Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[Blown2CV]

kowalski655 said:

CanAm said:

Pothole said:

AW111 said:

briang9 said:

Blown2CV said:

Talking about the song "cats in the cradle" and Mrs 2CV asks who it's by. When I tell her Cat Stevens she says "oh I think I've heard of her"!

hmm no it`s not

Interesting conudrum : It was performed by Cat Stevens, who is no more.

No. It wasn't.

It was written and originally recorded by Harry Chapin but I believe it was covered by Cat Stevens.

Don't think he ever covered it

ah bks. I'll hold my hand up then. Still funny.

[Blown2CV]

AW111 said:

marshalla said:

AW111 said:

Interesting conudrum : It was performed by Cat Stevens, who is no more.

Cat Stevens is alive and well, but goes by the name Yusuf Islam these days.

That was sort-of my point, but subsequent posters have pointed out that my memory was faulty, and he didn't cover it after all.

we must have had the same brain fart

[Trabi601]

CanAm said:

I'm well aware who wrote it as I have the original by Harry Chapin, but what has Ugly Kid Joe got to do with it when it's been covered by dozens of other singers? I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt and said I believe Cat Stevens covered it not that he did cover it. I should have said "may have". And I'm not confusing it with Father and Son which I know well.
Mea culpa.

The Ugly Kid Joe cover is possibly the most well known version.

[Skyedriver]

Trabi601 said:

The Ugly Kid Joe cover is possibly the most well known version.

Never heard if it

Know the Cat Stevens version well though

[Brads67]

Son and his girlfriend went a walk round the harbour with Granny.

G/F noticed the tide was out so all the boats were low in the harbour .

"Oh, what happens to all the boats when the tide comes in ?"

MIL (incredulous) " They float dear "

[Pothole]

CanAm said:

Pothole said:

AW111 said:

briang9 said:

Blown2CV said:

Talking about the song "cats in the cradle" and Mrs 2CV asks who it's by. When I tell her Cat Stevens she says "oh I think I've heard of her"!

hmm no it`s not

Interesting conudrum : It was performed by Cat Stevens, who is no more.

No. It wasn't.

It was written and originally recorded by Harry Chapin but I believe it was covered by Cat Stevens.

It wasn't. Confusion caused by Stevens releasing an ALBUM called Cat's Cradle.

[Skyrat]

Trabi601 said:

Nanook said:

I think you may have slightly missed the point.

Yes, you can't expect people that aren't too interested in cars like we are to understand the differences between FR, MR, FF layouts etc, but this woman was under the impression that there are cars out on the road there that steer like forklift trucks.

Yes, before you get pedantic, some cars so steer slightly with their rear wheels too, I had one.

But thinking that your car isn't RWD because it's the front wheels that steer, seems fit this thread.

No, I don't think I've missed the point. I'm almost certain nobody out there thinks a car could be steered by the rear wheels. Not even someone who can't identify which end is driven.

Again, it's this little car anorak bubble some seem to live in which is clouding your interpretation.

You have very much missed the point.

[V40Vinnie]

Emma whilst watching Terminator Genysis... So where does this fit into Alien is it before?

[DervVW]

[anonymous-user]

It was a little damp the other morning and Mrs Flip is driving the kids to school and whilst pulling away from the lights applies the accelerator a little keenly in her i30. Cue a little wheelspin and then the fantastic gem of asking why only the front wheels were spinning.

Granted not an all time classic but I least thought she knew what front wheel drive was.

[silverfoxcc]

Watching Pointless the other day when the question

Bald men with hair came on Pic A was Telly Savalas. so far so good

Mrs S He was in the King and I

No that was Yul Brynner

Mrs S Well what was that cowboy film he was in.

Who Telly Savalas?

Mrs S Yes.

I thought you meant Yul Brynner, that was the magnificent 7

Mrs S No that was TS he wore a steel helmet


NO TS was in Kellys Heroes and that was a war film

Mrs S No that was a cowboy film

It had Clint Eastwood in it, he was in Cowboy films

Mrs S Dirty Harry wasn't a cowboy film


I looked at Bil who had a hankie in is mouth

Mrs S so what cowboy film was he in wearing a tin helmet?

Never mind, the moment has passed

[V8mate]

silverfoxcc said:

NO TS was in Kellys Heroes and that was a war film

Battle of the Bulge was always my favourite TS WWII film

[Usget]

Not so much a classic but more an annoyance. The following conversation happens on a regular basis.

Her: *turns away* "mumble"
Me: "Sorry?"
Her: *stays turned away, holds hairgrip in mouth whilst resetting hairdo* "mumble mumble mumble"
Me: *moves in really close this time* "I'm sorry, I still didn't hear you darling."
Her, perfectly audibly and exasperated: "Oh, it doesn't MATTER!"

[Nimby]

silverfoxcc said:

Watching Pointless the other day when the question

Bald men with hair came on Pic A was Telly Savalas. so far so good

Mrs S He was in the King and I

No that was Yul Brynner

Mrs S Well what was that cowboy film he was in.




NO TS was in Kellys Heroes and that was a war film



Mrs S so what cowboy film was he in wearing a tin helmet?

Maybe she thought Ned Kelly was in Kelly's Heroes? (He was a sort-of cowboy who wore a metal helmet).

Edited by Nimby on Wednesday 20th July 22:50

[SpeckledJim]

Usget said:

Not so much a classic but more an annoyance. The following conversation happens on a regular basis.

Her: *turns away* "mumble"
Me: "Sorry?"
Her: *stays turned away, holds hairgrip in mouth whilst resetting hairdo* "mumble mumble mumble"
Me: *moves in really close this time* "I'm sorry, I still didn't hear you darling."
Her, perfectly audibly and exasperated: "Oh, it doesn't MATTER!"

She thought it = she said it = I heard it = I've done it

Sometimes I haven't done all the things she has thought about, which is an ongoing source of annoyance for her.

[vtecyo]

Johnspex said:

Vaud said:

This is The Lounge.

The home of juvenile behaviour.

The place where people post up private conversations to the entire world for "fun"...

Are you trying to suggest that using the shortened version of Mongol or Mongoloid which is what Down's syndrome kids were called years ago Ito describe the shortcomings of others is ok? You probably think saying Spaz is ok too.

Way to put a downer on proceedings.

[Pothole]

Skyedriver said:

Trabi601 said:

The Ugly Kid Joe cover is possibly the most well known version.

Never heard if it

Know the Cat Stevens version well though

well enough to link to it?

[mrtwisty]

I think I see a couple of brightly coloured feathers in your hair chap...

[Jimmy Recard]

vtecyo said:

Way to put a downer on proceedings.

oh God

[stuttgartmetal]

silverfoxcc said:

Watching Pointless the other day when the question

Bald men with hair came on Pic A was Telly Savalas. so far so good

Mrs S He was in the King and I

No that was Yul Brynner

Mrs S Well what was that cowboy film he was in.

Who Telly Savalas?

Mrs S Yes.

I thought you meant Yul Brynner, that was the magnificent 7

Mrs S No that was TS he wore a steel helmet


NO TS was in Kellys Heroes and that was a war film

Mrs S No that was a cowboy film

It had Clint Eastwood in it, he was in Cowboy films

Mrs S Dirty Harry wasn't a cowboy film


I looked at Bil who had a hankie in is mouth

Mrs S so what cowboy film was he in wearing a tin helmet?

Never mind, the moment has passed

She's thinking of Yul in Westworld
He was a cowboy robot with mirror eyes
See the link bird wise there

Ask her if it was Westfield.