# There she was just a-walking down the street **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2001, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200 "2001-07-12T12:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/1 "2001-07-12T12:08:20Z")
Singing, ‘Doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo’ (Barry/Greenwich) - Showaddywaddy 1980 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/2 "2001-07-12T12:09:41Z")
Snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet. ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/3 "2001-07-12T12:09:52Z")
Snapping her fingers and a shuffling her feet… (doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo) ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/4 "2001-07-12T12:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amp \* > \*\*Snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet. \*\* (Dang! Why does someone always beat me?) “She looked good!” ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/5 "2001-07-12T12:14:32Z")
Singing do-what-daddy-did-to-mummy-to-make-me _giggles like a schoolgirl_ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/6 "2001-07-12T22:55:08Z")
she looked fine… ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/7 "2001-07-12T23:00:45Z")
Then I nearly blew my mind! ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/8 "2001-07-12T23:08:41Z")
oh oh oh oh oh oh (insert 80’s guitar solo) ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/9 "2001-07-12T23:21:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\*oh oh oh oh oh oh > (insert 80’s guitar solo) \*\* 80s!!! 80s!!! No, no! That song is much older than that. Ooooow ooow I knew we were falling in love… ---
**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:** [July 13, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/10 "2001-07-13T01:10:28Z")
Yes, I did and so I told her all the things I’d been dreamin’ of… ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/11 "2001-07-13T02:00:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SexyWriter \* > 80s!!! 80s!!! No, no! That song is much older than that. > \*\* I know! I was improvising! ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/12 "2001-07-13T10:52:05Z")
**Francesca** , you’re so cute when you’re giddy. **Bad News Baboon** ’s guitar solo can stay. **SexyWriter** , (Why does someone always beat me?), it must be that “whips and chains” look on your face. Hmmm. Where are we now? Before I knew it she was walking next to me singing, ‘Doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo’, -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/13 "2001-07-13T13:48:31Z")
Well I’m hers [sub]I’m hers[/sub] She’s mine [sub]she’s mine[/sub] I’m hers, She’s mine and I’m gonna make her mine [aside] This song was number one in the US the day I was born[/aside] ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/14 "2001-07-13T14:23:47Z")
Hey that’s MY song, dammit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/15 "2001-07-14T00:14:07Z")
_ahem_ Holdin’ my hand, just as natural as can be, singin’ ‘Doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo’ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/16 "2001-07-14T12:42:41Z")
I’m hers (I’m her’s); she’s mine (she’s mine). Wedding bells are gonna chime. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/17 "2001-07-14T16:28:31Z")
_humming enthusiastically, she weaves her way to the stage through the crowd_ (screaming) _YO! Yo, **Rue DeDay**! Why are you singing this anyways?_ _sways in rhythmn with the music_ ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/18 "2001-07-14T18:26:30Z")
Now you need an excuse for a happy-song sing-a-long, **Searching For Truth**? Now we’re together nearly every single day singing, ‘Doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo’, -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/19 "2001-07-14T20:52:55Z")
…ting tang walla walla bing-bang Oooh eeee oooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing-bang! Oh, sorry - got a little confused there. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200/20 "2001-07-15T03:14:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*Now you need an excuse for a happy-song sing-a-long, **Searching For Truth**? > > -Rue. \*\* Nah, just wanted to know why you’re so damn happy! 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-she-was-just-a-walking-down-the-street/72200.md?page=2)