# Respond to the previous poster by quoting a song lyric. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990 "2007-04-20T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/221 "2007-04-23T18:28:58Z")
Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. –Sir Charles Chaplin ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/222 "2007-04-23T18:50:00Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Come together, right now, over me! –The Beatles [/QUOTE] Right now, you’re being an asshole – Binky Bunker and the Shitheads ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/223 "2007-04-23T18:58:11Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. –Sir Charles Chaplin [/QUOTE] I don’t know how I got this way I know it’s not alright So I’m breaking the habit I’m breaking the habit Tonight ``` -- Linkin Park ``` ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/224 "2007-04-23T19:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Right now, you’re being an asshole – Binky Bunker and the Shitheads [/QUOTE] No personal insults in MPSIMS, **5-4-Fighting**. If you feel someone is picking a fight with you, report the post and don’t respond. Otherwise, take it to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/225 "2007-04-23T19:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=True Blue Jack] - TO-gether! …And when the evening’s done… … We smiiiiile… 🙂 * * * True Blue Jack [/QUOTE] I like mine with lettuce and tomato Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer Well good god almighty which way do i steer for my Cheeseburger in paradise –Jimmy Buffett (couldn’t find any ham sandwich references!) ---
**Author:** ![lovelybean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@lovelybean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelybean)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/226 "2007-04-23T19:33:15Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] I like mine with lettuce and tomato Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer Well good god almighty which way do i steer for my Cheeseburger in paradise –Jimmy Buffett (couldn’t find any ham sandwich references!) [/QUOTE] Rattle snake piccata with grapes and figs Old brown Betty with a yellow wig Tain’t the mince meat filagree And it ain’t the turkey neck stew And it ain’t them bruleed Okra seeds though she Made them especially for you Worse won a prize for her Bottom black pie The beans got to thrown to the dogs Jaheseus Christ I can always Make room when they’re Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/227 "2007-04-23T20:31:25Z")
I think she put something in my gumbo, I’m feeling mighty strange. (Porchdogs) ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/228 "2007-04-23T20:34:45Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I think she put something in my gumbo, I’m feeling mighty strange. (Porchdogs) [/QUOTE] Those blackeyed peas They tasted alright to me, Earl. You feelin’ weak? Why don’t you lay down and sleep, Earl? Ain’t it dark Wrapped up in that tarp, Earl? ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/229 "2007-04-23T20:42:33Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Those blackeyed peas They tasted alright to me, Earl. You feelin’ weak? Why don’t you lay down and sleep, Earl? Ain’t it dark Wrapped up in that tarp, Earl? [/QUOTE] Somebody bring me some water Can’t you see I’m burning alive Can’t you see my baby’s got another lover I don’t know how I’m gonna survive _(Melissa Etheridge)_ ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/230 "2007-04-23T20:44:12Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Somebody bring me some water Can’t you see I’m burning alive Can’t you see my baby’s got another lover I don’t know how I’m gonna survive _(Melissa Etheridge)_ [/QUOTE] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that’s so hard to bear You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night. (Peggy Lee?) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/231 "2007-04-23T20:50:45Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that’s so hard to bear You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night. (Peggy Lee?) [/QUOTE] Fire Smoke, she is a rising fire Oh, smoke on the horizon, yeah Fire Smoke, she is a rising fire Oh, smokestack lightning, baby -The Cult ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/232 "2007-04-23T20:51:27Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that’s so hard to bear You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night. (Peggy Lee?) [/QUOTE] When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I got that feeling once again. I cant explain, you would not understand. This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb. (_Floyd_) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/233 "2007-04-23T20:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I got that feeling once again. I cant explain, you would not understand. This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb. (_Floyd_) [/QUOTE] Cat scratch fever It’s nothin dangerous I feel no pain I’ve got to ch-ch-change You know you got it when you’re going insane _(Ted Nugent)_ ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/234 "2007-04-23T21:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Fire Smoke, she is a rising fire Oh, smoke on the horizon, yeah Fire Smoke, she is a rising fire Oh, smokestack lightning, baby -The Cult [/QUOTE] Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky. (Deep Purple) [QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Cat scratch fever It’s nothin dangerous I feel no pain I’ve got to ch-ch-change You know you got it when you’re going insane _(Ted Nugent)_ [/QUOTE] The way we talk The way we stalk The way we kiss We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker And wider and brighter We bite and scratch and scream all night Let’s go and Throw all the songs we know Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I’ll show you in spring It’s a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats (The Cure) ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/235 "2007-04-23T21:07:58Z")
Tell Tell Tell how me you do that trick The one that makes me scream “She’s sick” !!! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/236 "2007-04-23T21:16:37Z")
[QUOTE=akira5822] Tell Tell Tell how me you do that trick The one that makes me scream “She’s sick” !!! [/QUOTE] Doctor, doctor, gimme the news, I got a– Bad case of lovin’ you! No pill’s gonna cure my head, I got a– Bad case of love instead! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/237 "2007-04-23T21:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=akira5822] Tell Tell Tell how me you do that trick The one that makes me scream “She’s sick” !!! [/QUOTE] Nitpick: The lyrics correctly are “The one that makes me scream she said” Uh oh it’s magic, when I’m with you! (The Cars) ETA: My response above still stands for: [QUOTE=Spoons] Doctor, doctor, gimme the news, I got a– Bad case of lovin’ you! No pill’s gonna cure my head, I got a– Bad case of love instead! [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/238 "2007-04-23T21:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Uh oh it’s magic, when I’m with you! (The Cars) [/QUOTE] You can do magic You can have anything that you desire Magic, and you know You’re the one who can put out the fire (America) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/239 "2007-04-23T21:22:59Z")
[QUOTE=akira5822] Tell Tell Tell how me you do that trick The one that makes me scream “She’s sick” !!! [/QUOTE] deleted ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/240 "2007-04-23T21:26:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You can do magic You can have anything that you desire Magic, and you know You’re the one who can put out the fire (America) [/QUOTE] Abra-abra-cadabra I want to reach out and grab ya Abra-abra-cadabra Abracadabra You make me hot, you make me sigh You make me laugh, you make me cry Keep me burnin’ for your love With the touch of a velvet glove (Steve Miller Band) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=13)