Here’s another edition of the Thursday Evening Post. 😎

It feels like summer again now! 😃

Here’s a photo of some beautiful wildflowers I saw on a recent hike.

Even though it still feels like summer, that hasn’t stopped me from putting out my Halloween decorations! 🎃

This week I wanted to share a song that makes me laugh. 😁

The song itself doesn’t make me laugh; rather, the memory I have associated with it does. 😜

I was grocery shopping and got a HUGE smile on my face when I heard this song:

Lyrics:

Mock- (yeah)
-Ing (yeah)
Bird (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Mockingbird now
Hey everybody, have you heard?
He’s gonna buy me a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird won’t sing
He’s gonna buy me a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring won’t shine
He’s gonna surely break this heart of mine
And that’s why I keep on tellin’ everybody
Saying (yeah, yeah) whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-oh
Hear me now and understand
He’s gonna find me some piece of mind
And if that piece of mind won’t stay
I’m gonna find myself a better way
And if that better way ain’t so
I’ll ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that’s why (yes, indeed oh) I keep on shoutin’ in your ear
Saying (yeah, yeah) whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-oh
Well, now everybody, have you heard?
She’s gonna buy me a mockingbird, yeah
And if that mockingbird don’t sing
She gonna buy me a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring won’t shine
Yes, it surely break this poor heart of mine
And that’s the reason why I keep on tellin’ everybody
Saying (yeah, yeah) no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Listen now and understand
She’s gonna find me some piece of mind, yeah
And if that piece of mind won’t stay
I’m gonna get myself a better way
I might rise above, I might go below
Ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that’s the reason why I keep on shouting in your ears, yo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, baby, yeah

It IMMEDIATELY made me remember this scene from the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber.

I love the lines, “Radio. Who needs a radio?” and then they start singing! 🤣

I love how enthusiastically Lloyd and Harry perform the song! 😂

This movie was actually the FIRST time I heard “Mockingbird,” and my trip to the grocery store this week was the first time I heard the actual song!

I didn’t know it was by Carly Simon and James Taylor!

If you’ve seen Dumb and Dumber, what was one of your favorite parts of the film?

Do you have any memories associated with “Mockingbird?”

May you be well! 💙

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