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1 April 2017
 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!
Too Fat Polka (1947)
Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it
here.
The chorus, repeated endlessly, goes:
I don't want her, you can have her
She's too fat for me
She's too fat for me
She's too fat for me
1) Have you ever danced the polka?
For a brief period during college, we danced folk dances and I loved to
dance the polka. As a matter of fact, I give the polka credit for
Jeri being born. She was already a week or so late and the night
before she was born, i went out and danced the polka. She was born
the next day.
2) The centerpiece of a traditional Polish polka band is the
accordion. The accordion is a substantial instrument. Have you ever
tried to play it?
No. Knowing me, if I ever tried, I'd get my boobs smashed in it!
3) The plump lady of this song cannot fit into the singer's car. How
many passengers does your car comfortably seat?
Five, two in the front and 3 in the back.
4) Would you like to lose a few pounds?
You'd hardly notice if I lost "a few" pounds. I'd have to loose
way more than a "few" before it would show.
5) In the long ago 1940s, this song was considered amusing. Do you
think it's still funny today?
Resembling the lady in the song, I say not in the least -- it may have
been funny to some, but it sure wasn't funny then for zaftig
women -- and you can bet that anyone playing that song over the airwaves
today would be hit by so many protest groups they'd have to close their
doors!
6) Arthur Godfrey, who recorded this song, was a popular radio and TV
host from the 1930s to the 1970s. Before this week's Saturday 9, had you
ever heard of him?
Oh sure. We used to listen to his radio show. He didn't play
the accordion, though--he played the ukelele. I believe he's in
the ukelele Hall of Fame. He was a spokesman for Chesterfield cigarettes
for many years....and died of lung cancer.
7) One of his more popular radio shows was
Talent Scouts. A 1940s-50s version of American Idol, this
show gave previously unknown singers their first national exposure.
Godfrey could point with pride to having helped discover Tony Bennett
and Patsy Cline, but he made a mistake by rejecting Elvis Presley. Tell
us about something you'd do differently if you could get a "do over."
If I could have a do over, I would finish college. I was woefully
unprepared, coming from a tiny Catholic high school to the huge
University of California Berkeley. I entered mid-year, so didn't
have a group of freshmen to identify with and did not go through any
sort of orientation. I had classes that had more students than my
entire high school. I didn't know anything about counseling
and had never received anything lower than a "C" in my life, so when I
got a D on a class I stopped attending because the professor was hitting
on me, I assumed I was going to fail and just stopped going to class.
Many years later, when I was typing for a psychologist and typed report
after report after report of people who had managed to complete
university studies and who I suspected were not as smart as I was, I
felt bad that I had given up so easily. But I had been the first
person on either side of my family to go to college, so I had nobody in
the family to counsel me either.
8) In 1953, Godfrey made news by having one of the nation's very
first hip replacements. Have you ever been/would you be part of a
clinical trial, either for a new drug or a new medical procedure?
Depends on what it is. Probably not for a new drug, but
possibly for a new medical procedure. Though if I were desperate
enough, I'd probably try a new drug too
9) RANDOM QUESTION: You and a friend are
shopping. She tries on an expensive sweater and enthusiastically asks
what you think. You think it looks awful. Do you tell her the
truth?
Yes, I would. If she is a good friend, I wouldn't want her to
go around in something that looked terrible on her.
Yesterday was Brianna's 9th birthday and, as he has done every year
since her first birthday, our son, Uncle Ned, made a special video for
her. You gotta see this one.
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