Saturday 9: Beautiful Day

Sam's Saturday 9: Beautiful Day (2000)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Not today, it is a yucky day, snow, rain, and sleet all day today.

Unfamiliar with this week’s song? Hear it here.

1) This song is about finding joy in an imperfect world. What brings you joy today?

Yesterday, 55 and sunny!

2) The lyrics mention being stuck in traffic. A poll of Boston commuters revealed that drivers have a variety of responses to be stuck in traffic — everything from bored to impatient to angry. How do you feel when you’re stuck in a traffic jam?

Scared.

I found when you are stuck in traffic people do crazy things, especially when the traffic gets passed the obstruction. It is pedal to the metal and weaving in traffic to get ahead ten feet.

3) This year Bono and his wife, Ali, celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Who is the longest-married couple you know?

My brother and his wife.

I remember when my mother was dying my father telling the hospital staff that they were married 66 years. My mother’s death broke my father’s heart, all my father did after her death just sit in his recliner, eat and slept. All his life was drained out of him.

Editorial: If your parents live a long and loving life together, the children learn that from them. As I said my brother and his wife have been married for over 50 years, only one of his children got a divorce but that was because her husband wasn’t faithful. 

4) When Bono inducted Frank Sinatra into the Grammy Hall of Fame, he complimented Frank on his “swagger.” Do you think you have “swagger?”

Yes I do and it is the result of throwing out my back. 

5) When U2 guitarist The Edge did a charity concert at the Sistine Chapel, he became the first rocker to perform there. If you were to travel to Rome, what sites would you be certain to visit?

I have no interest in see Roman.

6) This week’s song was chosen because St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, and U2 is one of Ireland’s most famous exports. What else is Ireland famous for?

Four leaf covers

7) Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish. Is it a favorite of yours?

I like it, but it is not a favorite dish. Now a corn beef Ruben is a different story, there is a great deli in Vernon that makes corn beef Ruben with a half sour pickle that is heaven!

8) St. Patrick is credited with driving snakes out of Ireland. Ophiophobia is the fear of snakes. Do you suffer from ophiophobia?

Nope.

But I will tell snakes don’t listen to you.

One nice spring day I come back from going to my mailbox when I spied a Copperhead (A poisonous snake here in Connecticut) sunning itself on my flagstone sidewalk.

I waggled my finger at it and told it don’t move I’ll be right back.

When I came back with a long handled shove to flatten it with, mister snake was nowhere to be found and I looked everywhere.

That ungrateful snake cost me a new pair of snakeskin shoes.

9) St. Patrick’s Day fantasy: A leprechaun will share his gold with you, but you must request a specific amount for a single item. How much would you ask for, and what would you buy?

Well my first question would be… Is this taxable income? Or would it be under the table?

I don’t know what I would want to buy. I don’t need a car, my 2017 is still good, I have a vacation cottage, right now I don’t need any photography equipment, so if I can donate it to non-profits I would give the gold to them. I just might keep a Krugerrand just for the novelty if it.

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