Back when I lived in the dorms, Boss, Mark, Taffy, and I would get together for family dinner. Often we'd eat in the Cannon Center. One time the Wilson Phillips song "Release Me" came on. Mark began to sing along--sort of. There was a one word substitution -- "truck" in place of "love," followed by "I don't wanna give up but I just knocked your roof on the ground."
(I'm not sure, but this may have been one of the occasions that milk spewed forth from the Boss's nose.)
Anyway, it was funny. Trust me. It also might help if you imagine an 18-wheeler doing a million point turn in a small residential street and knocking houses over. See? Told you it was funny.
Today when I was told that I'm going to be released from my calling as ward librarian, that's what I thought of--turning the truck around.
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LOL! Ha! I wasn't there for the original singing of the song, but that's one that's funny no matter how many times you've heard/sung it...especially where you add the back -up alarm beeps!
But I guess I'm a little slow on the librarian/song connection. Is the release a good thing, a funny thing or a bad thing?
Since the song is called "Release me" being told that I was being released made me think of it--back-up alarm beeps and all.
Well, I hope this change in your life is NOT as hard as turning your 18 wheeler around in a residential neighborhood. Enjoy your next calling!
Thanks for the fun memory. You forgot to thought that is was completely an inside joke! (thanks to Stephen with a ph (d pending))
I think that was the first time someone had heard my word substitution (technical musical term is contrafactum). Many times by myself I had sung along with the radio and said "truck." It just seemed natural - I mean people talk about turning cars & trucks around, turning lives around, maybe even your tandem bicycle, but "this love"?
Anyway, like Sonnet said, I think Diana desparately tried not to lose her milk ... she succeeded at least in that she didn't spit it all over the place.
For Diana, turning "this truck" around immediately conjured up images of someone struggling to turn around an 18-wheeler in a cul-du-sac. Most of the rest of us at the table contributed to painting the scene. I thought of Chris Farley playing Carney Wilson, singing as she struggled to get the truck in gear. Others added the backup beeps, and the line about knocking the roof to the ground. We had a good time talking about how a music video for it would be.
By the end of the meal, the humorless Stephen guy was quite insulted that we had rudely left him out of a "what was obviously an inside joke or a family inside joke." He suggested that next time we "let others join in the conversation."
The milk problem had also been a topic of conversation at the table. It was another "inside jokes" alluded to by Stephen. Diana had explained that she frequently made some of her friends spit milk, but it seemed that when I came for dinner, there was a higher likelihood that she herself might struggle with her own drink.
I too was not present for the original meal. However, I have heard of it since, and have to laugh every time. I also think of it every time I hear the song. Thanks Dr. for making the connection between the sone and the release from the calling. (I'd have never put it together otherwise.)
How many years has it been? And the image of that truck in my head still makes me laugh out loud. And probably spew, too, if I happen to be drinking at the time. Thanks guys!
B probably remembers when we used to try to make each other spew in the Can. It must be a family tradition. I'm sorry i wasn't there for this particular spewing event. But reading the details made me laugh so hard I cried. Remember when you guys used to always try to make me cry that way? Well, it's been a while, so I was glad for the good laugh this time. thanks for sharing.
Do you have a new calling, Dr?
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