Its Happy Hour somewhere

[ashjohnson80]

Morning all.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I'm in the mood for a slow dance.

It's late at night and we're all alone
With just the music on the radio
No one's coming, no one's gonna telephone
Just me and you and the lights down low
And we're

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Just you, girl

And we just flow together when the lights are low
And shadows dancing across the wall
The music's playing so soft and slow
And the rest of the world so far away and small
And we're

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Just you, girl

Hold me, hold me
Don't ever let me go

As we dance together in the dark
There's so much love in this heart of mine
You whisper to me and I hold you tight
You're the one I thought I'd never find

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Just you, girl

 

[Briarmom]

How about a little Schoolhouse Rock?!

When you're in the dark,
And you want to see
You need uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

Flip that switch
And what do you get?
You get uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

Every room
Can now be lit
With just uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

Where do you think
It all comes from?
This powerful... >> Electricity, electricity!

Through high wires
To here it comes,
They're bringing the... >> Electricity, electricity!

Every building
Must be wired
To use it uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

Power plants
Most all use fire
To make it uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

Burnin' fuel
And using steam
They generate... >> Electricity, electricity!

Turn that generator
By any means.
You're makin' uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

(A generator is a machine that contains a powerful magnet that
creates a magnetic field. When wires are rotated rapidly through
this field, then a current of electricity is produced. Now: if
we only had a superhero who could stand here and turn the
generator real fast, then we wouldn't need to burn so much fuel
- heh- to make...) Electricity!

Benjamin Franklin
Flyin' his kite
Was searchin' for... >> Electricity, electricity!

He knew that it had something
To do with lightning
It's all uh... >> Electricity, electricity!

Rubbin' a comb
With wool or fur
Will give you a charge of...
Static... Electricity! >> [Electricity, electricity!]

Strokin' a cat
To make it pur,
You're buildin' up static
Electricity! >> [Electricity, electricity!]

(Electricity at rest is called "static electricity", like in the
winter, wearing a heavy coat, you get a shock off the doorknob.
Or you scrape across a carpet, and sneak up on your very best
friend, and zap him on the ear with a shock of...) Electricity!

Current flowing
To and fro
Makes a circuit of... >> Electricity, electricity!

Voltage is the pressure
That makes it go,
It's pushin' the... >> Electricity, electricity!

Watts will tell you
Just how much
You'll be using the... >> Electricity, electricity!

Powerful stuff so
Watch that plug.
It's potent... >> Electricity, electricity!

Electricty! >> [Electricity, electricity!]
Electricty! >> [Electricity, electricity!]

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I think this is my favorite Schoolhouse Rock song:

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

"And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this but that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the sea.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.

 

[ashjohnson80]

}} {Woof! You sure gotta climb a lotta steps to get to this Capitol
}} Building here in Washington! But I wonder who that sad little
}} scrap of paper is?}

I'm just a bill,
Yes, I'm only a bill,
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city,
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday...
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I'm still just a bill.

}} {Gee, bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage!}
{Well I got *this* far. When I started, I wasn't even a *bill* - I
was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law
passed, so they called their local congressman and he "You're right,
there ought to be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and
introduced me to Congress, and I became a bill. And I'll remain a
bill until they decide to make me a law.}

I'm just a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well now I'm stuck in committee
And I sit here and wait
While a few key congressmen
Discuss and debate
Whether they should
Let me be a law...
Oh how I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.

}} {Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and
}} debate about you?}
{Yes. I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far.
I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.}
}} {"Die?"}
{Yeah: die in committee. Oooh! But it looks like I'm gonna live.
Now I go to the House of Representatives and they vote on me.}
}} {If they vote "yes", what happens?}
{Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.}
}} {Oh no!}
{Oh yes!}

I'm just a bill,
Yes I'm only a bill,
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill,
Well then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the President to sign.
And if he signs me then I'll be a law...
Oh, how I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.

}} {You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the
}} President can still say no?}
{Yes, that's called a "veto". If the President vetoes me, I have to
go back to Congress, and they vote on me again, and by that time
it's...}
}} {By that time, it's very unlikely that you'll *become* a law! It's
}} not easy to become a law, is it?}

No! But how I hope and I pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill!

}} {He signed you, bill! Now you're a law!}
{Oh yes!}

 

[Briarmom]

Let's not forget this one!

They say our solar system
Is centered 'round the sun.
Nine planets large and small parading by.
But somewhere out in space
There's another shinin' face
That you might see some night up in the sky...

Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

She's been to Sun
(It's a lot of fun!
It's a hot-spot...) It's a gas!
Hydrogen and helium
In a big, bright glowing mass.

It's a star...
It's a star...
So Janet got an autograph!

Mercury was near the Sun
So Janet stopped by,
But the mercury on Mercury was much too high, so...
Janet split for Venus,
But on Venus she found
She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around.

Earth looked exciting,
Kind of green and inviting
So Janet thought she'd give it a go.
But the creatures on that planet
Looked so very weird to Janet,
She didn't even dare to say hello.

It's a bird...
It's a plane...
Why it must be a U.F.O.!

But it was...

Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

Mars is red, and Jupiter's big
And Saturn shows off its rings.
Uranus is built on a funny tilt,
And Neptune is its twin.
And Pluto, little Pluto, is the farthest planet from the Sun.

They say our solar system
Is not alone in space.
The Universe has endless mysteries.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he'd thought
A shootin' star instead turned out to be...

Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
There's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I dedicate this one to my good buddy.

They say our solar system is centered 'round the sun,
Nine planets, large and small, parading by.
But somewhere out in space,
There's another shining face
That you might see some night up in the sky. Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

She's been to the Sun, it's a lot of fun,
It's a hot-spot, It's a gas!
Hydrogen and helium in a big, bright, glowing mass. It's a star, it's a star! So Janet got an autograph!

Mercury was near the Sun so Janet stopped by,
But the mercury on Mercury was much too high, so
Janet split for Venus but on Venus she found
She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around.
Earth looked exciting, kind of green and inviting,
So Janet thought she'd give it a go.
But the creatures on that planet looked so very weird to Janet,
She didn't even dare to say hello.

It's a bird, it's a plane! Why, it must be a UFO, but it was:
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

Mars is red and Jupiter's big
And Saturn shows off its rings.
Uranus is built on a funny tilt
And Neptune is its twin,
And Pluto, little Pluto, is the farthest planet from the Sun.

They say our solar system is not alone in space.
The Universe has endless mystery.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he'd thought
Was a shooting star instead turned out to be... Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Bwahahaha Briar, GMTA!!

 

[Briarmom]

Bwahahaha Briar, GMTA!!

 

[Cantw8]

ahhh, stop that's so nice...wait, you guys were talking to me, right?

 

[bananiem]

And how many of us passed 8th grade History because of this little ditty:

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government?
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.


In 1787 I'm told
Our founding fathers did agree
To write a list of principles
For keepin' people free.


The U.S.A. was just startin' out.
A whole brand-new country.
And so our people spelled it out
The things that we should be.


And they put those principles down on
paper and called it the Constitution, and
it's been helping us run our country ever
since then. The first part of the
]Constitution is called the preamble and tells
what those founding fathers set out to do.


We the people
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.


In 1787 I'm told
Our founding fathers all sat down
And wrote a list of principles
That's known the world around.


The U.S.A. was just starting out
A whole brand-new country.
And so our people spelled it out
They wanted a land of liberty.
And the preamble goes like this:


We the people
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity,
Do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.


For the United States of America...

 

[SwedishMeatball]

ahhh, stop that's so nice...wait, you guys were talking to me, right?

 

[imsorry]

I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own
But the biggest kick I ever got
was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock
we were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking
when your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
Oh Lawdy mama those Friday nights
when Suzie wore her dresses tight
and the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight

But the years went by and the rock just died
Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans
But they'll never kill the thrills we've got
burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning fast as the weeks went past
we really thought the Crocodile Rock would last

 

[Briarmom]

She went potty again!!

 

[imsorry]

She went potty again!!

(I asked you not to keep announcing it!)

 

[L107ANGEL]

She went potty again!!

Yay Briar!!

 

[Briarmom]

(I asked you not to keep announcing it!)

Well, it's about time you were trained!

 

[imsorry]

guess what I'm having

 

[L107ANGEL]

Is anyone having a problem here today? I keep getting the server is too busy crap

 

[Briarmom]

guess what I'm having

While I was gone, we became a French Press coffee family. Who knew how much better it would taste?!

What kind are you having? Cinnamon Dolce, right?