Crazy Sam’s Saturday 9: It's Not Unusual (1965)
Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…
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1) In this song, Tom sings that "it's not unusual to go out at any time." Will you be "out and about" this weekend?
No, my out an about was yesterday at an all-day conference. I don’t think I will go there today because they didn’t have any workshops that were interesting.
2) Before his music career took off, Tom supported himself and his young family by working as a vacuum cleaner salesman. Could the room you're in right now benefit from a thorough cleaning with a vacuum?
Oh yes! Do you want to come over and help?
3) You can purchase a verified Tom Jones autograph on eBay for $299 (or the best offer). When you were growing up, did you collect signatures and sayings from your friends? (Autograph book? Yearbook? Cast?)
Nope. I never saw a reason to chase around after celebrities.
4) At the height of his popularity, female fans would throw their panties onstage at Tom Jones. Sam can't imagine doing this, and not just because she's not that crazy about Tom Jones. She'd be embarrassed because her underwear drawer could use a serious refresh. If you could choose one new article of clothing to add to your wardrobe today, what would it be?
Slacks.
5) "Tom Jones" is also the name of character in a famous 18th century novel. Tell us about a character from a book you wish you were friends with in real life.
Claire Beauchamp Fraser from Outlander.
6) When this song was popular in March 1965, Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City fame was born. Do you share your birthday with anyone famous?
I don’t know, I never checked.
7) Also in 1965, when this song was a hit, Americans were riveted by the Gemini space program and children all over the country wanted to be astronauts. Think back to your childhood: When you were in first or second grade, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I can’t remember that far back. I do remember wanting to be an engineer which I eventually became.
8) Fifty years ago, the most popular headache reliever was aspirin, and you could buy a bottle of 200 tablets for just $1. Do you have any aspirin in your medicine chest right now?
Yes, I take an 81 mg tablet daily.
9) Random question: You've just entered a public restroom. Would you rather find a paper towel dispenser or hot air hand dryer?
Paper towels, hot air dryers never seem to do a though job in drying your hands.
Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Check here.
1) In this song, Tom sings that "it's not unusual to go out at any time." Will you be "out and about" this weekend?
No, my out an about was yesterday at an all-day conference. I don’t think I will go there today because they didn’t have any workshops that were interesting.
2) Before his music career took off, Tom supported himself and his young family by working as a vacuum cleaner salesman. Could the room you're in right now benefit from a thorough cleaning with a vacuum?
Oh yes! Do you want to come over and help?
3) You can purchase a verified Tom Jones autograph on eBay for $299 (or the best offer). When you were growing up, did you collect signatures and sayings from your friends? (Autograph book? Yearbook? Cast?)
Nope. I never saw a reason to chase around after celebrities.
4) At the height of his popularity, female fans would throw their panties onstage at Tom Jones. Sam can't imagine doing this, and not just because she's not that crazy about Tom Jones. She'd be embarrassed because her underwear drawer could use a serious refresh. If you could choose one new article of clothing to add to your wardrobe today, what would it be?
Slacks.
5) "Tom Jones" is also the name of character in a famous 18th century novel. Tell us about a character from a book you wish you were friends with in real life.
Claire Beauchamp Fraser from Outlander.
6) When this song was popular in March 1965, Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City fame was born. Do you share your birthday with anyone famous?
I don’t know, I never checked.
7) Also in 1965, when this song was a hit, Americans were riveted by the Gemini space program and children all over the country wanted to be astronauts. Think back to your childhood: When you were in first or second grade, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I can’t remember that far back. I do remember wanting to be an engineer which I eventually became.
8) Fifty years ago, the most popular headache reliever was aspirin, and you could buy a bottle of 200 tablets for just $1. Do you have any aspirin in your medicine chest right now?
Yes, I take an 81 mg tablet daily.
9) Random question: You've just entered a public restroom. Would you rather find a paper towel dispenser or hot air hand dryer?
Paper towels, hot air dryers never seem to do a though job in drying your hands.
I never chased after celebrities, either, but in our high school we got an annual yearbook where we ended the school year collecting our friends' signatures and reminisces. Autograph books were very, very popular when I was in junior high, and I was always actually kind of jealous of kids with broken bones because teachers and classmates would sign their casts and even scribble little cartoons. Your answer now makes me wonder if what I experienced was just a midwestern phenomenon. I mean, at your school, in your neighborhood, in "the nutmeg state," no one did this? I find that so fascinating!
ReplyDeleteI need to read the Outlander series. I think I've read the first one, many years ago.
ReplyDeleteI'm hooked on the Outlander series. but the problem is that the next book in the series (9) will be out in 4 or 5 years! I'll be in my 70s!
ReplyDeleteI'll come over to help you even though I live hundreds of miles away :)
ReplyDeleteI can't take aspirin at all because of ulcers, not even that low dose. But I keep some on hand in case one of us has chest pains. We are at that age.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on a book series.
ReplyDeleteWe had autograph books in Jr. high in California, and annuals, yearbooks. I just got friends to sign. But I had a lot more friends in Sr. high. Different School system, different crowd. ;-)
YAY! Yet another one who could use a good vacuuming other than me!
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