Trivial Pursuit #81 — Page 2

Please Allow ME, CQ:

"Coffee in a Cardboard Cup":

THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD TODAY
IT SEEMS TO ME
IS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.

THE TROUBLE WITH THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
IS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.

NO ONE`S EVER CASUAL AND NONCHALANT
NO ONE WASTES A MINUTE IN A RESTAURANT
NO ONE WANTS A WAITRESS PASSING PLEASANTRIES

LIKE `HIYA MISS, HIYA SIR
MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER PLEASE?`

THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD TODAY

IT`S PLAIN TO SEE

IS EV`RYTHING IS HURRY UP!

IT`S `RUSH IT THROUGH.
DON`T BE SLOW.
B.L.T. ON RYE TO GO

AND COFFEE
I THINK SHE SAID
`COFFEE`
I KNOW SHE SAID
`COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.`

THE TROUBLE WITH THE HELTER SKELTER LIFE WE LEAD
IS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.

THE TROUBLE
THE PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE ALL AGREED
IS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.

TELL ME WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DREARIER
THAN SEABOARD FROM THE BELNORD CAFETERIA.

SEEMS TO ME A GENTLEMAN WOULD MUCH PREFER
AN `AFTERNOON!
HOW YOU BEEN?
WOULD YOU LIKE THE SPECIAL, SIR?`

THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD IS PLAIN TO SEE
IS EV`RYTHING IS HURRY UP.

THERE`S READY WHIP
INSTANT TEA
MINUTE RICE AND MY OH ME,

THERE`S `COFFEE`

I THINK SHE SAID
`COFFEE`

I KNOW SHE SAID
`COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.`

THE TROUBLE ITH THE WORLD TODAY
BEYOND A DOUBT
IS COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.

THE TROUBLE IS THE WAY
WE LIKE TO TAKE THINGS OUT
LIKE COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.

NO ONE KNOWS THE MEANING OF UTOPIA
IS DINING AT YOUR CONER CORNUCOPIA

SEEMS TO ME WE WOULDN`T BE
SUCH NERVOUS WRECKS

WITH `HELLO THERE.
BE RIGHT BACK.
WOULD YOU CARE FOR SEPARATE CHECKS?`

THE TROUBLE WITH THE WORLD TODAY
IT`S PLAIN TO SEE
IS EV`RYTHING IS HURRY UP:

IT`S ALL BECOME LOONEY TUNES
WITH SUGAR PACKS AND PLASTIC SPOONS

AND `COFFEE`
I THINK SHE SAID
`COFFEE`

I KNOW SHE SAID
`COFFEE`

I`M SURE SHE SAID
`COFFEE`

SHE MUST HAVE SAID
`COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.`



Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb


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You're welcome, CQ. But are you somehow insuitating that I didn't have the song lyrics MEMORIZED and just posted them for you?

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This has got to be THE MOST BIZARRE Trivial Pursuit Thread EVER...

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Sorry, M/E - just had to address an issue that came up in the natural course of your wonderful lessons

The pun is lost on some people Douglas.

Allow me to correct an often misquoted lyric:

"Tell me what could possibly be drearier,
than c-board from the Belnord Cafeteria?"

Not seaboard. It's 'c-board' as in cardboard.

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Ha. Well, I don't know what I have done to deserve all this flattery, but thank you.

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