The Archive Of Misheard Lyrics & Miscellaneous Stuff

Ever heard a song and loved it ? Found your self singing it out loud so all and sundry could hear you and not just in the shower ? Only to find out from some kind soul that you have NOT been singing the correct words to that song ? Like " Lucy In Disguise With Glasses " ! For years that's what I thought the Beatles were singing , lol !

Like so many other people who thought they knew all the words , this web sight will give you many hours of laughter looking up songs you thought you knew . It features personal stories from others that also thought they knew a song or two , lol . Then after you read their version , you can click on a link to the "real " lyrics to read .


Remember a few post back I mentioned a visit to Beauty Street with a friend ? She bought a bubble bath soap that promised transportation to exotic places when you use the bubble bath . I saw her today and asked her if she had tried out the bubble bath yet . She said yes , she had . Well ??? What happened ? Where did you go ? Did it hold up to the promise on the label to export you to exotic places ? She smiled a Mona Lisa smile and looked dreamily off into the distance without answering me . So , I guess I have to make another trip to Beauty Street to get some of that stuff and see where she went !


The Olympics have started . Moe is watching China and the Netherlands try to trounce each other in football ( soccer ) . I am not too sure which events we will be able to see here on the different channels we have on our sat. dish but hope at least to see some of the gymnastics this time around . Last Olympics we didn't get to much of that sport . I feel so sorry for any of the outdoor sports athletes because of the air quality in Beijing is so terrible . Imagine they claimed to have cleaned the air up for the Olympics !!! It's worse than L.A. on a bad day ! I guess it must be one of the last supposedly non political events left on the world . Or at least it strives to be non political .Wishing all the best to the competitors from all over the world in this 2008 Olympiad .

Mabruke Al Mawluade

Tonight is the eve ( Mozum) of the Mawluade , which is tomorrow. Mawluade is the celebration of the Muslim prophet Mohammed's birthday . The orthodox Muslims don't celebrate this day as the Prophet Mohammed said they were not to celebrate any days but the two Eids and the Friday prayers .

But here in Libya most family's get together this night to have a special dinner. Then afterwards the little boy's carry a large lite candle to symbolize the light of Islam brought into the world with the Prophet Mohammed's birth , little girls carry a large candelabra shaped like a hand called The Hand of Fatima that has candles on the ends of the finger tips , after the Prophet Mohammed's daughter Fatima . The children usually will have firecrackers to set off after it gets dark to make a loud celebratory noise much like America's 4th of July . There might be singing and dancing too . Of course there will be sweet tea after wards served with many sweets to make it a true occasion!

Each family is in charge of their own fireworks and it can get pretty competitive to see who has the most , the loudest , and can set off more than the others all at the same time . Some years you would think it is a war going on outside !The days leading up to the Mawluade and for several weeks after the Mawluade you can still hear those things going off at odd times of the day or night . I don't like this part of the celebrations because I think it is way too dangerous for children to be playing with fireworks , but every year I would be out voted !

There is the fairly recent addition of the TREE . Sometimes you will find a tree , what Christians would think of as a Christmas tree , set up in a living room . A man will present one of these trees to his newly engaged fiancee along with a complete dress outfit , with jewelry too ! Lucky girl ! This tree will be artificial , but today when Moe and I were out shopping in one of the new mini malls that have started to sprouted up around Tripoli , I saw this real tree decorated as a Mawlaude Tree . As I was taking a picture of the tree to show you , a young man came up and wanted to pose with the tree in the picture . I told him I was posting it on my blog , because people here are so funny about having their pictures taken . He got so excited ! He began to run around everywhere shouting I am going to be on a blog !!! I wonder if he knew what a blog was .

Of course all of this is strictly not religiously acceptable . The time should be spent in prayer. The next day , the actual day of the Mawluade , it is business as usual , as everyone goes about their normal day . Some years the schools and the government offices are closed .

On the way home we drove by one of the main markets in town and I had forgotten by this time that this would be a big mistake , since this is one of the area's where fireworks , cheap toy's , drums, candles , and the tree's are sold . It took us an hour to drive one short block . I would have taken pictures but the traffic demanded my full attention ! Here is wishing all of you who celebrate, a very nice Mawluade .