Da Wife O Reilly Gave Me a D!

The Wife O Riley played the List of Favorite Things Starting With the Letter...that she got from her friend Heather who played this game that she got from Sunshine and Lemonade. She gives you a letter and you post 10 of your favorite things beginning with that letter.

Having read a few, I decided I wanted to play too!

I could cheat and say things like Da Walking and Da Wonders of Nature and Da Nice Things in Life...but I won't, mostly because I won't have to!



1) Doctor Demento!

Dr. Demento is the stage name of Barret Eugene Hansen, a radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies. During my college years, my roommates and I would all get a huge howl out of his weekly broadcast.

Classics like: "Dead Puppies", "Another One Rides The Bus", "Fish Heads", "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", "I Had Sex With E.T." and of course, the "Masochism Tango".

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say its me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the masochism tango...

Umm...Where was I, oh yes...



2) Duncan Hines

When I was kid, cake mixes where relatively new creations and my Grandfather and my Uncle Jim used to sit at the dinner table and go on and on about which was better, Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker.

My Aunt Mary and Grandmother would strive to outdo the other with their mastery of baking cakes from a box. I loved the cakes but even more so, I loved the good times with my family after a marvelous dinner followed by a cake with what seemed to be inches upon inches of icing on it.

I can still see my Grandfather smacking his lips when he said, "Oh! Duncan Hines is the best!" followed by my Uncle Jim teasingly baiting him by replying, "Oh, Bud...How can you say that?! You know Betty Crocker is far better!"



3) Dachshunds and All Things Doggy

Okay, call me juvenile, but every time I see a Dachshund I just have to laugh - and for some odd reason, the Oscar Myer Wiener Mobile flashes into my head followed by the "I wish I was an Oscar Myer Wiener..." song.

The shrink had a field day when I told him about this...but the pharmacist had an even better day.



4) Dinged up Orange Conehead Aliens

It is my secret-most, inner-most, most longed for desire to open up a health care clinic for OCHAs where I could tend their bruises, mend their ragged reflector stripes, and fluff their soft pillows to make sure they were comfortable.



5) Disney World and Disney Land

While I can never keep them straight beyond knowing one is in Anaheim and the other in Floor-dah, I love Dem both. The very act of walking through the turnstyles and entering the park takes over thirty years off of me in a magical instant. I'm just a big kid. :)



6) Dame Judy Dench

The new "M" in the latest James Bond movies; this sexy older woman is an incredible actress. I especially enjoy her in the British TV comedy "As Time Goes By".



7) Demonstrations

No, I do not mean protesting mobs, peace and Million Man marches...

From cooking demonstration on how to slice cucumbers to how to change the oil in my car, I love seeing how things are done.

8) Ducks - Specifically, White-Chin Strap Ducks...

Some of you may recall my writing about my mother's friend from Holland and her difficult time with English. To this day, I cannot walk past a Canadian Goose without being reminded of this wonderful, warm, dutch woman named Enicka.



9) Daffodils and Dandelions

Like the arrival of Red-breasted Robins; the sprouting and flowering of Daffodils, Narcissus, or Jonquils are a sure sign of Spring! They along with the sweet, badly misunderstood Dandelion bring color back into the world and announce the promise of a new (and warmer) season.



10) Dear and Delightful...friends

Last by not least...for as wonderful as all the previous things are, you, my friends are the best of all.