If you're wondering why there was a photo of Stevie Wonder holding a camera available on the web of lies, apparently it comes from an old Saturday Night Live sketch in the 80s. Stevie was presumably a very good sport.
As to why it was featured here, well...
13-month-old baby, broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good thing is in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Here are fifteen songs about good and bad luck superstitions...
15. Not actually jumpers.
The Cardigans - Your New Cuckoo
Hearing the first cuckoo of the year is considered good luck - turn your money over!
14. Nonaligned one.
With the correct alignment, those letters form...
Lonnie Donegan - Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)
Lots of debate whether black cats bring bad luck or good luck.
13. KLM, Vietnam Airlines, Air Tahiti, Air Force One.
Google them. They all have...
Blue Aeroplanes - Walking Under Ladders for a Living
12. Mighty Like A Shotgun Wedding.
Might Like A Rose. Shotgun Wedding was by Roy C.
Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
11. Electric Vehicle designed for the beach.
Evie Sands - Close Your Eyes, Cross Your Fingers
10. They spent so long sorting out the creases, they didn't score any runs.
Too much ironing led to a maiden over.
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
9. Oy! Fiddle de way out of this one!
"Oy! Fiddle de" was an anagram.
8. A complete lack of gratitude.
One for sorrow, two for joy...
7. What if Bogie came from Bethlehem?
What if Humphrey came from a Little Town...?
Humphrey Lyttelton Band - Bad Penny Blues
6. Don't cry, baby, I'll turn on the air-con.
Wah! Heat - Don't Step On The Cracks
5. A Minder from Nottingham, with Joan.
Terence was a Minder. The river Trent flows through Nottingham. Darby & Joan.
Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
Or Sananda Maitreya as he's known these days.
4. POTUS 3, Wright Flyer 1.
The third President was Jefferson. The Wright Flyer was the first Airplane.
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Pinch punch, first of the month.
3. What have you got tangled in your hair, Nan?
"Hair, Nan" was an anagram.
Don't open it indoors.
2. Reggae prototypes in space.
1. Taylor Swift, for example.
Taylor is a very...
Big Star - Thirteen
If anyone knows any songs about putting your shoes on the table, I'd love to hear them... otherwise, there'll be more of this nonsense next Saturday.
Shoes Upon the Table by Petula Clark from Blood Brothers…
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Evie Sands, of course! Should have worked that out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rol. Even more fiendish than usual this week.
Excellent, you had us working hard on that one. What with cuckoos and magpies, and sisters and daughters, etc. I was diverted down all the wrong alleyways - clever stuff.
ReplyDeleteYes, a very tricky one - you had us flummoxed until the aid of a clue. Thanks Rol.
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