Saturday 9: 5-10-15-20

Saturday 9: 5-10-15-20 (1970)
 

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun… 

 

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9  questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!


Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this week's song, The Presidents sing about a long married, very happy couple. Who is the longest married couple you know? Who is the happiest? Are they the same couple?
My parents were 66 years together. My brother and sister-in-law are getting up, they are at 57 years and counting.

2) The lyrics ask repeatedly: "Aren't we happy?" Are you feeling happy today? Why or why not?
I’m a grumpy ol’ Grinch. I have been having back pain for over a month.

3) This happy couple enjoys watching children at play. Is there a park, playground or schoolyard near you?
Nope, the school was turned in a senior center.

4) This song reminds Crazy Sam of when she used to recite the multiplication tables. Think back to your school days. Was math one of your favorite subjects?
It was but when I started to get into high math like vector calculus (Especially using a slide rule), well…

5) The Presidents seems like a good name for a band formed in Washington DC. What would be an appropriate name for a band from your hometown?
The Peddlers.
We are the home of the Yankee Peddlers, tin smiths used to make there tinware here in the winter and in the summer they went around New England selling their tinware.

6) DC trivia: The street names are letters, but J was skipped. That's because in the 1700s, the way many wrote their alphabet, "J" looked like "I" and so "J" was passed over to avoid confusion. Tell us something we may not know about your hometown (or state).
We have what some say is the first Union Civil War monument.

7) In 1970, when this song was on the Billboard chart, The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS. The theme song said Mary could "turn the world on with her smile," yet in real life, MTM was self-conscious about her "wide mouth." Are you comfortable looking at photos of yourself?
Yes.
The shows are way past my bedtime, but I pick Johnny Carson… no one even comes close to him.

8) Also in 1970, Dinah Shore became one of the first women to host her own national daytime talk show. Today, Kelly Clarkson, Drew Barrymore, Tamron Hall, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Ripa all have their own shows, and The Talk and The View are both hosted by women. Who is your favorite talk show host?
Um… I haven’t watch a talk show.

9) Random question -- Would you rather have a job that has you on your feet all day, or one that has you parked in a chair?
Well…
For over 40 years I sat in a chair to work and it is taking its toll now in my 70s with back pain.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!

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