Monday, December 12, 2011

Eight thousand bucks

More evidence of what can happen when something is lurking at the front of your mind.

On BBC Radio 2 on Sunday night Russell Davies played a comedy song about a young man chasing girls.

The first verse ends with the line '$8000 bucks down the drain.'

Except that, because of the recent media preoccupation with when it may be permissible to swear in public, my mind completely misheard an F where there should be a B.

Of course it could not be an F - not on the BBC, not on Sunday evening.

Just to be sure, I checked the programme schedule on the website.

I wanted to get
Some new girlfriends,
So I went and bought
A Mercedes Benz.
A waste of money!
Eight thousand bucks down the drain.
Alan Sherman: A waste of money


Posted by at