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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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This is a rather silly game that's taking Facebook by low pressure system, and I'm enjoying it there, so I thought maybe people here might like it.
The idea is to post a hypothetical situation that turns an idea or phrase from some familiar pop song on its head. In general it involves the performer's name in some way. A bunch of examples:
What if Elvis Presley hadn't been caught in a trap?
What if Mick Jagger didn't realize it's only rock and roll?
What if the Mamas and the Papas had been Minnesota dreaming?
What if Bob Seger hadn't turned the page?
What if Sting only watched every third breath you take?
What if Frank Sinatra did it someone else's way?
(Can we keep it to one ponder per post to avoid seagulling? Courtesy is king.)
[ 28. March 2015, 14:04: Message edited by: mousethief ]
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if John Fogerty had been looking out his front door?
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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What if Paul McCartney hadn't heard anyone at the door?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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What if Phil Lynott's mates couldn't be arsed to go back to their home town after all?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if it were neccessarily so?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Steely Dan went back to their old school?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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What if George Formby didn't clean any windows?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if Bette Midler were allergic to roses?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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What if Declan MacManus DID want to go to Chelsea?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Mrs. Brown's daughter was ugly?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Meghan Trainor liked the mid-tones?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if José's girlfriend said, "Don't come any closer!"
Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on
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What if Meat Loaf would do that?
Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on
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What if Roy Orbison had stopped off at a motel instead of driving all night?
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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What if Mimi's hand had been as warm as toast?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Bonnie Tyler had only had a partial eclipse of the heart?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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What if Rod Stewart had decided to travel by plane instead boat?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if it turned out he had a heart of safety glass?
Posted by balaam (# 4543) on
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
What if Paul McCartney hadn't heard anyone at the door?
What if McCartney hadn't been lazy and had let them in himself.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if people finally got thoroughly fed up with silly love songs?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Pink Floyd were uncomfortable?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if the Moody Blues had stuck around 'till Wednesday afternoon?
[ 29. March 2015, 10:41: Message edited by: Stetson ]
Posted by Gee D (# 13815) on
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What if? The great question at the end of Peter and the Wolf.
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Toca didn't need a miracle?
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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What if Don McLean has driven a Volkswagen to the levy and the levy was in flood, where he said goodbye to a Russian pie, and the bad young boys were drinking milk?
Posted by pimple (# 10635) on
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What if Bing Crosby was actually having nightmares about a white Christmas?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Led Zeppelin had found an escalator to Heaven?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if she was a short, warm woman in a white shift?
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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What would have happened if she had only been fifteen?
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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In the town where I was born, there lived a man who sailed to sea, and was never heard from again.
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
What would have happened if she had only been fifteen?
His picture would be on the cover of a lot more than the Rolling Stone.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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In the same vein, what if Sylvia's mother had said, "Sure, come on over, maybe you can talk some sense into her."
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if he was just acting normal at the Freaker's Ball?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if no one had been willing to lend Syd Barrett their bike?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if there had been a taxi strike the night she was ready by half past eight and he didn't want to be late to hear the band start playing?
Worse still, what if they had got there on time only to learn that there was a musicians' strike on?
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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What if Freddie Mercury has a puncture?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Billy Joel said, "That's just not rock and roll any more"?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if the bikini had been huge, red and striped?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Vicky Lawrence's brother didn't stop at Webb's to have him a drink?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Paul Simon was a wrestler?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if the haters didn't hate, hate, hate?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if he didn't have to walk down any streets?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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What if Nina Simone had been feeling a bit middling?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Mrs. Robinson knew precisely how much Jesus loved her?
Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on
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What if Berry Mann put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop himself? ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if Shakedown Street didn't used to be the heart of the town?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if John Newton (the wretch!) had remained lost and blind?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Shareef liked it when the Clash rocked the Casbah?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I **do** get a kick from champagne?
Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on
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What if Air Supply still had sufficient love?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Tom Pearce's horse was a chestnut gelding
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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What if she bought a ladder to hell?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Spandau Ballet doesn't know how much is true?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if the vengeful mariner dreamed of a whale?
Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on
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What if Pete Townsend needed new glasses.
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Madonna had felt like a slut
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if Teen Spirit is a brand of cheap cologne?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if Jeremy got counselling?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if birds don't fly over the rainbow?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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No Billy, it's NOT a lunatic I'm looking for. And don't crash my party again.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if you squeezed my lemon, but there just wasn't any juice?
Posted by Mere Nick (# 11827) on
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What would they call Maurice if he kept quiet about the pompatus of love?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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What if we didn't bother including Nigel in our plans?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Lend me your ear and I'll sing you a song, but I make no promises about singing in key.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What would the mama pajama do if me and José met down by the train yard?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
What would the mama pajama do if me and José met down by the train yard?
Would the moderate priest come to get you released?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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What if the dwarves had said "Sod this for a lark! Let's have a duvet day"?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Originally posted by Stetson:
quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
What would the mama pajama do if me and José met down by the train yard?
Would the moderate priest come to get you released?
And they'd all be on the cover of Vanity Fair?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if John wasn't the walrus?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if Layla doesn't feel inclined to ease your worried mind?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if they paved paradise and put in skateboard park?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if you're having my best friend's baby?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Miss Otis had decided she was better off keeping the lunch date?
Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on
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What if it wasn't my party; could I still cry if I want to?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if I don't have the time to hear Billie Joe Armstrong whine?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if the Tallahatchie Bridge had a suicide barrier?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Henry's bucket was in good repair
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if it hadn't been raining - would he still have been happy again as he sang?
[ 30. March 2015, 15:58: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if the hound dog had ever caught a rabbit?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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It's Friday I'm in...uh, actually no. Not even Friday.
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if everyone had gotten fat except Mama Cass?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if Phil Collins had a tragic accident and lost the way he walks?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What is Claptons woman had just looked pretty OK?
Posted by Porridge (# 15405) on
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What if Joni Mitchell had only looked at clouds from one side?
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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What if the naughty girl hadn't let her knickers down?
(The BBC might have played I Am The Walrus, for a start.)
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
What is Claptons woman had just looked pretty OK?
As she was Pattie Boyd, that was never going to happen. She's also said to have inspired 'Layla', among others
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if the doggie in the window hadn't had a waggly tail?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Nancy had bought sandels instead of boots?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if sleepy Jean had believed in flying spaghetti monsters instead of daydreams?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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Originally posted by Starbug:
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
What is Claptons woman had just looked pretty OK?
As she was Pattie Boyd, that was never going to happen. She's also said to have inspired 'Layla', among others
I know. But it is a what if thread....
What if 10cc had just admitted to being in love?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the night belongs to haters?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Originally posted by Kitten:
What if Nancy had bought sandals instead of boots?
Or was paraplegic?
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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What if something else matters?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if Sam Cooke did know much about history?
What if Pink Floyd needed an education?
Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on
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What if Frank Sinatra had had a whole bunch of regrets, and felt the need to mention them all?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Or, worse still, what if it hadn't been a very good year when he was 17, 21 or 35?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Sammie Davis, Jr. was supposed to be someone else entirely and not himself at all?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if someone satisfied Mick Jagger?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if I don't like being beside the seaside?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if Michael Jackson had preferred to watch a light-hearted drama?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Vincent had found hope in sight on that starry, starry night?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if the Gold Coast slave ship had been intercepted by the Royal Navy?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the blower only had sons?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if Christmas had already been white?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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And there'd been nowhere over the rainbow?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if all wasn't calm, all wasn't bright?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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What if ground control had gone down the pub?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the lady in green had decided to wear a sleeveless dress?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if Vincent had found hope in sight on that starry, starry night?
Then we may have had more of his brilliant work, which would have been good.
What is someone else other than Keane knew about the place?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Jerry's fiery balls weren't that great?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if Bonnie Tyler couldn't see the look in their eyes because they hadn't turned around?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Jeremiah only ever bought boxed wine?
Posted by Porridge (# 15405) on
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What if you're happy but don't know it?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
What if Jeremiah only ever bought boxed wine?
What if I like the cars and the bars and the wars?
[ 01. April 2015, 11:55: Message edited by: Stetson ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if little Lord Jesus cried his lungs out in the manger?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if everyone had gotten fat except Mama Cass?
Covered in the song "Creek Alley". ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if Butch and Sundance rode under dry skies?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Golden Key:
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if everyone had gotten fat except Mama Cass?
Covered in the song "Creek Alley".
Yeah, I remembered that after I posted. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if there'd been no light over at the Frankenstein place?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if I hadn't heard that train whistle blowing?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if they called the wind "Mildred"?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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What if Duke Ellington took the B train?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if the sign said, "Women, minorities, and long haired freaky people encouraged to apply"?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Kell: ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
What if I was sitting in the middle of the block, and my chihuahua remained silent?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if, when leaving on a jet plane, I knew the exact date and time of my return?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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What if Right Said Fred had been just sexy enough
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if I looked over Jordan and (and what did I see?) a band of demons coming after me? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if I love you for prosaic reasons?
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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What if Genesis had turned it off?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if I'm pretty sure I could find another you?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if the streetcar hadn't been called Desire?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if the kid IS my son?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if the Darkens hadn't believed in a thing called love?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if Eve had preferred bananas, Esau had detested pottage, Joseph's brothers had been colour-blind, and Bathsheba's house had had some decent plumbing?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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What if Canned Heat was goin' up the country, where the water tastes like...er...water?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if Eleanor Rigby's funeral had been standing room only full?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
What if Eve had preferred bananas, Esau had detested pottage, Joseph's brothers had been colour-blind, and Bathsheba's house had had some decent plumbing?
Songs, BT. This is meant to be based on song lyrics.
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if I don't want you very bad, and I'm in no danger of insanity?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the cat didn't come back the very next day? Maybe next month would be better.
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
What if Eve had preferred bananas, Esau had detested pottage, Joseph's brothers had been colour-blind, and Bathsheba's house had had some decent plumbing?
Songs, BT. This is meant to be based on song lyrics.
Sorry.
What if it hadn't been the way to Amarillo?
[ 01. April 2015, 20:04: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if by the time I get to Phoenix she'll still be fast asleep?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if little Lord Jesus cried his lungs out in the manger?
OK, who's been wearing white socks under their cassock again?
[Miss Amanda will get her wrap.]
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if it was Art for Moneys sake?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if I don't want free chicks?
Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on
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What if I did quit you, a long time ago?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the pussy cat knew nothing new?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Alfie doesn't know what it's all about?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if tonight will be just like any night and the morning star shows up on schedule?
Posted by Oscar the Grouch (# 1916) on
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What if we walked like an Ethiopian?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if I was Japanese to begin with?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What it I'd rather be Sally's girl?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if I couldn't speak Japanese to Mr. Roboto?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if we can't keep right on to the end of the road?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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what if Mick Jagger had been completely satisfied?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Ray gave no cause for concern?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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What if you're not someone I remember having known?
Posted by balaam (# 4543) on
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Where would life be if there was a traffic jam in the fast lane?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if you *could* roller skate in a buffalo herd?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if we already know who the **** Alice is?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I **won't** be gone 500 miles when the day is done?
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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What if Amazing Grace was a sour, off-key sound?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Lucy preferred emeralds?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Vic had picked up the phone?
Department S, if you are wondering.
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I hadn't heard it through the grapevine?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if my pocket wasn't full of posies?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if they would walk five hundred miles but only four hundred more?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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What if Joan Jet hated Rock n Roll ?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if war were good for something?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Frankie was just too tense?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if morning broke like the third morning?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I had caught a rabbit and was a friend of yours?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if the vibrations were not so good?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if with the advances of modern science we didn't need God to know where Brian Wilson would be without you?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if Boy George had been in love with an Original Sin Gila Monster?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if touching the green, green grass of home totally sucked?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Would the whole damn bus be murmuring with disappointment?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Would the whole damn bus be murmuring with disappointment?
What if she never received the letter telling her he'd soon be free?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Dolly thought that Jolene was welcome to him?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Would the whole damn bus be murmuring with disappointment?
What if she never received the letter telling her he'd soon be free?
What if everyone else on the damn bus had fallen asleep?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Would the whole damn bus be murmuring with disappointment?
What if she never received the letter telling her he'd soon be free?
What if everyone else on the damn bus had fallen asleep?
Or if they had been disinclined to listen to the stories of someone who introduces himself with "I just got out of jail..."?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Would the whole damn bus be murmuring with disappointment?
What if she never received the letter telling her he'd soon be free?
What if everyone else on the damn bus had fallen asleep?
Or if they had been disinclined to listen to the stories of someone who introduces himself with "I just got out of jail..."?
What if the bus lost its brakes and careened into the old oak tree, igniting a horrific inferno in which all the passengers died while the lovelorn girlfriend looked on helplessly?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
What if the black sheep hadn't had any wool?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
What if the shop only had blue ribbons for tying round the old oak tree?
Or what if the old oak tree had succumbed to a storm?
Would the whole damn bus be murmuring with disappointment?
What if she never received the letter telling her he'd soon be free?
What if everyone else on the damn bus had fallen asleep?
Or if they had been disinclined to listen to the stories of someone who introduces himself with "I just got out of jail..."?
What if the bus lost its brakes and careened into the old oak tree, igniting a horrific inferno in which all the passengers died while the lovelorn girlfriend looked on helplessly?
The girlfriend would head back into her apartment and knock three times on the ceiling.
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if the big limousine had broken down before it could pull out of Alice's drive?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if you'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road, and I'll be in Scotland **after** you?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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[I was going to post that!!!]
What if the ferries across the Mersey had been on strike?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if he had not got to know what was and wasn't his and had hijacked the bus and taken it off in the opposite direction to the old oak tree?
This one is set to run and run. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Nen - who has only herself to blame for this evening's earworm.
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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What if Scroedinger had had a dog?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if he only liked Laura?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if you weren't careful to guard your eyes at the teddy bears' picnic?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I could only manage a limerick about your Easter bonnet?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if the Green Hill far away was actually a rubbish dump?
O wait. It was. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if I did have a thousand tongues to sing?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Stetson:
The girlfriend would head back into her apartment and knock three times on the ceiling.
What if I posted this in the quotes file? Too good, mister.
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if John had a really poor imagination*?
And what if Paul hated the Scottish islands?
*Unlikely given the chemical cocktail his brain was probably in.
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the Hungry House Cafe went out of business before my heart was on fire for Elvira?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if I knew exactly where the scarlet ribbons came from?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if your mind was filled with wind turbines instead?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if he was not good or fine and I only knew him as an acquaintance?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if when you wake you shall have all the pretty little mules?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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What if Tipperary was just half a mile down the road?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Raptor Eye:
What if Tipperary was just half a mile down the road?
And if nobody special lived there?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Nat King Cole had looked up an old girlfriend instead of dreaming of Irene?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if Cyndi Lauper had decided not to drive while short of sleep and had taken a break at a motel?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if you **couldn't** get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Don Henley had taken a slug of Red Bull when his head grew heavy and his sight went dim?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if the hotel's lawyers had explained to them that their check-out policy constitutes unlawful confinement?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if that mocking bird don't sing but momma ain't gonna buy you nuthin' else?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the ants went marching 0 by 0, and just sat down for a picnic so the little one had a break from tripping all over himself?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if XTC's senses had decided to knock off at 5 o'clock.
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the working hours are 8:30 to 4:30?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Don Quixote had decided that the impossible dream was... well, impossible?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if the robin had no sense of rhythm at all?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Johnette Napolitano decided she was still pissed off at Joey?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I couldn't have danced all night?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if John Fogarty had taken advantage of the rich vineyard potential in Lodi?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Jim Stafford had put down the spiders and snakes and loved her like she wanted to be loved by him?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if there were 99 bottles of Gatorade (tm) on the wall?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if the screen door slammed and Mary walked out in jeans?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if, early one morning, the sun had not been rising?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if I have seen the street of London, and am still a heartless Tory bastard?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the world didn't see a new Georgy Girl?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if Alice Cooper had stayed at school?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if we built the city on middle of the road ballads?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if, when I was standing on the corner, there hadn't been any girls passing by?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if all the nice girls prefer a farmer?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if when the Spice Girls told us what they wanted, they only told us what they kind of sort of wanted?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if mares didn't eat oats, and does didn't eat oats, and little lambs didn't eat ivy?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Bruce went out for a ride, but first invited the wife n' kids along with him?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if Alison Goldfrapp had been in love with a relaxed liberal machine?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if they're coming to give me a prescription for psychotropic pharmaceuticals that will help me manage my mental health issues, while at the same time allowing me to function with a degree of personal autonomy as an integrated member of the wider community, ha ha?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if the A Train had been coming from Harlem, because you were standing on the wrong platform?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if I was riding through the desert on a horse named Bob?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if she said, yup, staying would be a sin? Or if he said, no, I won't love you tomorrow?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if they allowed motor cycles in Nutbush?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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What if the revolution will be televised?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if she wasn't working as a waitress in the cocktail bar?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if all mortal flesh just can't keep silence?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
What if your mind was filled with wind turbines instead?
Like the circles that I find in the turbines of my mind?
Yep. Describes it pretty accurately, really.
But what if you are not my sunshine - and more like a mysterious fog or a sharp wind?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if where Bono wanted to reach out and touch the flame one of the streets was named Privet Avenue?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the donkey carrying Mary was quite large for its species
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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What if the times were not a-changin'?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if Chiquitita just had something in her eye?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if your mother did know?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if I wasn't going to Scarborough Fair?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if I kissed a girl and thought it was yucky?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if you are to blame for bittersweet distractors?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if Leroy Brown was not even close to being the baddest man in town?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kitten:
What if the donkey carrying Mary was quite large for its species
And if she had said, "You're not playing that drum in here, my boy"?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the drugs do work?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if the nips are getting smaller?
Posted by Raptor Eye (# 16649) on
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What if ma wasn't around to take his badges off of him, and what if it wasn't heaven's door he was knocking on?
Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on
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What if Beck used Cheez Whiz for its intended purposes?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if a cuckoo sang in Berkeley Square?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the very model of a modern major general was an actual *model*, an action figure on a table top?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if some of those he's got on his list would be missed?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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If there are no clowns, could we send in the mimes?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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If I love tea and cocoa, but not coffee, would the java jive still love me?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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OK, I've often walked down this street before, but what if the pavement collapsed under my feet into a sinkhole?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Winter Is Icumen In?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if the Master wasn't really a Renegade, it was just a rumour?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kitten:
What if Winter Is Icumen In?
According to Ezra Pound it was ("Llude sing goddamm").
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if a couple of the balloons were pink, rather than red?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if I don't want you to come up to my place and live it up?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if the uptown girl lived in a rye bread world?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the ghost riders in the sky rode Harleys?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if the modern Major-General hasn't had a clue about quadratical equations, binomial theorems, integral and differential calculus, and the square of the hypotenuse?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if she shouldn't be so lucky?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if the times they are astayin' pretty much the same?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if you are once and two thirds a lady?
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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What if the green, green, grass of home had been subject to the usual school holiday fires and so was black?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if you weren't so fucking special?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if I don't remember when I lost my mind?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if, come Saturday morning, my friend and I are staying home?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if Elton were still walking?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if you make me feel like a natural wombat?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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What if The Eagles stopped at the Hotel Massachusetts instead?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if there was a breakdown in the fast lane, and the Eagles had to drive on the shoulder?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if young people were speaking their minds
getting NO resistance from behind?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What is the signs mostly said "Hooray for the other side?"
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if I had said to the Lord of sea and sky, "I'm not here, Lord"?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if early in the morning our song **didn't** rise to Thee?
Posted by Meike (# 3006) on
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What if late in the evening she'd known exactly what clothes to wear?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if she wore a sensible, yellow polkadot one piece suit?
Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on
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What if it had been Jack Frost roasting on an open fire and chestnuts nipping on your nose? Would Christmas have been quite so Merry?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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While we're in a Christmasy mood . . . what if from now on our troubles won't be far away?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the E-ri-e was a-risin', and there was still plenty of GIN?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if Jesus said, "No, I **won't** shine, and I really wish you'd stop asking me to!"
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if I am here to get the kids babysat for an hour, rather than to worship?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if she had just blurred my vision a bit with science?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if gravity will hold us down?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Meghan Trainor is all about that tenor?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Cab Calloway wanted to be buried in his bell bottom britches?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if I really did step in shaving cream?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if I know why it always rains on me?
It will be because I live in the UK.
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Eiffel 65 felt mauve
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Steven Patrick Morrissey's vicar was properly attired in trousers?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if Lucy was in the sky with amethysts?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if it's not so small a world after all?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if John Henry had stuck to the stint?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Neil Young was searching for an EPNS Heart?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if you leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to three, read a magazine and then you're in Philadelphia?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if it always rained in southern California?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if Snoopy had flown vs. Underdog, instead of the Red Baron?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Sue's dad had named him Bill or George, anything but Sue?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Nirvana were gonna crack?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if all the leaves were green, and the sky was blue
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if Stooshe didn't fall for a monster?
(I heard the song the other day, and I still love it, I am still not sure exactly what it is about.)
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if Istanbul was still Constantinople?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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That's nobody's business but the Turks. ( sorry.)
What if Jeremy just kept quiet in class today?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Old MacDonald had a penthouse (eee-ay-eee-ay-o)?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if the three little kittens had lost their diapers?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if he wanted his 'brother' to spare $4.63
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if there were quite a few businesses that were like show business?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if my love does it bad?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if it were parsley, sage, rosemary, and skunk cabbage?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if we all live in a green rowboat?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if you went to the Scarsdale fair?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if the hokey-cokey isn't what it's all about? (Brought to mind as we sung it in our Tots group this morning).
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if some people find pictures of Chairman Mao a real turn-on?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if (baby, baby) it's a mild world and it's a cinch to get by just upon a smile?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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{Cat Stevens tandem.)
What if, despite changes, we didn't all know that yesterday is past, and we don't want to start living for the one that's going to last?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Lido caught the boat that day?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if the karma police had been subject to so many cutbacks and had become so demoralised, they were unable to function properly?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if you couldn't get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
What if you couldn't get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant?
Or what if you wanted something other than leftover turkey and that seemed to be all she had?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if we ch-ch-ch-change, but still can't face the strain?
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
What if Lido caught the boat that day?
Nice!
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if it hadn't rained the day the cake was left outside?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if Brandy wouldn't have made a fine wife? Would the sailors still be in love with the sea?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if you weren't turning Japanese and you never really thought so?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if the uptown girl lived in a rye bread world?
Posted by Meike (# 3006) on
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What if she'd been looking for a country boy, Billy?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I dreamed of Jeannie with the bleached blonde hair?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if my angel was one of the girls in the phone-sex ads in the back of the magazine?
[ 16. April 2015, 16:00: Message edited by: Stetson ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if all through the night stray cat is crying so someone throws a boot at it?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if he does understand that I bop and you bop and they bop? He probably bops as well but might not admit to it.
Posted by Leaf (# 14169) on
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What if they'd tried life in the slow lane?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if the lady Munchkins represented the Lullaby Biker Gang?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Am I going to Scarborough Fair?
No. Last time I went I got a parking ticket, so its Bridlington for me from now on.
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if I wish they all weren't California girls but maybe some from Washington state?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if there is a house in New Orleans
they call the rising gorge?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if Jesus had been a chartered account when he walked upon the water?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if there is a house in New Orleans
they call the rising gorge?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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What if "Inna Gada Davida" was understandable?
![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if he hadn't killed a man but was framed, and the devil Beelzebub set aside for him had to slink back to Hell, and so they would let him go?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if He placed the whole world on a stand for a while so He could use His hands to do something else?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if dragons lived forever, but so did little boys?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if the train was bound for mid-afternoon town, which was quite close
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if the reason they don't know it's Christmas time is because they celebrate Christmas in January?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Stetson:
What if Jesus had been a chartered account when he walked upon the water?
What if someone didn't clean out his PM box?
Uh, that is to say, what if Leroy Brown wasn't any meaner than a box turtle?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Dafyd:
What if the reason they don't know it's Christmas time is because they celebrate Christmas in January?
What if the reason they don't know it's Christmas time is that they're from another planet?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if by the time I get to Phoenix she's changed her Facebook status to "single" and has signed up with PlentyofFish.com?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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If you don't like my body, and you don't think I'm sexy, c'mon sugar, would you keep it to yourself?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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If I said you had an ugly body, would you still hold it against me?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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[We may have had this]
What if I'm not too sexy for my shirt, just too fat?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if I roll you in generic-brand sheets from Sears?
[ 20. April 2015, 19:16: Message edited by: Stetson ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if the truth I learned at seventeen was that love was meant for people who got a red rose on a reality show?
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on
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(LR--that's almost more depressing than the original song! )
What if the guy narrating "Wild Irish Rose" was willing to wait until the girl was ready, for *her* sake?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if I write the songs that make the whole world not want to sing?
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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What if my bicycle is only built for one, and Daisy is quite happy on her own?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
What if I write the songs that make the whole world not want to sing?
We would call you Macca.
Now what if the chicken wasn't feeling particularly funky today?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if on listening to the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift, it turns out he or she did really care for music?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if he was a famous organ man from out Leipzig way, who had a fugal style that no one else could play?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if I couldn't see Polythene Pam, who was so good looking that she would never be mistaken for a man?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if the rain in Spain stayed mainly in the mountains?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if of all these friends and lovers
there are any number who compare with you?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if King David just wasn't into bondage games with kitchen furniture?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Wha is Joseph decided it wasn't the Holy Spirit but too much cheese and so refused to marry his pregnant fiancee?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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I think you've forgotten that this thread is to do with song titles. (I don't blame you, I got caught out earlier).
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if mine eyes had been rubbernecking some skirts during the coming of the Lord?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if: "With a song in my bowels, I behold your adorable face . . . ?"
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if I sat down, sat down for Jesus with the bingo players of Holy Cross?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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What if Dominique,nique, nique was a peaceable guy who preferred to sit around and weave macrame and let the world rage on without him?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if I didn't watch out where the huskies go and...ewww, ate that yellow snow?! ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if I'd fought the law and the law lost?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Tom Dooley lifted up his head and made a break for it and escaped the posse sent to hang him?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if Je regrette tout?
(Translation, I regret everything)
[ 25. April 2015, 08:22: Message edited by: Kitten ]
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if the pet-shop assistant had no idea of the price of that doggie in the window?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if I wanted the tarantula in the window? The one with the waggly legs?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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Apropos of that, Kitten,
What if Je quitte toi?
(I leave you -- cf. Jacques Brel)
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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I may have done this already, but what if Shift K3ys woman was into that, but was just too embarrassed to admit it?
(and yes, that is a very niche one).
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if the answer to "How many roads must a man walk down?" is located on microfiche from the 1965 archives in the local transportation office?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if the wayward wind wasn't a restless wind but rather yearned to stay put?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if crimson and clover just once?
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if the lunatics had all been rounded up before they got to Roger Waters' house?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if Lucy had been in the sky with pearls?
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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What if no-one could see by dawn's early light?
What if the queen wasn't gracious?
What if our sons didn't stand on guard for thee?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if Richard Cory got religion, sold his factory, gave all his wealth to the poor, and was shot dead by the songwriter who now had no job?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Delilah moved to Baltimore instead of New York City?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if GRASS is the word, is the word, is the word? It's got groove, it's got feeling...
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if I see a red door and I want it painted seafoam green?
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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What if you are b***dy well wrong?
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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And what if I want egg and bacon for breakfast in Ameerica, rather than kippers?
(Sorry for the double post, just thinking of a particular album)
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if they showed me a world where I couldn't get a job, so couldn't be dependable, clinical, intellectual or cynical, just poor.
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if they're calling me a moderate, conservative, level-headed, law-abiding citizen?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if you CAN put your hands in your head?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if I was up after 2:00 PM, and I really have hated my stay but I'm gonna be sticking around for another month or so anyway?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if she is merely a dancing princess
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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And what if he was merely the commoner of the dance?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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Or, indeed, if he had two left feet (like me) and couldn't dance at all?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if she could have danced only half the night?
Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on
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What if, instead of telling her on a Sunday, he sent her a text?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if they turned the stone and looked beneath it and KILL 'EM ALL AND LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT was all it said?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if dancing round a pole meant that she was a whore?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if she said yes and went to Boston?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if it's more than a feeling when I see my Mary Ann walking away? What if it turns into a homicidal rage?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if I have the same reaction as most normal people to drinking dirty war?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if Jackson Browne stopped and got gas?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if he left on the bus instead of a jet plane?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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And, for the Scots: what if ye can shove yer grannie aff a bus, even though she's yer mammie's mammie?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if your love is like a prickly thistle instead of a red, red rose?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if ye could fling a piece oot a twenty story flat?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if you weren't going to see your love tonight, but stayed in to wash your hair?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Speaking of which . . . what if I'm **not** going to wash that man right out of my hair and send him on his way?
Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on
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What if the ten thousand men refused to follow the grand old Duke of York back down the hill?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if I think it's of no theological significance whether those feet walked upon England's pastures greens?
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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What if there were no men left in Harlech?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if the animals went in one at a time?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if Leonard Cohen had said "Bloody hell" instead of "Hallelujah?"
Posted by jrw (# 18045) on
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What if Robyn Hitchcock had been called Reg?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if Tiny Tim had tiptoed through the daffodils?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if you're so humble, you probably won't admit this song is about you?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if Michelle had not been belle?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
What if you're so humble, you probably won't admit this song is about you?
That one is a gold mine!
What if you walked into the party like you were walking into the unemployment office?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Indeed.
What if your scarf, it was liturgically correct purple?
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
What if you had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself stumble into the waiter carrying champagne flutes?
[ 01. May 2015, 15:39: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if all the girls desperately hoped you'd pick someone else as your partner?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if several years ago I was quite naive, but not so naive as to let you have me?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was an old nudie magazine?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if I had one hand in my pocket and the other one was playing the zither?
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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What if you did impress me much?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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Originally posted by The5thMary:
What if I had one hand in my pocket and the other one was playing the zither?
So both hands "playing the zither" then?
What if it wasn't ironic at all?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Stetson:
What if you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was an old nudie magazine?
( ahem)
What if you are never where you should be any of the time?
Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on
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What if "If" was when
Telly Savalis anyone?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by Stetson:
What if you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was an old nudie magazine?
( ahem)
What if you are never where you should be any of the time?
What if you went up to Saratoga, and your horse dropped dead five seconds into the race?
[ 03. May 2015, 00:59: Message edited by: Stetson ]
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if you flew your Learjet to Nova Scotia only to find you misread the astronomical charts and only were there to see a partial lunar eclipse?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if you dreamed there were clowns instead of clouds in your coffee?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if they paved paradise and put up an alternative therapy centre?
Posted by balaam (# 4543) on
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quote:
Originally posted by The5thMary:
What if you dreamed there were clowns instead of clouds in your coffee?
If he wasn't vain would the song still be about him?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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Originally posted by The5thMary:
What if you dreamed there were clowns instead of clouds in your coffee?
What if you're with the wife of a close friend, because they're paying you to clean their bathroom?
[ 03. May 2015, 14:55: Message edited by: Stetson ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if he was with the husband of a close friend?
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if she could make a deal with God, and he did swap their places?
Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on
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What if it was less than a feeling, to see Mary Ann walk away?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
What if she could make a deal with God, and he did swap their places?
What if running up that hill, running up that hill WAS a problem?! What if a heart attack was imminent? You'd absolutely need to swap places!
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if it was the dawning of the age of Gemini
Posted by Rosa Gallica officinalis (# 3886) on
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What if you were so modest?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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Originally posted by Kitten:
What if it was the dawning of the age of Gemini
Bob Rivers does a funny parody called "Clean the Aquarium"! He's a Seattle DJ who does song parodies. Look it up. It's great.
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on
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What if I am both human AND dancer?
(Did anyone else see the BBC Young Dancer performance to this? Superb.)
Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on
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[We've seen every episode. One lad who will be in this week's Ballet final comes from the Tring Park School. They were gave a performance at our Dance House last week; my wife immediately recognised the lad when he appeared in the BBC trailer. She says he's good.]
What if I couldn't have danced past midnight?
[ 04. May 2015, 12:58: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if you knew her and found her in serious but stable condition on the ground?
(45 years ago today ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if it were: Where are the acrobats? Send in the acrobats!
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if instead of losing her timing she had lost her knickers?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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Oh, and so late in her career too. Tsk tsk!
What if just when she'd stopped opening doors, she finally knew the one she wanted was the bloke's down the street?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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What if the guy down the chip shop really was Elvis?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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(What if )I said, "What about 'Breakfast at Tiffany's?
(And )she said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think, you kinda liked it
But as for me, I thought it sucked a whole lot."
( Do I get extra points for attention to scan?)
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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(What if )I said, "What about 'Breakfast at Tiffany's?
(And )she said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think, you kinda liked it
But as for me, I thought it sucked a whole lot."
( Do I get extra points for attention to scan?)
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on
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What if the hills are alive with the sound of killer bees?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if the tide is high but I'm staying put right where I am?Will I be your number two?
(Ewww)
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if Tony had just met a girl called Hepzibah?
[ 06. May 2015, 03:33: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if she were called Little Rhododendron, dear Little Rhododendron?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if farmer farmer's other customers DON'T want spots on their apples?
Posted by mousethief (# 953) on
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What if my baby wrote me a letter saying she could live quite well without me?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if I asked the country roads to take me far, far away, anywhere but home?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if the train were called the City of Poughkeepsie?
Posted by St. Stephen the Stoned (# 9841) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
What if the train were called the City of Poughkeepsie?
[It would scan better.]
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if my love were like a thorny thistle?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if God didn't save the Queen and her fascist regime?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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What if I want plenty of milk today because I'm going to celebrate my love going away by taking a bath in it?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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Originally posted by Dafyd:
What if God didn't save the Queen and her fascist regime?
What if I wanna be well-organized, hierarchical government?
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on
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What if the widow next door had been married only once before?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if seventy six pairs of squeaky boots had led the hit parade?
Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
What if the widow next door had been married only once before?
Or if she had actually been quite partial to a Willy or a Sam
[ 08. May 2015, 19:17: Message edited by: Kitten ]
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kitten:
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
What if the widow next door had been married only once before?
Or if she had actually been quite partial to a Willy or a Sam
What if the second verse was completely unrecognizable from the first?
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on
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What if even though you stayed in all Monday morning the gasman didn't turn up?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Originally posted by Dafyd:
What if even though you stayed in all Monday morning the gasman didn't turn up?
Would you have been in the slightest bit surprised?
What if, instead of leaving on a jet plane,you had turned over and gone back to sleep?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if it's a bridge over troubled cocoa?
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on
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What if, instead of leaving on a jet plane,you had turned over and gone back to sleep?
What if all those times I've let you down and played around were among the most meaningful experiences of my life?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if, seated one day at the organ, weary and ill at ease, his fingers wandering idly over the noisy keys, he suddenly began playing "Shine Jesus Shine"?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if I'd like to be, under the sea, in an octopus's bathroom with you?
Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on
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What if I put pink daisies all around my hat as I'm allergic to green willow?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
What if, seated one day at the organ, weary and ill at ease, his fingers wandering idly over the noisy keys, he suddenly began playing "Shine Jesus Shine"?
What if, instead of that great Amen, the organ had released a prolonged and noisy fart?
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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What if, instead of that great Amen, the organ had released a prolonged and noisy fart?
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on
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What if the First Nowell was to certain wealthy bankers as they lay counting their profits?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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What if the money-changers in the Temple had put up physical resistance and given JC a bloody nose?
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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Sorry - I had completely forgotten that the OP prescribed pop songs as the source for our posts. I got onto the biblical tack via Miss A's First Nowell. Though of course, there may actually be a song involving the money changers in the Temple.
Try again.
What if the lovesick swain had asked Maud to go skinny dipping with him?
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