Proper Interesting Thread

[STURTZ]

On the karaoke stage, have you ever sang Harry Nilssons's "Can't Live",no matter what key you start in it always ends up embarrassing, but funny as f@ck.

 

[elginCity]

Personally, seriously struggled with ‘Kingston Town’ absolutely slaughtered it and blamed the karaoke machine.

 

[IndoMike]

'Unchained Melody' is the killer with it's high note. At my brother's wedding years ago they had a showband who would invite singers from the audience.
With this song they would 'check' the key with the singer before playing and then start the song in a higher key.

That is true, Spoonz, but the line "won't you please... " sung by Bobby Hatfield as the song reaches a crescendo is pretty high. I love this song and never get bored with it.

 

[Colesman Ballz]

'Unchained Melody' is the killer with it's high note. At my brother's wedding years ago they had a showband who would invite singers from the audience.
With this song they would 'check' the key with the singer before playing and then start the song in a higher key.

Must have been The Funkin Barstewards !

 

[elginCity]

Heard this one yesterday, direct from a Yank.

The US fairground High Striker stall used to offer a Montecristo as a prize to those who could swing the mallet hard enough to ring the bell.

Many were 'close, but no cigar'.

 

[RaeUK]

That's interesting, elgin. I'd guess that perhaps the fairground proprietor was using what was, prossibly, an already well-known saying as a marketing ploy.
According to Green's Dictionary Of Slang:

[SE phr. close but no cigar] (US) a beauty, an attractive woman.
1940 J.H. O'Hara Pal Joey 60: The mouse with me is strictly no cigar and the daughter of a small town banker.

 

[elginCity]

That's interesting, elgin. I'd guess that perhaps the fairground proprietor was using what was, prossibly, an already well-known saying as a marketing ploy.
According to Green's Dictionary Of Slang:

[SE phr. close but no cigar] (US) a beauty, an attractive woman.
1940 J.H. O'Hara Pal Joey 60: The mouse with me is strictly no cigar and the daughter of a small town banker.

Bow to your knowledge of all things etymology, Rae, but I found the Yank’s version proper interesting!

 

[RaeUK]

... I found the Yank’s version proper interesting!

Me too.

 

[Billy The Fish]

Got another one. On a timeline of Planet Earth the Tyrannosaurus Rex would be closer to us today than to a Stegosaurus. This means he would be more likely to have encountered an iphone than an actual Stegosaurus.

 

[fred binneys head]

Got another one. On a timeline of Planet Earth the Tyrannosaurus Rex would be closer to us today than to a Stegosaurus. This means he would be more likely to have encountered an iphone than an actual Stegosaurus.

Wouldn't have been able to see it when he used it though. I imagine they would have sent each other trex messages.