The Top 40 Fantasies No.3

1. Albatross (1968)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fleetwood Mac

2. Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar (1940)                                                                                                                                                                               Will Bradley and his Orchestra; vocalist: Ray McKinley

3. See My Baby Jive (1973)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Wizzard

4. Then He Kissed Me (1963)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Crystals

5. Something In The Air (1969)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Thunderclap Newman

6. The Children Of The Revolution (1972)                                                                                                                                                                                                 T. Rex

7. Smoky Mountain Rain (1980)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ronnie Milsap

8. King Size Papa (1948)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Julia Lee and her Boyfriends

9. Kung Fu Fighting (1974)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Carl Douglas

10. Big Man (1958)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Four Preps

11. Still The One (1976)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Orleans

12. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (1951)                                                                                                                                                                                       Les Paul and Mary Ford

13. Won’t Get Fooled Again (1971)                                                                                                                                                                                                               The Who

14. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (1963)                                                                                                                                                                                                  Gene Pitney

15. Ramblin Man (1973)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The Allman Brothers Band

16. Every Beat Of My Heart (1961)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Pips

17. You Got What It Takes (1959)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Marv Johnson

18. We Will Make Love (1957)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Russ Hamilton

19. Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes (1948)                                                                                                                                                                                           Evelyn Knight

20. Once A Day (1964)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Connie Smith

21. Don’t You Know I Love You (1951)                                                                                                                                                                                                           The Clovers

22. Black And White (1972)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Three Dog Night

23. Bop Girl (1983)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Pat Wilson

24. Glass Of Champagne (1975)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Sailor

25. Stranded In The Jungle (1956)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Cadets

26. Since I Fell For You (1963)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Lenny Welch

27. That’s The Way God Planned It (1969)                                                                                                                                                                                                      Billy Preston

28. I’m Walking The Dog (1953)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Webb Pierce

29. I Got You (1980)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Split Enz

30. The Cisco Kid (1973)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      War

31. It Was A Tear (1957)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Drifters

32. Super Kind Of Woman (1973)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Freddie Hart

33. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (1967)                                                                                                                                                                                        Traffic

34. Tennessee Wig Walk (1953)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Bonnie Lou

35. Ram-Bunk-Shush (1961)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Ventures

36. Dancing Chandelier (1957)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Sylvia Syms

37. Pretty Little Angel Eyes (1961)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Curtis Lee

38. You Just As Well Let Her Go (1936)                                                                                                                                                                                                             Casey Bill Weldon

39. 66-5-4-3-2-1 (1966)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Troggs

40. Skin Deep (1984)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The Stranglers

 

Answers to ‘How Dinky-di Are You?

1. Torch

2. Thongs

3. Holiday

4. Prawns

5. Fairy Floss

6. Home Unit (Unit), Flat

7. Petrol

8. Spanner

9. Lift

10. (Tomato) Sauce

11.Windscreen

12. Footpath

 

Ratings:

12 correct answers means that you are ‘Ridgy Didge Dinky-di’

10 or 11: almost ‘Ridgy Didge’

6-9: a ‘Ridgy Didge’ impersonator

Five or less: Censored (Sit for the test, again, next week)

N.B. No correspondence shall be entered into.

How Dinky-di Are You?

Warning: The following test should not be attempted by non-Australians.

Can you provide the ‘dinky-di’ equivalents to the following?

1. Flashlight

2. Flip-flops

3. Vacation

4. Shrimps

5. Candy Floss, Cotton Candy

6. Condominium (Condo), Apartment

7. Gasoline

8. Wrench

9. Elevator

10. Ketchup

11. Windshield

12. Pavement, Sidewalk

Answers, together with your rating, are displayed beneath ‘The Top 40 Fantasies No. 3’.

The Worst Smog: Wednesday, 24th August, 1977

We awoke to another gloriously sunny morning, however, the smog is the worst that I have seen; with no wind to clear the air.

“The Wild, Wild World Of Animals”, this evening is about the lion. “Johnny Mathis In Concert” screens on Channel Ten from half past seven. The performance was recorded in 1975, in Edmonton, Canada.

One hour later we watched the film, “Skullduggery”. It was produced in 1969 and its cast includes Burt Reynolds, the Canadian actress, Susan Clark and the late Australian actor, Chips Rafferty.

 

Articulate English: Adjectives

Adjectives (also, informally, known as “describing” words) are linked to nouns in sentences.

They can serve to tell us ‘how many’ e.g., Ten soldiers stood on the ridge.

In this sentence ‘Ten’ is the adjective, as it informs us as to how many ‘soldiers’ were present.

Adjectives can also inform us as to ‘what kind’ the noun is.

The colourful parrot flew over the house.

In the above sentence the adjective, ‘colourful’, describes the parrot’s appearance.

Occasionally, more than one adjective might be used to describe a noun.

For example, in the sentence:

The sleek, grey car belongs to Tommy’s father.

Both ‘sleek’ and ‘grey’ describe the noun, ‘car’.

Sometimes, when more than one adjective is used to describe a noun, a comma is placed between the adjectives.