SATURDAY 9

12 March 2016

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 memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9:  See You Later, Alligator (1956)

1) Crazy Sam's mother is terrified of alligators. Just looking at a photo of one of those scaly reptiles gives her the creeps. Is there a member of the animal kingdom that scares you?
It depends on how close to me they are!!!  From a distance, there isn't any animal I can think of that gives me the creeps.  Insects is a different story.

2) Gators are carnivores, but they aren't picky. If meat isn't handy, they'll munch on fruit. Are you particular about your diet? For example, do you try to eat gluten free, low sodium, etc.?
I am scandalously not picky about my diet.  Just ask my doctor.

3) In Spain, this song was a hit under the title, "Hasta Luego, Cocodrilo." Say something else in Spanish.
¿Donde esta el baño?

4) When this week's artist, Bill Haley, was a little boy, he made a guitar out of cardboard and pretended to play that until his parents got him a real one. Tell us about something you wanted so badly when you were a kid.
I desperately wanted to be a ballet dancer when I was little.  They had just started giving ballet lessons at my school.  I was probably 7 or so.  My mother told me that i was too fat and that they would never take me as a ballet student.  It's a label I have never lost (and, sadly, they probably would have taken me and I would have gotten some exercise and might have lost some weight!)  Later I wanted to be an opera singer, but was hampered by the fact that I don't have an opera voice!

5) Early in his career, Bill did whatever it took to get the gig. When singing cowboys were popular, the Michigan native pretended to be a cowpoke and renamed himself, "Silver Yodeling Bill." Have you ever fudged on your resume or fibbed in an interview?
I don't think so.  I have only had maybe 2 interviews in my life (most jobs I got because they fell into my lap).

6) When his career was going well, Bill was generous and loved to give extravagant parties at his home, which he called Melody Manor. Do you enjoy playing the host?
Well, I'd rather be host than guest, but I'm not a party person any more.  Pearl Mesta I ain't.  (Heck, I'm not even my mother, who was an excellent hostess.

7) Bill was blind in one eye, the result of a botched operation when he was a child. Since the blind eye wandered and didn't focus, he always wore a curl over the opposite eye, hoping to draw everyone's attention to the other side of his face. What is there about your appearance that leaves you self conscious?
Just my weight and there's no way to mask that!

8) On the other hand, what is it about your appearance that pleases you, and that you would never change?
I'm pretty happy with my hair, most of the time.

9) In 1956, when this song was a hit, Elvis Presley exploded onto the music scene and displaced Bill as rock's top artist. The press and public assumed Bill was jealous of Elvis, but in reality he liked Elvis a great deal. Are you jealous by nature?
Sadly, yes I am.