Saturday 9 ~ The Fool on the Hill

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The Fool on the Hill

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Saturday 9: The Fool on the Hill (1968)

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

Chosen because Monday is April Fool's Day.

1) As an April Fool's prank, Taco Bell once announced they had purchased The Liberty Bell and renamed it The Taco Liberty Bell. Describe your perfect taco. We just had tacos last night... ground beef, browned, add in some homemade taco seasoning, along with a can of Bush's Southwestern Style Pinto beans, mix well... your choice of shell... I had a taco bowl for a taco salad (I should have whipped up a batch of Navajo bread, but didn't think of it at the time), add in the burger, top with cheese, lettuce and tomatoes and then some French dressing.... yum!

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

3) In 1998, Burger King got in on the April Fool's Day fun by promoting a special "Left-Handed Whopper," designed to be easier for a leftie to hold. Describe your perfect burger. just cheese, some relish and ketchup will do me on my burger

4) In 1962, when color TV was still new, a Swedish station pranked viewers by telling them they could convert their black/white sets to color by cutting up a nylon stocking and stretching it across the screen. Of course, in 1962, more women wore nylons and screens were smaller. How big is your TV? Are there any nylon stockings in your home? We have a 55 inch tv and I think I have one pair of nylons in the house

5) In 1957, the BBC ran an April Fool's story about how the Swiss were enjoying a "bumper spaghetti crop," with spaghetti literally growing on trees. Viewers who called the station, asking how to grow a spaghetti tree of their own, were told to place a sprig of spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce and hope for the best. Have you ever fallen for an April Fool's prank? no

6) When Crazy Sam was growing up, her mother would surprise her on April Fool's Day by slipping a rubber worm or plastic spider in her lunch box. When you were in school, did you more frequently brown bag it or buy your lunch in the cafeteria line? grade school brought my lunch... in middle/high school bought lunch

7) This week's song was an international hit for Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66. Because of the song's bossa nova arrangement, everyone assumed the lead singer, Lani Hall, was Brazilian. She was a folk singer from Chicago. Sergio Mendes discovered her at a charity benefit. Can you think of a time when doing good really paid off for you? when I was my own boss... working for someone else, it just doesn't pay to work your butt off for them, as the management will just dog you.... sorry this one hit a sore spot as I am really not liking the management at my job right now.... it will be hard to give up this work at home job, but if things keep going they way they are I am going to throw in the towel!

8) In 1968, when this record was popular, Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada. Today his son holds that office. When did you most recently visit our neighbor to the north? It has been many, many, many years since I have been to Canada

9) Random question: Name three websites you visit every day. Facebook, youtube and pinterest