What are you doing at this moment?

[Aragorn]

Was looking out at the doctor’s office parking lot while waiting for my appointment earlier today. It’s a very compact lot. Only one way in. Difficult to park if it’s partially full. A large SUV started to turn into the lot, saw how bad it was going to be and stopped. Vehicle behind it started honking so it continued forward. Sat there for a bit, then backed out to park elsewhere.

 

[fireproof78]

At a Smashing Pumpkins concert

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Still looking good!

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Trying to come up with songs named after women. So far:

- Roxanne
- Rosanna
- Diana
- Mandy
- Jessie
- Peggy Sue
- Sweet Caroline
- Aisha
- Maria, Maria
- Sara
- Susanne
- Cecilia
- Rama Lama Ding Dong

 

[Velocity]

Filling ice cube trays.

Wait, Rama Lama Ding Dong?

 

[Avro Arrow]

- Rama Lama Ding Dong

So... um, how many women do you know with that name?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I know the girl the song is about is named Rama Lama Ding Dong, because the lyrics are very clear about it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Waiting for this day to be over so my vacation packing can begin.

where are you going?

I'm shuffling off to Boston Sunday morning. Going to see a Yankees/Redsox series. (Plus, I just love Boston.) I'm hoping this series goes better than the last one did.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I know the girl the song is about is named Rama Lama Ding Dong, because the lyrics are very clear about it.

Really? This is that old song that goes "who put the bop in the bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop"? I guess I will have to give it a listen!

ETA: OK, just listened on YouTube. I'm still not sure I get that. At one point he does say "and my honey, rama lama ding dong, forever", but I'm not sure that's implying that's her name, he's just seems to be referring to random musical sounds, as he was throughout the song.

And I guess it's "bomp", not "bop". Oops.

 

[Victoria]

ETA: OK, just listened on YouTube. I'm still not sure I get that. At one point he does say "and my honey, rama lama ding dong, forever", but I'm not sure that's implying that's her name, he's just seems to be referring to random musical sounds, as he was throughout the song.

.

Just looked at the lyrics:
The line "I got a girl named Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong" is used several times.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Really? This is that old song that goes "who put the bop in the bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop"? I guess I will have to give it a listen!

ETA: OK, just listened on YouTube. I'm still not sure I get that. At one point he does say "and my honey, rama lama ding dong, forever", but I'm not sure that's implying that's her name, he's just seems to be referring to random musical sounds, as he was throughout the song.

And I guess it's "bomp", not "bop". Oops.

I don't think you've got the right song.

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[fireproof78]

Trying to come up with songs named after women. So far:

- Roxanne
- Rosanna
- Diana
- Mandy
- Jessie
- Peggy Sue
- Sweet Caroline
- Aisha
- Maria, Maria
- Sara
- Susanne
- Cecilia
- Rama Lama Ding Dong

No Jolene?

Caroline.

Does "Brown Eyed Girl" count? Or "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"?

"Proud Mary."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Getting some last minute yard work done before my trip to Boston.

Just looked at the lyrics:
The line "I got a girl named Rama Lama Lama Lama Ding Dong" is used several times.

Did she also put the bomp in the bomp ba bomp ba bomp?

 

[Avro Arrow]

I don't think you've got the right song.

Ah! You are right! Thank you, I hadn't heard of that one before!

So it almost seems that the lyrics in (what I now know is called) "Who Put the Bomp?" that mention "rama lama ding dong" are referencing that song directly... and looking at Wikipedia, they seem to confirm that's the case. And in fact all the lyrics are apparently referencing other songs! I guess that's the thing about decades-old entertainment, you miss the references and in-jokes that the audiences at the time would have picked up on right away! I assumed they were just random words/phrases coined for this song.

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[Peach Wookiee]

I’m in my tub, soaking with pine scented Japanese bath powder.

 

[Oddish]

Trying to come up with songs named after women. So far:

If you're a barbershopper, there are a fair number of them. Here are just a few...
Sweet Adeline.
Little Lize Medley.
Wild Irish Rose.
Hello, Mary Lou.
Lida Rose.

As to me, I'm listening to Robert Picardo read "Caretaker"

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[Aragorn]

Making Eggs Benedict. Hollandaise sauce is runny. Cooking site said to add starch, but I might've made it worse. Maybe it's because I made the sauce from a bag instead of scratch?

 

[auntiehill]

Trying to come up with songs named after women. So far:

- Roxanne
- Rosanna
- Diana
- Mandy
- Jessie
- Peggy Sue
- Sweet Caroline
- Aisha
- Maria, Maria
- Sara
- Susanne
- Cecilia
- Rama Lama Ding Dong

"Jane" by Jefferson Starship

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[Richard S. Ta]

@Kai "the spy"

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[Oddish]

Donating blood. Since I'm O negative, the local blood bank makes chasing me down every 2 months a major priority

 

[Avro Arrow]

Trying to come up with songs named after women.

Alice
Dani California
Gloria
Helena
Jane (The woman in the song, Jane St. Clair, was famously named after two intersecting streets in Toronto.)
Josie
Ophelia
Ruby Soho
Saint Veronika (TW: the song is about the aftermath of an attempted suicide.)