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It's not bragging if you could actually do it.

I could lick any barn in town.

Had Ethelbert believed big enough to live long enough, he might have INVENTED the ice cream cone! Hey, I didn’t REwrite the book. Victor did. He also invented stuff. Speaking of silly, “four-crucified” is the preferred euphemism for all lies and bullsh¡t in my household. I’m really trying to watch my foul mouth, especially around my son. So, lots of spelling, abbreviating and saying “four-crucified.” (It’s been getting a lot of use in recent months.) Just last week my son was feigning a tummy ache to get out of going to school. I got him on the phone and said, “I’m calling four-crucified on this…!” He got up, got dressed, and went to school. I was so proud of myself for exercising such restraint that, well, gosh, I felt like could just jump over a barn.

My fault, I'll try a different one. "I can't get to sleep"

Well, that's just silly. Everyone knows ice cream was only sold by the dish, back then.

Bullinger looked for figures of speech everywhere, and that's where he "found" them - EVERYWHERE. Bullinger could conclude an ice cream cone by way of the Boston Marathon.

They didn't have rubber, baby, buggy bumpers, either, but that doesn't mean the stars were invisible. Unless, maybe he meant stars like Greta Garbo and Fatty Arbuckle. (If they can stretch it, so can I.)

I always thought Bullinger had to really stretch things to make any of his position make sense. I do have a vivid memory of Wierwille saying, in reference to this book that "there were no stars in the North", when there obviously are. Then Martindale trying to "clarify" that statement by saying that it was in "the gap" between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (near Polaris the North Star) that contained no stars. I was on a camping trip away from city lights one summer and noticed that there were most certainly were stars in that "gap". When I questioned leadership about it I was told that they didn't have telescopes in Biblical times.

Dress for Success The book that had all the men wearing three piece suits to job interviews at Burger King! To be fair, the information Molloy imparted was probably true at one time, but dress standards have gotten progressively more casual in the intervening decades

Unless, of course the first line is something like, "I woke up this morning." 'cuz, well, ya know, the possibilities are endless. Plus, If you didn't wake up today, how did you write the song?

The last line seems like Bob Barker from The Price is Right, but the first two are up Bert Parks's alley. I dunno. George

I'd think Survivor, but that's "only" been 25 seasons... George

Right. In general, one wants to give the first line of a song, in this thread. But not if it contains the title. George

I'd like to try something different for this round. If it's judged off-topic, let me know, but I think it won't be difficult. "The price of fashion should not be cruelty." "Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered." "You have all overbid."

OK, next one. This is a well-known show. There have been versions of this show made in other countries. (There have been a dozen different versions of the show, other than the original.) The original series is a US show that has been around for over 35 seasons. It is not a scripted show. The original show is a show where knowing other languages is not required, but can be very useful. Having a good memory and physical acumen are also useful.

You may want to re-think this one WordHusky. With the exception of the word 'now', those lyrics give away the title of the song. Take Paul McCartney's song "Yesterday". If I were to post the first words in the song they would be "Yesterday, all my troubles were so far away". But here, you can't leave the title in the lyrics.

Thunderball Martine Beswick The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood* George *There are at least two pretty famous actors in it, and others that you might be able to link.

Alright, next one. This should be really easy. "Who can it be knocking at my door?"

I had a vague recollection that Anthony Michael Hall did a show with that name, based on the book. Ok, next one, let me think...

Dick Van Dyke Chitty Chitty Bang Babg Desmon Llewelyn

Yes. Did I accidentally quote the sequel? Sorry!

That would be, and it is!

I believe that'd be Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".

It has subtitles