My first thought as well, but I recall ‘crummy’ is commonly used. How many people pronounce the ‘b’ anyway?
I think I’m right in saying that Robert Hazard, the writer, only ever recorded a demo of it (which I assume is the YouTube you linked to). As (if I’m remembering correctly) he never released it (or at least not at the time), the Lauper version isn’t a cover. I can’t find a direct confirmation of this right now, so let’s say nitpick (TBC) 
IIRC this came up a few years ago in a thread. I also think I remember that Lauper knew of the song as she and (writer) Hazard had the same manager. I also think that @EinsteinsHund was part of the discussion - any memory of this, EH?
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Sorry, no, I don’t remember having been involved in such a discussion. I’ve known for some time, maybe learned it here on this board, that “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” wasn’t written by Cindy Lauper, but I didn’t even remember the name Robert Hazard.
Hazard only had 5 songs released (on an EP and a single) by 1983 and none of them was “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”.
Yeah, I failed to prove the negative just that way as well!
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I saw one of those listicles list this, and admit the writer didn’t actually publish a recording. I got really annoyed with them for saying it was a cover. I’ll bet they only included it to make it 10 long
Back in the '20s, my dad was part of a gang of kids who’d be invited onto the porch of a children’s author (Leo Edwards) to hear the next chapter of a kids adventure novel. And discuss it … and give Leo unpaid editorial advice.
He wrote over forty of these books, and the last dozen pages of each book were filled with letters from kids, with their names and addresses. Leo would comment on the letters, and encourage the kids to write each other. Those kids (including my dad and his siblings) were part of “The Order of the Freckled Goldfish”.
That one took me a few moments.
Really? There is no difference? I thought “cheese food” was 100% cheese with extra stuff (non-cheese) added.
According to Wikipedia, Pasteurized Process Cheese is emulsified cheese with up to 5% added non-cheese dairy content. Pasteurized Process Cheese Food is emulsified cheese with up to 49% added non-cheese dairy content. Pasteurized Process Cheese Product is an unregulated term and could contain anything they want, but seems to be popularly used to employ Milk Protein Concentrate, whatever that is.
I remember reading Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators books when i was a
kid … and iirc he (AH) appears to have “borrowed” at least 2 of those books’ plots !!
(I definitely remember stuttering parrots and whispering mummies !)
Today I learned a car reached 204 MPH in 1927. That’s slightly faster than the fastest (allowable) speed of a NASCAR.
In 1935, a car was built that reached a speed of 301 MPH, which is roughly equal to the top speed of the fastest production car ever built (the Chiron Super Sport 300+, which was built between 2019 and 2022).
Bonnie Tyler, Juice Newton, and Ronnie Spector all released versions of “It’s a Heartache” at around the same time, but only Bonnie Tyler made a hit out of it. Juice’s stalled at #86, and I don’t think Ronnie’s charted at all. They’re on youtube. Pretty much the same arrangements, and all versions were pretty good. Juice’s had (to me) a somewhat country feel to it. I think Ronnie’s was probably the best, and should have at least charted.
The situation got reversed when the original version of “The Best” by Bonnie Tyler went nowhere in 1988, only to become a massive international hit the next year for Tina Turner.
Today I learned that there has been exactly one NFL safety on a completed pass that didn’t involve a penalty or a fumble.
From Wikipedia:
On September 26, 2021, the Miami Dolphins led the Las Vegas Raiders 14-0 late in the first quarter.
After an A. J. Cole III punt was downed at the Dolphins’ one-yard line by Raider Zay Jones, the Dolphins’ first play from scrimmage was a designed swing pass to the left flat thrown by Jacoby Brissett to Jaylen Waddle. Waddle caught the pass approximately two yards behind the goal line in his own end zone, but was immediately tackled by Raiders cornerback Casey Hayward for a safety.
According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, this was the first safety in NFL history on a completed pass that did not include a penalty or fumble on the play. The safety earned the Raiders their first points en route to a 31-28 victory in overtime.
That is very surprising. I assumed there would be more. One thing to keep in mind is that any backwards pass, isn’t considered a “pass”, but rather a handoff. I suspect there are at least a few more safeties from that scenario.
Surprised me too. A pass is unique because it had to be a completed pass. If the receiver couldn’t hand on to it and perform a football move or whatever it’s called then it would just be a dead ball.
But how many can you reasonably expect? At best you have 9 yards to make a forward pass still within the endzone so it seems like a silly play call almost every time except for maybe, “Oh crap in about to be sacked in the tackle box.” so you dump it to a running back and pray he can get out of the endzone.
But the one play where this happened was first down. And a swing pass to a running back which is caught behind the line of scrimmage is not an unusual play.
Although, given the circumstances, throwing a pass that is designed to be completed in your own end zone is maybe not the best play call.
Maybe a bad decision by the QB to avoid getting tackled. It was a first down and a penalty for intentional grounding wouldn’t have been that bad, only moving them from the 1 to the 1/2 yard line.