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***Its friday..Its 5 o'clock... it's CRACKERJACK!!!!!!!!*** daily chat thread...

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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,575 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Most people's lives are only interesting when they are going badly, badly wrong...

    mmm...or really, really well. Mines just blah... but that said it's not bad and everyone's healthy so I should count me blessings!:D

    P.S. what's a "store bought woman" DS just asked me. it's a line from Crackin Rosie.
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    Afternoon all. Had a busy day with shopping for baby again. Not been for a run though :( Mother is buying a chinese tonight which is nice. And its still light. Well done Pan on the interview. And Hello Pap :wave:
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  • jinky67
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    "Cracklin' Rosie" is a bottle of wine. This song tells of an Indian tribe in Canada who apparently had more men than women. Diamond said he'd visited the tribe and Cracklin' Rosie was a nickname they used for their own homemade alcoholic brew which the single men of the tribe would sit round the fire together drinking - he thought the name was catchy so he used it in a song. (thanks, Emma - London, England)...
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  • skint_spice
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    jinky67 wrote: »
    "Cracklin' Rosie" is a bottle of wine. This song tells of an Indian tribe in Canada who apparently had more men than women. Diamond said he'd visited the tribe and Cracklin' Rosie was a nickname they used for their own homemade alcoholic brew which the single men of the tribe would sit round the fire together drinking - he thought the name was catchy so he used it in a song. (thanks, Emma - London, England)...

    jeez that's so far away from what I said...:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    must go listen to it again and see if that works!
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  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    jeez that's so far away from what I said...:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    must go listen to it again and see if that works!
    I thought it was his guitar though:cool:

    Lyrics:D

    Cracklin rosie, get on board
    Were gonna ride till there aint no more to go
    Taking it slow
    Lord, dont you know
    Have made me a time with a poor mans lady

    Hitchin on a twilight train
    Aint nothing here that I care to take along
    Maybe a song
    To sing when I want
    Dont need to say please to no man for a happy tune

    Oh, I love my rosie child
    You got the way to make me happy
    You and me, we go in style
    Cracklin rose, youre a store bought woman
    You make me sing like a guitar hummin
    So hang on to me, girl
    Our song keeps runnin on

    Play it now
    Play it now, my baby

    Cracklin rosie, make me a smile
    Girl if it lasts for an hour, thats al right
    We got all night
    To set the world right
    Find us a dream that dont ask no questions, yeah

    Oh, I love my rosie child
    You got the way to make me happy
    You and me, we go in style
    Cracklin rose, youre a store-bought woman
    You make me sing like a guitar hummin
    So hang on to me, girl
    Our song keeps runnin on

    Play it now
    Play it now
    Play it now, my baby

    Cracklin rosie, make me a smile
    Girl if it lasts for an hour, thats all right
    We got all night
    To set the world right
    Find us a dream that dont ask no question, yeah
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    Forever in Blue Jeans yeah :D
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  • scaredy_cat
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    i'm off to the cinema to see A Haunting in Conneticut..... syl peeps.
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  • ZTD
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    skint_spice wrote: »
    mmm...or really, really well. Mines just blah... but that said it's not bad and everyone's healthy so I should count me blessings!:D

    Which is round-about the same as mine. Not interesting, not boring - somewhere in the middle.

    You just need to chat more men up without running away, and yours will be *much* more interesting... ;)
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  • bank_of_slate
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    Mmmm, I need curry!
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • k_bagpuss
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    bank_of_slate wrote: »
    Mmmm, I need curry!
    ...Linda xx

    I made a chicken madras last night! See you got your nail polish then :T
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