Here are the answers to the Mrs. P. Quote Quiz:

1
Walking down Main Street
Getting to know the concrete
Looking for a purpose from a neon sign.
Son Volt, “Tear Stained Eye”

2
She had legs that never ended
I was halfway paralyzed.
Smithereens, “Behind the Wall of Sleep”

3
I hope you remember me
I was your daddy once.
Jellyfish, “The Man I Used to Be”

4
Some have a style
That they work hard to refine
So they walk a crooked line
But she won’t understand
Why anyone would have to try
To walk a line when they could fly.
The Bangles, “If She Knew What She Wants”
(But Jules Shear deserves the credit for writing the song.)

5
Without trying hard I made it final
And we conceived our children on backseat vinyl
Though we didn’t have a lot
(But) one was quickly bought
Then we built upon this ground something we thought was sound
But in reality was silence.
The Posies, “Help Yourself”

6
I said to my reflection,
“Let’s get out of this place.”
Squeeze, “Tempted”

7
Everything I’ll ever be I’ve been.
Matthew Sweet, “Someone to Pull the Trigger”

8
It’s not that we don’t know
It’s just that we don’t want to care.
David Crosby/Graham Nash, “To the Last Whale . . .”

9
The people sipped their wine
And what with God there, they asked him questions
Like: do you have to eat
Or get your hair cut in heaven?
Crash Test Dummies, “God Shuffled His Feet”

10
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He’d grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.
Harry Chapin, “Cat’s in the Cradle”

AND THE WINNERS:

Winner: CraigC (36)

Second place: Patterico (29)

Third place: Stacy (23)

Fourth place: Romeocat (18)

Others:

Steve Sturm (16)

Bobby (12)

Psyberian (7)

nk (6)

aphrael (6)

Laudio (1)

CliveStaples (1) (arguably)

Jackie (0)

Nobody got #8 — not even me! And I like that song. And I was the only one to get #5. Pathetic.

Congratulations to CraigC. As part of his prize, CraigC is hereby authorized to make up his own quote quiz, which we are entitled to mock — much as he mocked Mrs. P.’s. He may e-mail his submission to patterico -AT- patterico -DOT- com.

P.S. Mrs. P. adds (at great length, as you can see):

Congratulations to CraigC. He obviously has decent musical taste, although he clearly doesn’t know The Posies or Jellyfish too well. I can forgive him for that since he “[l]ove[s] Matthew Sweet.” I had Matthew Sweet (and someone else) in mind when we named our son Matthew.

Again to CraigC: I included the Squeeze (and the Bangles) quotes because I like those songs, and I didn’t want to make the quotes so obscure that no one but CraigC and Patterico could answer them. Speaking of obscure, I had some great Blue Rodeo quotes that I didn’t use. (Has anyone heard of them?) As for the Harry Chapin quote, that was my jab at all of you who are spending too much time on the computer when you should be spending time with your kids. 🙂

Also, I didn’t even know who Jeannie Shrimpton was until I googled her in response to CraigC’s comment. I love that song, so I guess I owe CraigC a thanks for the education.

Congratulations to second place Patterico, although, you really should have been able to beat CraigC, given that we listen to pretty much the same music.

Stacy obviously has excellent taste in music. I am proud that the only person to get the Jellyfish reference was a woman. I normally think that guys tend to have better musical taste. (Musical taste is something that can be objectively graded, right?)

Good job on the Crash Test Dummies, Psyberian. I’m surprised that no one else (but my husband) recognized this. I think almost all of their lyrics are absolutely brilliant. P says that my political leanings are more in line with yours — does that have anything to do with our appreciation for Crash Test Dummies?

I threw in the “Song for the Last Whale . . .” quote because: 1) it’s a great song, and 2) you hard-core right-wingers need a reminder about environmental causes every now and then.

To Laudio: Patterico says, “You suck.” I say, “Good to hear from you again! How are the kids?”

And lastly, to “C Student”: no response? What’s wrong? Not enough Whitesnake references?

P.P.S. (From Patterico again:) And now the Academy Awards are over! Thank you and drive safely! Sorry we went 3 1/2 hours over!

I always wanted to Google Jeannie Shrimpton myself. Too bad my wife had to be first . . .

This blog used to be an emoticon-free zone. No longer . . . 😉