Okay, first things first...everyone gather around in a big group hug. For everyone that played "Five Big, Fat Lies and...the Truth" with me either in the comments section or mentally (I know there are a lotttttttt of lurkers out there!), THANKS, MAN!!! Most every comment had a least some truth in it, EXCEPT FOR THE MOCK TURTLENECKS STATMENT, FOR GOODNESS SAKES (I said I had an extensive collection). The statement that was ABSOLUTELY TRUE, however, was guessed correctly by the following really, really, really, really, really smart people:
Kristina with Pulsipher Predilections
Allison with Reviving the Right Brain
Tarja with The Flying Chalupa
Lisa (my sister!!) with Social-o-logy
My dear friend, Tiffany (no blog)
Momma Kiss (Happy Birthday!!!)
Steph S. with A Day in the Life of a Grad Student's Wife
(Go visit their sites...but after you're finished reading mine, a'ight?)
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| It's not so hard to believe anymore, is it? |
Alllll of these homies knew that I knew just about ALL the words to almost every song on Warren G.'s 1994 album, "G Funk Era". Back in 1994, this CD was alllllllllll up in the CD player of my hand-me-down-humility-building 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. "Regulaaaatorrrrs, MOUNT UP!!! It was a clear dark night, a clear white moon, Warren G. was on the streets trying to consume..." was often heard coming out of my speakers. I know the girls that guessed this as my truth could probably sing along. Am I right or am I right? If you want to hear more (and you know you do), click here. I know there are a range of ages that read this blog, so I will let it pass if you don't know it. "Regulate" was my song back in 1994 (my second year in college). I just felt all invincible, tough and urban-like with my girfriends as we all became Warren G. himself for a few minutes. The crazy thing is that I could listen to Warren G. one minute and then decide I needed a Anne Murray "Could I Have This Dance?" fix an hour or so later. I know. I don't know what's wrong with me either.
IMPORTANT SIDENOTE: That fake mink, the Louis Vuitton and the necklace all aren't mine. Everything I own is from Target.
Some of you STILL deserve to win, however, because you practically guessed correctly. If it weren't for my sly, dishonest ways, you would have been right! A Family of Looneys, Finding the Humor, Momma Made It Look Easy, Monkey Man, Lex Loci Lori, Snips and Snails (who is the mother of beautiful Andrew on my sidebar), Mojo Mama Blog, All Work and No Play Makes Mommy Go Something Something, Kludgy Mom, Knee Deep in Mommahood, Confessions of a Closet Hoarder and Life by Chocolate: Robyn Alana Engel's Blog all said the following was TRUE:
"At a party in college, I tried to impress someone by lying and saying that I could play the heck out of a harmonica. Within seconds, a harmonica was in my hand and I was surrounded by interested partygoers waiting for me to belt out some B.B. King tunes. I faked that I was sick to avoid further humiliation."
All of that was true EXCEPT that it was a GUITAR I pretended to know how to play, not a harmonica. If I really could play a harmonica and that story was true above, I sure wouldn't be playing someone else's harmonica. Icky. To be fair, I wasn't trying to all-out LIE. I had strummed a guitar a few times and maybe mentioned that I had done that to my new friend when it was perceived that I said I could actually play a song. Seeing how impressed the person was by this statement of mine, I didn't immediately retract it. All of sudden, that blasted guitar was in my hands... I'm sure I was really craving some of my beloved Pepto Bismol at that point.
And because I just know you are DYING to know...
My favorite female comedian is Kristen Wiig, not Ellen DeGeneres. Looooooove her. One of my favorite skits is where she impersonates KLG.
I DO love to impersonate Lily Tomlin characters, love The Mandrell Sisters television show and would totally drop everything, including my neighbor's tiny dog, if The Carol Burnett Show came on TV. Monkey Man said I was too young to know these shows. It's true that I wasn't in my prime when these were on TV, but I remember them all. I'm 35 years old, so I'm not sure how old I was when they were on-air. Six months old? Daaaaaaaang. I have a good memory.
Lastly, I did discover quite late that "awallago" meant "a while ago", but I probably realized it circa 1985. It dawned on me all of sudden with a "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey, they're saying 'a WHILE ago'. Now that I've figured this out, NOTHING's gettin' pass me, people!!" I could probably write a whole Jeff Foxworthy-esque post about the things Southern people say.
So, that's it. Now comes the fun part where I pass this fun little game on to 3 other people. Kimberly from All Work and No PLay Makes Mommy Go Something Something gave it to me and now I am passing it on to...Momma Kiss, The Kludgy Mom and Life by Chocolate: Robyn Alana Engel's Blog. Play only if you want to, of course!
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Pssst...did you notice my "favicon" of an orange chair in that very top bar of your computer? I won it from Angela over at "Striking Keys" and I love it! Thanks, Angela!!!
19 comments:
YAY!!! I'm going to be listening for this song for the rest of the day today for sure. Love your blog, you have a new follower. :)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, not for linking to me in you blog, but for not including me in the list of three. I am relieved.
Should have known you were a gangsta wannabe. You so look the type.
Ahhh. I was so close, not really, but I can pretend. Oddly, I don't know who Warren G is and we are practically the same age...probably has somethin' to do with the fact that I was busy listenin' to Phish & the Allman Brothers at that time...once the smoke cleared then I discovered R&B music.
Have a great weekend!
Woot, woot!
Consider me one of the lurkers on that post. I read it and thought about it, and decided I just wasn't smart enough to venture a guess. Or maybe it's because I read the post all blearly eyed at 2 in the morning. LOL
Oh, yeah. Warren G. LOL. I remember those days. =D
ps: I have an award for you on my blog.
Man, I'm terrible at spotting lies! I'm just so trusting.
Darn I knew I should have gone with my instinct. I was thinking a mock turtleneck isn't something that normally comes to one's mind without looking at one. I love Kristen Wiig, too...you are right that impersonation is hysterical. Southern talk does often require translation. I remember my grandmother talking about "flairs"...my sister and I kept looking in the sky until we realized she was saying "flowers".
Ha Ha! Girl, you were all that - love the faux everything. Also sooo sorry I missed the game. I would have definitely pegged you for a harmonica player/hummer/blower. Ha!
My neighbor, Angie, also totally guessed correctly but she gave me the answer on my blog's FB page & I overlooked it!! Boo me!! I am trying to get her to comment on the blog via the "anonymous" feature (so she doesn't have to open any accounts)... Angie, you knew you were very smart anyway!
You are as kind as you are fun, Miss Kelley! I love being included in the "sort-of" winners list, even though it sounds like you play guitar better than the harmonica.
I'm honored, too, to be on the list of just 3 to carry forward this liars' game..My brain's getting busy with it.
Thank you!
xoRobyn
Thank the LAWD you don't have a collection of the mocks. I am a little disappointed that you didn't play harmonica with your nose...like in the picture. Was that a true likeness of you? Kidding...you are beautiful my dear!
The Southern speak I had the hardest time trying to get used to? When a commercial would come on the radio or television and talk about a living room, bedroom or dining room suit. I had NO idea what they were talking about and wondered why in the world anyone would need a different suit for each room in the house. Turns out they were selling FURNITURE, and they were pronouncing SUITE as SUIT. Drove me nuts. :P
And you are sneaky. ;O) Love that your story was almost true. LOL
How did I miss this game?! Oh well, catch it next time.
Kristen Wiig is my favorite too.
Also, I can really play the harmonica. Really. I swear.
So glad I got the right answer. I knew the mock turtle necks had to be a lie. Fo Sho.
Had a shitton going on yesterday, didn't make it by. But thanks for the birthday wishes AND calling me out on my age. No really. :p
And if you smoke like I smoke then you're high like every day! Aww yeah holla for my sister from another mister...I didn't get a chance to play either but alas I would have guessed the harmonica one too, but instead I find out that you're an OG just like me...I had to ask an African American gentleman what OG meant and he told me but laughed his ass off...
No one knows you like I do, Kelley. No one. Except eight other people. And I totally clicked over to hear a little Warren G. Love it. Also, it takes just one mention of Ann Murray to make a post HILARIOUS. Seriously.
They took my rings! They too my Rolex. I looked at the brother, said 'Damn What's next?'
LOOOOOOVE that song.
I took many things away from this post, but the most important - that you are a girl after my own heart. I too grew up on the Carol Burnett Show, and as I will be 35 next month, it must be said you and I were ahead of our time.
So glad The Flying Chalupa sent me over.
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