Saturday 9... The Fool on the Hill

The Fool on the Hill

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 to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions!


Saturday 9: The Fool on the Hill (1968)

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

Chosen because Monday is April Fool's Day. 

1) As an April Fool's prank, Taco Bell once announced they had purchased The Liberty Bell and renamed it The Taco Liberty Bell. Describe your perfect taco.  My perfect taco is the Taco Bell Taco Supreme.  I love them better than the ones I make myself.  I don't care for fish tacos or shrimp tacos... just the Taco Bell Supreme on a crunchy shell. 

2) Similarly, as an April Fool's prank, the Ford Motor Co. was supposed to wipe out the national deficit by purchasing the naming rites to a beloved monument, renaming it the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial. What model car do you drive?  A Ford Escape.

3) In 1998, Burger King got in on the April Fool's Day fun by promoting a special "Left-Handed Whopper," designed to be easier for a leftie to hold. Describe your perfect burger.  I do love the Burger King Whopper and will also eat a double at Wendy's.  If we make burgers at home, I must have mayo, ketchup, tomato, onions, and cheese.

4) In 1962, when color TV was still new, a Swedish station pranked viewers by telling them they could convert their black/white sets to color by cutting up a nylon stocking and stretching it across the screen. Of course, in 1962, more women wore nylons and screens were smaller. How big is your TV?  We have a 55 inch in the living room and a 32 inch in Joe's office/the den.  The guest room also has a 32 inch TV.  Are there any nylon stockings in your home?  I do, indeed, still have a few pair of hose tucked away in an old shoe box.  I haven't worn any in years though.

5) In 1957, the BBC ran an April Fool's story about how the Swiss were enjoying a "bumper spaghetti crop," with spaghetti literally growing on trees. Viewers who called the station, asking how to grow a spaghetti tree of their own, were told to place a sprig of spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce and hope for the best. Have you ever fallen for an April Fool's prank?  None that I can remember.

6) When Crazy Sam was growing up, her mother would surprise her on April Fool's Day by slipping a rubber worm or plastic spider in her lunch box. When you were in school, did you more frequently brown bag it or buy your lunch in the cafeteria line?  I usually bought my lunch in the cafeteria.  I think I remember that it was $3.25 a week... of course, that was in the mid-late 1960s.

7) This week's song was an international hit for Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66. Because of the song's bossa nova arrangement, everyone assumed the lead singer, Lani Hall, was Brazilian. She was a folk singer from Chicago. Sergio Mendes discovered her at a charity benefit. Can you think of a time when doing good really paid off for you?  I try to do good when I can and don't expect it to "pay off" and can't think of a time I benefited from doing good, other than being happy that I could help.

8) In 1968, when this record was popular, Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada. Today his son holds that office. When did you most recently visit our neighbor to the north?  I haven't been to Canada since I was 15 years old.  We always vacationed there because my dad loved to fish and we stayed in a fishing camp on Rice Lake, in Ontario.  We went 3-4 years in a row.

9) Random question: Name three websites you visit every day.  Blogger.com; Facebook.com; Pinterest.com... of course there are more! LOL
  

Thanks for your visit today!  Thanks to Crazy Sam for this week's questions!!

Peace & hugs!  God bless!