Saturday 9

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: Michelle (1965)

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

1) In this song, Paul McCartney sings to Michelle in French, "Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble." Can you say anything else in French?
I was a French major so I can have simple conversations in French (though I haven't used it in many years!)

2) Paul admits he that, as a teenager, he'd perform the first few bars at parties to impress girls. It was John Lennon who encouraged him to "turn it into a proper song." Tell us about a time you were glad you took advice from a friend or coworker.
I can't think of any at the moment.  Maybe advice from Ned (my son) who insisted I go to the doctor to have stomach pains checked out...and I ended up with gallbladder surgery.

3) A big Elvis fan, Paul is proud to own the bass that was played on the 1954 recording of "That's Alright, Mama." Tell us about one of your prized possessions.

This is a papier mache figure of Gilbert Russak playing Jack Point in the Lamplighters Theater Company's production of Yeomen of the Guard.  Someone in the chorus made several figures like this of many of the "stars" of Lamplighters shows.

Gilbert was also the musical director for  the company. He was my good friend and when he died, his family let me take this figure home.  I bought a plastic cover for it and it sits in a place of honor in our living room.

4) John was also an Elvis fan and honored The King by naming one of his cats Elvis. Do you share your home with any pets? If so, let us know their names.
We just have one dog now.  He is a rescue dog we adopted a year ago, when he was 6 years old.  He came with the name "Bubbles."  I call him Bubba.  Ned calls him Bubs.  We've had some great dog names, starting with our first dog, Ho Chi Mutt, whom we got in 1967.  I had great fun naming the dogs we fostered for the SPCA.  One of my favorite group of puppies was Patty, Maxine and Laverne.  When we discovered Maxine was male, they became Patty, Laverne and Max.

5) John was a heavy smoker who often attempted to quit. He tried hypnosis but that didn't work. Have you ever been hypnotized?
No.  Afraid I'd be laughed at.

6) George Harrison fell in love with Hawaii and bought a 63-acre estate. If you could take off tomorrow for a vacation to any of our 50 states, which one would you choose?
It would have to be Massachusetts.  Our daughter lives in Boston and I have a couple of pen pals who live in the state whom it would be fun to meet.

6) While Ringo Starr quit signing autographs for fans in 2008, he will donate autographed memorabilia to charity for auction. Have you ever bid on an item at auction? Did you win?
We used to have silent auctions as fund raisers and I bid on some items there.  I won some, didn't win others, but I can't remember what I won.

 7) As a young boy, Ringo had a severe case of appendicitis and his appendix was removed. Do you still have your appendix?
Yes. 

8) In 1965 -- before Advil and Tylenol and Aleve -- Americans took aspirin to relieve pain. If we peered into your medicine chest, would we find aspirin?
No.  The doctor does not recommend aspirin.

9) Random question: You're at dinner with a married couple who begin to argue. Would you intercede and try to make peace? Or would you just sit back and mind your own business?
I'd definitely just sit back and hope they stop soon.             

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