# Come here and completely embarass yourself with a song lyric **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513 "2012-12-19T11:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/1 "2012-12-19T11:40:19Z")
You don’t understand. “taking islands in Africa” WTF? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/2 "2012-12-19T20:20:24Z")
“Someone get me a ladder” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/3 "2012-12-19T20:26:57Z")
> [@grude](#): > > You don’t understand. > > “taking islands in Africa” WTF? > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > “Someone get me a ladder” Are we supposed to know these songs? ---
**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/4 "2012-12-19T20:35:02Z")
Yeah, what are you guys doing? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/5 "2012-12-19T20:51:59Z")
That magic in your pants, it’s making me blush. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/6 "2012-12-19T23:14:30Z")
[I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKjEHfHINQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/7 "2012-12-19T23:21:31Z")
> [@babygoat666](#): > > Yeah, what are you guys doing? I suspect that “they ha’ slain Lord Murray / And Lady Mondegreen…” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/8 "2012-12-19T23:40:55Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > I suspect that “they ha’ slain Lord Murray / And Lady Mondegreen…” Uh, no. I didn’t know the songs either, but it took me only seconds to find them. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I6gTf9EyuFM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgUihDMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDtrpEU1PytPChF7igvU-YJVaexaQ "JAPAN TAKING ISLANDS IN AFRICA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6gTf9EyuFM) https://www.youtube.com/embed/qdwzHBnm6mo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/9 "2012-12-20T00:00:52Z")
So these are bad lines from songs? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/10 "2012-12-20T05:28:20Z")
> [@babygoat666](#): > > Yeah, what are you guys doing? I thought he wanted to talk that way. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/11 "2012-12-20T05:31:04Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > So these are bad lines from songs? I thought the OP’s was, so mine is. It’s from “Still You Turn Me On” by Greg Lake. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/12 "2012-12-20T06:11:49Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I thought he wanted to talk that way. Suit yourself, I’m easy. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/13 "2012-12-20T07:02:32Z")
I CAN’T EVEN THINK OF A WORD THAT RHYMES. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/14 "2012-12-20T07:27:49Z")
Hey, I just met you and this is crazy But here’s my number So call me maybe. [“OK, Maybe.”] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/15 "2012-12-20T12:46:51Z")
Oh really I don’t like it. Drop the cash bar. Drop the cash bar. [You cheap bastards. Serve free drinks!] ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/16 "2012-12-20T14:34:27Z")
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now It’s a just a spring clean for the May Queen ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/17 "2012-12-20T17:10:08Z")
You know, you know, you know you know my name. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/18 "2012-12-20T17:14:51Z")
Gang fight, gang fight, the gang is down to fight. Have you brought this chicken for me to eat? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/19 "2012-12-20T17:18:55Z")
With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention, While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen. Saying – hows your granny and Good old ernie: he coughed up a tenner on a premium bond win. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513/20 "2012-12-20T17:34:29Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Suit yourself, I’m easy. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-here-and-completely-embarass-yourself-with-a-song-lyric/644513.md?page=2)