier, after a blow to the throat during a brawl (not, I emphasize, with any of his bandmates.)
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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You know your Sweet, Stealth.
I have a personal interest in the band as one of the first records I ever owned was "Little Willy." Two years later, Sweet had two more irresistable hits with "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox On the Run." In spite of the success of those records, little information about Sweet was available in the U.S. (or at least in my midwestern section of it). They seemed to appear every couple of years with another smash hit, then disappear for awhile. After "Oxygen" in 1978, they disappeared for good. (Thanks to rock encyclopedias, I was eventually able to learn their story.)
Getting to watch their old videos on YouTube is like seeing the half of my childhood that I missed.
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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(Stealth hears He Who Wanders say her name, then stumbles out of the guest bedroom, accompanied close behind by Deirdre. Both look very happy.)
Hm? Oh, the Sweet. Yeah.
My favorite Sweet single is "Blockbuster."
My favorite Sweet album track is "Set Me Free."
Let's put "Blockbuster" on the karaoke machine.
"DOES ANYONE KNOW THE WAY?
DID WE HEAR SOMEONE SAY...?
WEEEEE JUST HAAAVEN'T GOT A CLUUUUE WHAT TO DOOOOOOO!
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE WAY?
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY...
...TO BLOCKBUSTEEEEEEEER"
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Gee, if you've been in the bedroom all this time, who was that I was talking to?!
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Well, if you wanted to swing from the chandelier without being drunk, you could conceivably see someone who isn't there without being drunk.
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And speaking of chandeliers, it's time for me to do my impression of Scarlett Johansson's character from Saturday Night Live, who helps her parents advertise their chandelier business.
"LOOKIT AWL DESE CHANDELEAHS! LOOKIT DIS ONE! AN' DAT ONE! AN' DIS ONE! AN' DAT ONE!"
Thank you, thank you, I'm here all twelve days.
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Originally posted by Stealth: Well, if you wanted to swing from the chandelier without being drunk, you could conceivably see someone who isn't there without being drunk. Darned hallucinations! I need a drink.
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Originally posted by Stealth:
And speaking of chandeliers, it's time for me to do my impression of Scarlett Johansson's character from Saturday Night Live, who helps her parents advertise their chandelier business.
"LOOKIT AWL DESE CHANDELEAHS! LOOKIT DIS ONE! AN' DAT ONE! AN' DIS ONE! AN' DAT ONE!"
Thank you, thank you, I'm here all twelve days. Sounds like you do, too.
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It'd have to be non-alcoholic. My meds and alcohol don't mix.
Oh.
Why, thank you, Deirdre.
Cheers, Huey.
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(Sips)
This is such a great party. And it's just getting started. Just think, ten more days to go.
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