I hope to add a smile on your face as you read my choice. Aretha Franklin’s hit in 1967 has a misheard line and below is the explanation from her.

“THERE’S one massive showstopping moment in Aretha Franklin’s breakout hit Respect — but so many people get it wrong, the Queen of Soul herself had to set the record straight.”

Nick Bond@bondnickbond

August 17, 2018 – 1:15PM

“That “take out TCP” line doesn’t make much sense, when you think about it. Take T, C and P out of RESPECT and what are you left with? RESE, which don’t mean much.”

“The line, in fact, is “Take care of TCP” — something the Queen of Soul herself was happy to clear up to a Los Angeles Times reporter writing about the frequently misheard lyric back in 1998.”

“Hello, this is Aretha Franklin … It’s ‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take care of T-C-B,’ as in taking care of business,” the singer said in a voicemail left to the LA Times after they pondered the meaning of the lyric.”

The song has surged back into the iTunes charts today after the sad news of Franklin’s death at age 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.”

Power Dynamics and the Human Struggle for Equality and Justice

The festival was on but Joe started getting cold feet. He had eaten too much at the continuing feast and there were no porta potties near.😳

Three Things Challenge #MM559

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Haiku Fridays with J-Dub #22

Who can say if life is better, than mine, or my daughter’s or my granddaughter’s? Envy may play a part, jealousy over intelligence, beauty, health, even politics in 2026, comes into thinking that they are better than you, their life is easier, or richer. Not monetarily rich, but life in general. Is it circumstance or effort? Why not let them live their life and look in the mirror. Have you done everything you can to make your own life better, in the senses of what you consider better? Someone you think is living better in some way may have a debilitating illness that doesn’t show, or a problem they can’t share with you. The old saying “behind closed doors” is true enough in this aspect. Might “no time can be easy if one is living through it” mean you probably have no idea what a person’s life is really like, and should you explore that with them or keep your thoughts to yourself?

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #449

Response to the Daily Post Prompt: Pretend

 by rugby843, posted 9-25-2017

When I was a small girl, my favorite rainy day activity was going into our huge attic. There was an old Victrola and big black heavy records to play. There were trunks full of old clothing from previous decades. My sisters and I had great imaginations and would dress up, play music, and pretend we were characters from a book. Of course we loved playing “Little Women”, one of our favorite books. My sister always played Jo, her namesake. We would be Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Boris Karloff, or a film noir detective resembling Humphrey Bogart. There was a knot hole in the flooring in which we viciously lowered a fake spider to scare our grandmother below. Echoes of “you little whippersnappers!” I still hear today. Every child should have an attic.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/pretend/

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Fandango’s Flashback Friday — September 25th

Almost a joke
Hokum being spoke
Trump minion
Today proved that
Mike Johnson
At the drop of a hat
Disabled congress
Till after elections
His aggression
Towards Trump deniers
Soon he’ll be distributing flyers!

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Weekend Writing Prompt #487 – Hokum

It’s a pool, the kids exclaimed, one of many treats they will experience this vacation. They had been waiting for months, looking forward to this trip that included Disney world, seeing sharks up close and even a glass bottomed boat ride! All the school days forgotten for two weeks. That was the plan. Then Joe decided to sneak out of mom’s view and jump in the pool, not realizing it was the deep end and he couldn’t touch the bottom. Panic set in and after his mom rescued him, Joe sat on the side for the rest of the day.

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25 September 2026

Sue knew she could win the kissogram quiz because she had the most beautiful rosy red Cupid’s bow lips of all the contestants. There was no adversary to compare with her. If only she hadn’t chosen to eat a blueberry waffle before the contest!

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Can You Tell A Story In…

“Sweatpants season has finally arrived!”This was a suggested one liner but these days you rarely see anyone not wearing sweatpants or pajamas!🥴

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One-Liner Wednesday – It’s cold already!

Today the meaning of service is pretty complicated. My first thought is military service and how badly, even disgusting, the treatment and disrespect of military members by the leader of our country and the pentagon. Fools and philanderers take the lead in their jobs, making speeches, declaring unnecessary wars, threats to our allies, and that is only a trifle of their unqualified behavior. The latest by Hegseth about testosterone checks? Omg, unbelievable! How is this happening? It’s mind boggling! Service used to mean serving our country to the best of our ability. Trump has no idea what that means. He only serves himself in every aspect of his life. I’ll stop here😐

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