In other words

So as I am wont to do when my mind wanders far from home, I was pondering the strange little quirks in our speech that has us all at a singular disadvantage when what comes out of our mouth wasn't really what we intended at all.

There are times that becomes a serendipitous moment of humor and other times a bizarre embarrassment.

Like the chick who was trying to explain about the medicine you take when you are trying to throw up and mistook Ipanema for Ipecac. One is a delightful Brazilian vacation away from it all and the other... well, not so much. Unless you have ever mistaken bowing before the porcelain god for a good time.

Or how about those misheard lyrics we have all been guilty of shouting out only to find to our horror that not only were they NOT singing what we thought they were, but indeed it was of such vastly different content as to make us appear to be the biggest buffoons in the universe.

ABBA has inspired some doozies in that department.

"You can dance, you can die having the time of your life ooh ooh ooh see that girl watch the screen dig up the dancing queen".  Makes that song rather perfect for Halloween when sung that way!

Or how about this one?

"you are the dancing queen, feel the beat of a tangerine" Who knew fruit had rhythm?

And speaking of queens, the group QUEEN has managed a doozy themselves as their fans grapple with the contorted pronunciations and come up with the following:

"Algebra has the devil for a sidekick" (for the record, I'd agree with the statement's sentiment if not its musicality!)

And there is this one: "this is the dawning of the age of Asparagus, the age of Asparagus.... ASPARAGUS!"  I'm quite sure the Fifth Dimension was not contemplating Hollandaise sauce when they wrote that song.

Of course, the younger generation who didn't grow up hearing Elvis Presley as a frequent radio staple have some interesting interpretations of what he is singing: "You ain't never pornographic and you ain't no friend of mine!"  Clearly, they are looking for a very DIFFERENT kind of friendship that most of us anticipate...

Lyrics aside, the misused words and phrases that creep into our daily life add a sprinkle of seasoning to our otherwise dull palate of conversation.

We sing, say and interpret the spoken word in so much variety it can only be considered a wonderful reminder that we are not created equally. Thank goodness! Plus it can certainly bring some levity to the situation.

Reckon it's about time to settle in for the night and get ready for bed. Time to sing some Credence Clearwater Revival... you know that song that is always so helpful when you are doing all of your last minute chores...  "there's a bathroom on the right".