One of the many means of entertainment at E is to try to beat the bartenders at "Name that tune". Actually, it's "Name the artist of that tune". It startles some of the other bar guests at times, especially if they are in the middle of ordering and Brent yells out "Foreigner!".
Last week, one of the "other" guests (you know, the ones that sit on the other side of the bar, because they're either hotel guests, or not one of the gang), decided to play along. "Mr. Mister!", he shouted after just a few notes of "Kyrie Eleison". "Very good!", I told him.
He then added, "Yeah - Carrie gets the lays on. Man, I used to like that song."
I almost spit out my beer - "WHAT?".
Him: "Yeah I couldn't believe they played a song about some girl laying people on the radio".
It took a full 2 minutes for me to stop laughing.
Me: "It's 'Kyrie Eleison' - means 'Lord have mercy'. You're obviously not Catholic, are you?"
Him: "Nope. Man. That gives a whole new meaning to that song, huh?"
Me: "Oh yeah..."
5 comments:
I bet he was hitting on you and you didn't realize it. That's one of the best tricks in the book, saying something quasi-dumb as a conversation starter.
I have tried things like asking "When are they going to play the Country Music?" in very non-country places or pretended to be deathly afraid of tiny dogs. For some reason, appearing pity-inducingly dumb is very effective.
hmm... Possibly. I'm extremely dense about things like that. Usually have to be hit in the head with a brick before I realize some guy is interested in me.
Brick? More like a sledgehammer! I've seen guys jump through flaming hoops to get your attention, and you don't even notice when they catch on fire.
Ok, MS, that's a bit of an exaggeration! Besides, I'm too much of a pyro to not notice that...
lol...i have got to meet ms one of these days!!! the guy at E probably was that dumb. alot of people who either didn't have the album or who weren't catholic didn't have a clue about that song! i remember having to correct those idiots 20 years ago. whoops, i'm showing my age...lol
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