tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post8756732239173761354..comments2023-08-22T15:03:34.991+01:00Comments on HOME EDUCATION: A blast from the past...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-63569061488569558322010-04-20T00:06:14.976+01:002010-04-20T00:06:14.976+01:00The Annoying Song game is one of my favourites tho...The Annoying Song game is one of my favourites tho'. Surrepticiously (no idea how you spell that - sorry) sneak up alongside someone and hum or nonchalantly sing a couple of lines of the most obnoxious song you can think of and then wait.<br /><br />It won't take long. Prizes awarded for fastest results or for most furrowed brows - but the slow burners can often be the most MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-33949940151704416972010-04-19T19:30:58.421+01:002010-04-19T19:30:58.421+01:00Oh I had some irritating song in my head this morn...Oh I had some irritating song in my head this morning...can't remember what it was now, thankfully. It was them kids that started me off.<br /><br />Oh god! I've remembered what it was - it was the Sesame Street theme tune! Arrrghhh!Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-89003196335251501612010-04-18T22:49:03.462+01:002010-04-18T22:49:03.462+01:00Sorry - me again. Had to just reiterate my ge...Sorry - me again. Had to just reiterate my genius - the 'Reg' bit was in there: <br /><br />All aboard Brenda's Iron sledge<br />Please don't call me Reg<br />It's not my name<br /><br />And I have been singing this bit for 2 days now.<br /><br /><br />Need help actually. Although it is better than Russ Abbott's 'I love a party with a happy atmosphere&#MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-13112551491228638922010-04-18T22:44:05.272+01:002010-04-18T22:44:05.272+01:00It came to me while I was folding - I do my ...It came to me while I was folding - I do my 'best thinking' while folding (ie: next time I really must add the detergent etc) and after a few streaky snatches of 'sledge! ....uncle Percy's flying sledge.... no not Percy Sledge.... uncle thingy flying Brenda! Brenda's flying sledge....all aboard Brenda's IRON sledge! Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!!' And thereMadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-68303489909449897002010-04-16T22:19:43.924+01:002010-04-16T22:19:43.924+01:00Ok, couldnt' resist googling it because it'...Ok, couldnt' resist googling it because it's late and I'm bored and I need more red wine.<br /><br />There is a mention of Reg in the song lyrics here: http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/song.asp?squid=106<br /><br />and here: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/robyn_hitchcock/bass.html<br /><br />Do you think he has a thing about the name Reg? Or perhaps it just rhymes with...er...hedge.Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-40373913492452904312010-04-16T22:10:03.532+01:002010-04-16T22:10:03.532+01:00Uncle's machine called Reg? Er...Dunno, but it...Uncle's machine called Reg? Er...Dunno, but it sounds like pretty much all his songs. Did he really have a famous song? Blimey, that's news to me. Supporting Billy Bragg? That's some combination. Can't imagine them getting together for a beer afterwards, can you?<br /><br />Books and memory...yeah...I once gave away a bag of books to a charity shop, only to find out a fortnight Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-6771471783749184032010-04-16T00:22:24.660+01:002010-04-16T00:22:24.660+01:00Robyn Hitchcock! It's now driving me mad t...Robyn Hitchcock! It's now driving me mad that I can't remember the title of his most 'famous' song - about an uncle's machine called Reg or something? Please help. My memory is atrocious too. I've spent all day looking for a 4 year old friend's favourite book that we borrowed, which I tidied into a 'safe' and 'logical' place 3 days MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.com