June 20th: The Saturday 9

 Thanks to Crazy Sam for today's Saturday 9!!

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: The Men in My Little Girl's Life (1965)

 

 Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. Chosen for Father's Day.

1) In this song, a father shares the story of his daughter's life through the first boys, then the men she brought home. The first is Rod, a little kid who wants to play in the backyard. Who were your playmates when you were young? Did you find it more fun to have them over to your home or to go to theirs?  My playmates when I was very young were my siblings and my cousins.  When I was in fifth grade, neighbors were playmates.  There were 10 kids in that family, and it was constant noise and constant action.  We moved from there, and my BFF Elaine lived across the street.  We are still friends, after all these years, and I feel so blessed by her friendship more than 60 years later!!  We bounced back and forth between our homes.  I still call her mom "my other mom," and she calls me her 4th daughter.

2) Then his daughter asked if Lee could carry her books on the walk to/from school. During your junior high years, how did you travel to school (by bus, bicycle, carpool, shoe leather)?  Shoe leather!!  We lived one block from our school.

 

3) Throughout this song, the father recalls that his daughter alternately called him "Daddy," "Dad," "Popsie," "Pop," and "Father." How did/do you address your father? He was always Dad.  We lost him to cancer in 1989.  He was only 63.

 

4) The song ends with the daughter asking her father to babysit. When did you last look after someone else's child?  If grandkids count, it was a long time ago.  They are 37 and 30 this year.

 

5) This record was a Top 10 hit in the US, and it made the Top 20 in Canada. Much of its success was attributed to Mike Douglas' TV popularity. From 1965 to 1981, he hosted a daytime talk show. Do you watch much daytime TV?  I used to watch the Mike Douglas Show and several soaps when I was much younger.  Now, I rarely watch daytime live TV.

 

6) Mike Douglas was a father himself. He had three daughters, including twins. Are there twins in your family?  Not in my immediate family, but my cousin Pam has paternal twin boys.

 

Now about Father's Day ... 

 

7) Retail chains like O'Reilly Auto Parts, Auto Zone, and Jiffy Lube are all promoting gift cards and car-related gifts for Father's Day. If you got a gift card from one of those stores, how would you upgrade your ride?  I would save it for a new battery in a year or so.  Batteries don't last much past three years here in Florida.

 

8) Dick's Sporting Goods also enjoys a spike in gift card sales around Father's Day. Have you more recently given or received a gift card?  I gave gift cards to my two sisters for their June birthdays.  They weren't for car parts!!

9) In days gone by, ties were the #1 Father's Day gift. But as today's workplace has become more casual, fragrance has taken over the top spot. Dove Men+Care offers gift sets with shampoo/conditioner, body wash, and antiperspirant. Think about your shower routine. Are your shampoo, body wash, and antiperspirant all the same brand or the same scent?  No, and I don't do heavy fragrances.  Neither did Joe, because we were both sensitive to heavy scents.

Wishing all the dads a Happy Father's Day tomorrow!

Peace and Hugs!

Thanks, Dad, and I

hope you hear this in Heaven!