# On the heels of the Madonna thread...I presnt Gruppe Abba! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487 "2000-02-06T03:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/1 "2000-02-06T03:26:00Z")
As G Gordon Liddy describes them anyway…love his show, hate his politics. He read a Rueters dispatch on his show yesterday, it seems Abba turned down one billion (yes that’s with a B) dollars to regroup and do a 100 city tour. Y’all think that’s because they don’t need the money or they finally realized they really suck? * * * Lord Flasheart to Nursie: I like it firm and fruity. Am I glad to see you or did I just put a canoe in my pocket? Lord Flasheart: She’s got a tongue like an electric eel and she likes the taste of a man’s tonsils. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/2 "2000-02-06T04:42:00Z")
Maybe they don’t want to put [Björn Again](http://www.bjornagain.com) out of business. * * * I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I’m lucky if I can find a half an hour a week in which to get funky. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/3 "2000-02-06T23:57:00Z")
ABBA consisted of 2 married couples. Both couples are now divorced. Both partners of both couples began fooling around with their opposite sex counterpart from the other former couple. So now, nobody in either couple wants to talk to ANYBODY in the group EVER AGAIN. :eek: Why would anybody marry anyone who is a big name in film,the stage, or the music industry? 😕 Crazy people!!! * * * With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D, and you still have the frog you started with. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/4 "2000-02-07T00:45:00Z")
Abba is NOT regrouping? Ha! And they say there’s no God. * * * I don’t have to do drugs to mess up my head. I went to Catholic school. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/5 "2000-02-07T01:33:00Z")
So there is some bitterness in the past… for one billion dollars US, I will team up with bj0rn and do a European AND North American ABBA Karaoke Tour! One Billion?? And what record company/concert promoter is going to raise THAT kind of money? We’re talking about the GDP of, say, Angola! Where is this rumour? BTW, I would love to see ABBA live. I’m funny that way 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/6 "2000-02-07T02:15:00Z")
I’m with Coldfire. But then the first album I ever bought was an Abba album, and I still own it. “The Winner Takes It All” brings a tear to my eye every time. But Bjorn Again will do in the meantime. How can you not love an Abba tribute band who responds to an Erasure record of Abba covers called “Abba-esque” by releasing a record of Erasure covers called “Erasure-ish”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/7 "2000-02-07T02:19:00Z")
Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor Did the contract say they had to play the same 100 cities the same night? TRwo of them could start ahead, followed by the other two, a day behind. You’d have to go two nights in a row to see all 4. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-heels-of-the-madonna-thread-i-presnt-gruppe-abba/13487/8 "2000-02-07T12:52:00Z")
Coldfire… Here’s the link you requested [http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000202/re/people\_abba\_1.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000202/re/people_abba_1.html)