It looks like I included a bad link on the fork handles/hoes sentence above. Here's what it was supposed to be (it's a skit from an old BBC comedy show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTM9iM1eVw
My two-year-old says "ellem enno p" for the alphabet. I also always thought Elvis was "caught in a trap in New Orleans," and now that I've lived in New Orleans 20 years, that lyric still makes sense to me.
Talking of mondegreens... On long road trips, my siblings and I used to sing along with the well-known Creedence Clearwater Revival song "There's a Bathroom on the Right."
Growing up I was convinced that Lucile left poor Kenny Rogers with "400 children and a crop in the field." My conclusion was that KR must be prone to excessive exaggeration.
Also Enya's Orinoco Flow was not about sailing away, but was in fact about "save the whale, save the whale..."
Kids in my medical office always want to hear their heart beep. Those who are hard of hearing often tell me they are death in one ear.
I keep a long, running list of malapropisms. In Detroit, the ophthalmologists have a terrible problem. Half of their patients have Cadillacs in their eyes.
The missionary doctors in Sierra Leone have spiritually minded patients, and their health problems reflect that. Some of them get the spinal mighty Jesus (spinal meningitis), which is life threatening, and fireballs of the Eucharist (fibroids of the uterus).
One of my daughters called a polecat a stunk. She hated facial hair—and she called a muskrat a mustache.
Well, I loved it three years ago, and I laughed just as hard this time. Plus I got to share it with my kids, so we all thank you for a great diaphragm workout.
It looks like I included a bad link on the fork handles/hoes sentence above. Here's what it was supposed to be (it's a skit from an old BBC comedy show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTM9iM1eVw
This was hilarious the first time around, and I still spilled my coffee at "Donkey Oatey" on this go around.
Agreed, "Donkey Oatey" is funny every time!
My two-year-old says "ellem enno p" for the alphabet. I also always thought Elvis was "caught in a trap in New Orleans," and now that I've lived in New Orleans 20 years, that lyric still makes sense to me.
Talking of mondegreens... On long road trips, my siblings and I used to sing along with the well-known Creedence Clearwater Revival song "There's a Bathroom on the Right."
“I ain’t no for two night sun!”
For years I thought it was "Return Lucinda." I always wondered why he wrote her a letter if he didn't know her address.
As a children learning the alphabet, I thought LMNO was one letter.
I am pretty sure that I was in the quartile that read this last time. It was fun to reread it though!
Growing up I was convinced that Lucile left poor Kenny Rogers with "400 children and a crop in the field." My conclusion was that KR must be prone to excessive exaggeration.
Also Enya's Orinoco Flow was not about sailing away, but was in fact about "save the whale, save the whale..."
It would be a shame to take great posts like this one for granite. ⛰️
Wow. What a post.
Kids in my medical office always want to hear their heart beep. Those who are hard of hearing often tell me they are death in one ear.
I keep a long, running list of malapropisms. In Detroit, the ophthalmologists have a terrible problem. Half of their patients have Cadillacs in their eyes.
The missionary doctors in Sierra Leone have spiritually minded patients, and their health problems reflect that. Some of them get the spinal mighty Jesus (spinal meningitis), which is life threatening, and fireballs of the Eucharist (fibroids of the uterus).
One of my daughters called a polecat a stunk. She hated facial hair—and she called a muskrat a mustache.
Thank you for the extraordinary post.
TAT
Well, I loved it three years ago, and I laughed just as hard this time. Plus I got to share it with my kids, so we all thank you for a great diaphragm workout.
Their favorite Bad Lip Reading is “Seagulls stop it now.”
I absolutely love this! Thank you for Lady Mondegreen, and also for the links to other marvelous tidbits.
(and I was at one with many of my peers re the "bathroom on the right")
😳 Welp, I never knew the current postal service logo was an eagle, so I learned something today 😂
Me neither, lol. Always thought it was a book with really long covers. XD
This was my highlight for today! Thank you so much!