A Margaritaville Saturday 9:....

Margaritaville

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: Margaritaville (1977)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song Jimmy sings of "booze in the blender." What do you prepare in your blender?  Smothies and slushy mixed alcoholic beverages.

2) As the song opens, Jimmy is sitting on his front porch swing. Describe the front porch of the building you're in right now.  Our house has no front porch. I miss having a front porch with a swing.

3) Jimmy sings of being able to smell boiling shrimp. Do you prefer your shrimp boiled, glazed or breaded?  Oh, if it is shrimp, I like it. I LOVE shrimp.

4) During the song, he mentions his flip flops. Have you put your flip flops and sandals away till spring? Or is it still warm enough to wear them?  I can't wear flip-flops anymore because of some foot surgery I had in 1989. I wear sandals, though, and it is still in the low 90s during the day, here in central Florida, so I have not put them away yet.

5) Jimmy Buffett had hoped this song would be recorded by Elvis Presley, but The King died before he could perform it. What's the first Elvis song that comes to mind? The first one I thought of was Blue Christmas, which I absolutely hate. I don't mind Elvis songs, except for that one.

6) Buffett fans are known as Parrotheads. Concert attire for a well-dressed Parrothead often includes a Hawaiian shirt and a foam fin hat. What will you be wearing tonight?  I am wearing my pajamas! Ha ha ha!  I would not wear a fin hat to any concert, but Hawaiian shirts also say Florida....

7) Loyal Parrotheads paid between $500 and $5000 to see Mr. Buffet at a fundraiser for Barack Obama's 2012 Presidential campaign. What's the most you would pay for a concert ticket?  I don't go to concerts. I don't like crowds. If someone gave me free tickets, I would give them away. Sorry. And just for the record, I wouldn't go anywhere near obama.

8) Jimmy is an outspoken environmentalist and supports causes like ocean conservation, saving the manatees and expanding the Dallas Zoo. What steps do you take to help save the planet?  We recycle, which I believe in. I think we should do away with the EPA, though, and several other government agencies. Give that responsibility back to the individual states. 

9) Uh-oh. When Jimmy and the Coral Reefers played in Wisconsin this past August, more than two dozen concertgoers got tickets for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Do you believe pot should be legalized?  No, I do not.

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We had a great time at the Museum's members' opening, last night. We heard a great talk by our Curator, and then nibbled some yummy food and socialized with several friends before heading home. The marble floors are brutal on bad knees, but we hung out for an hour or so. There was a great crowd. Our auditorium holds 152, and there were people standing in the back (though a few empty seats could be found toward the front).

Thanks for stopping in! Wishing you a good weekend! Peace & blessings!