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Nick would like us to find tunes where the singer/band gives themselves a shout out somewhere in the lyrics. I'm sure we can manage that and have your thoughts posted by midnight Wednesday please.

The next FIVE themes are:

Theme 360 - Wildcard
Theme 361 - Yes and No - song titles containing the words "yes" or "no", or both - Helen
Theme 362 - You are my Sunshine ... & Sun or Shine - Jemma
Theme 363 - A moment in time - Song titles containing either NOW or THEN - Val
Theme 364 - Equivocation - songs with the word Maybe in the title - Brass Neck

and any ideas you have can be added to the list here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hope these two pass muster:

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=657TZ...

Nope, I didn’t read it right. 🤪 Back to the drawing board.

Bang up to date and dahn wiv der kids me. In the first he sings 'Move over Rover and let Jimi take over', in the second, well, erm, yeah ....... no explanation required I guess!

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Night shift - The Commodores
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0UtD...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKs43...

after Brass

Beatles (Good!)

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Night shift - The Commodores
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1Og...

Tidy

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees

Retidy.

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Float On - The Floaters

After Jemma's not very tidy 'tidy'...

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Float On - The Floaters
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew

https://youtu.be/BJIlSap-EyQ
https://youtu.be/--7afsHgRww

After Collette

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Float On - The Floaters
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco

https://youtu.be/4eLVA5Iw6gE

https://youtu.be/c1io4UF9fJM

After Jemma

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Float On - The Floaters
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEdxZU...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIhrzXT...

"And though my friends might ask me: They say, Maybe, Martin, one day you'll find true love"

"It's MES in shoulder pads"

swift change around. The Floaters sink and PE come in.

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fN5R...

After Tim:

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW0sx...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cifo7...

After Duke

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA1dl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oybsi...

* There goes my, very limited, street cred. I don't care used to dance with lots of girls to this song. And when I say lots of girls, I do of course mean me and my best mate. God we were rubbish at pulling! :-(

after TheFoe

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXrc...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYSA...

TheFoe wrote: "After Duke

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Pois..."

Sadly, I used to love that song.

Does that mean I'm avoiding a wooden spoon this week?

TheFoe wrote: "After Duke

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Pois..."

Raises the question of what you were pulling/tugging .......

After KJS:

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Tempus Fugit - Yes
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzxZz...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIZA...

efterFJ,

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash
Wilco - Wilco
The Look Of Love - ABC
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Tempus Fugit - Yes
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners

https://youtu.be/Qnymf03EwGE
https://youtu.be/6DV0PciXLzY

22 nominations!! I'm so excited I'm handing out SEVEN votes per person.

Here's the playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

and all votes in by midnight Sunday please.

SEVEN votes - pain to remember/enter and enter and an absolute bugger if you clash with someone else?!! Suggest max of 5 in any future case?

YY - 7
BC - 6
W - 5
ABC - 4
Bs - 3
C - 2
MD - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country - 6
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 3
Good Love - Poison
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 5
The Look Of Love - ABC - 4
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 1
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Tempus Fugit - Yes
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 7
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners

After Brass

Monkees - 7
Beatles - 6
ABC - 5
Jimi - 4
Poison - 3
Yes - 2
Bo - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country - 6
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 4
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 7
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 9
Good Love - Poison - 3
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 5
The Look Of Love - ABC - 9
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Public Image - P.I.L.
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 1
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 1
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 2
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 7
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners

22 noms and nobody nominated Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Everybody Wang Chung Tonight).

After Jemma:

P.I.L. - 7
Big Country - 6
Chaka Khan - 5
Wilco - 4
The Monkees - 3
ABC - 2
Jimi Hendrix - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
In A Big Country - Big Country - 12
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 5
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 10
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 9
Good Love - Poison - 3
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 9
The Look Of Love - ABC - 11
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 5
Public Image - P.I.L. - 7
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 1
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 1
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 2
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 7
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners

I thought Ballroom Blitz might make the list.

Brass Neck wrote: "SEVEN votes - pain to remember/enter and enter and an absolute bugger if you clash with someone else?!! Suggest max of 5 in any future case?..."

Happy to hear thoughts from posters and go with the majority. But you know what is a pain Brass? Speaking as the one who records every vote to avoid errors? It's when you insist on initials and I have to trawl down the list looking for a match and wind up giving votes to Bootsy Collins instead of Big Country or David Bowie instead of Darrell Banks. I'm happy to pass the baton to you if you want to run the show...... It's a doddle, believe me.

After Jim

Sisters - 7
W Girls - 6
Double T - 5
Pil - 4
Big C - 3
PE - 2
Rock S Crew - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 6
In A Big Country - Big Country - 15
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 5
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 10
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 9
Good Love - Poison - 3
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 1
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 9
The Look Of Love - ABC - 11
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 2
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 5
Public Image - P.I.L. - 11
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 5
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 1
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 1
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 2
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 7
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners

after Helen

Chaka Khan - 7
Mikey Dread - 6
Yes - 5
The Fall - 4
Jimi Hendrix - 3
PIL - 2
Yabby You - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 6
In A Big Country - Big Country - 15
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 8
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 10
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 9
Good Love - Poison - 3
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 1
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 9
The Look Of Love - ABC - 11
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 2
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 12
Public Image - P.I.L. - 13
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 5
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 1
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 8
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners

Re: what Brass said. I really don't see the problem. In the glory days the potential for clashing with other voters could have been a problem, but nowadays? Hardly.

After Tim

ABC - 7
Monkees - 6
Dexys Midnight Runners - 5
The Beatles - 4
Jimi - 3
Bo Diddley - 2
Poison - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 6
In A Big Country - Big Country - 15
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 11
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 16
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 13
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 1
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 9
The Look Of Love - ABC - 18
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 2
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 12
Public Image - P.I.L. - 13
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 5
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 3
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 8
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

after Val

C Khan - 7
B Country - 6
Monkees - 5
Y You - 4
P Enemy - 3
B Collins - 2
W Girls - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 7
In A Big Country - Big Country - 21
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 11
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 21
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 13
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 1
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 9
The Look Of Love - ABC - 18
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 5
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 19
Public Image - P.I.L. - 13
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 5
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 3
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins - 2
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 12
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

After KJ

The Weather Girls - 7
Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 6
Chaka Khan - 5
ABC - 4
P.I.L. - 3
The Monkees - 2
Wilco - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 14
In A Big Country - Big Country - 21
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 11
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 23
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 13
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 1
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 10
The Look Of Love - ABC - 22
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 5
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 24
Public Image - P.I.L. - 16
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 11
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 3
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins - 2
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 12
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

After K.J.S.

Chaka Khan - 7
P.I.L. - 6
Public Enemy - 5
Jimi Hendrix - 4
Big Country - 3
Weather Girls - 2
Rock Steady Crew - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 9
In A Big Country - Big Country - 24
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 15
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 21
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 13
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 2
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 9
The Look Of Love - ABC - 18
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 10
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 26
Public Image - P.I.L. - 19
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 5
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 3
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins - 2
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 12
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

Don't see a problem with the current vote system, lost count of the times posters have wanted more votes if it's been a decent round, Tech excepted of course. ;-)

Significant course correction required!

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 16
In A Big Country - Big Country - 24
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 15
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 23
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 13
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 2
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 2
Wilco - Wilco - 10
The Look Of Love - ABC - 22
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 12
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 31
Public Image - P.I.L. - 20
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 11
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 3
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins - 2
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 12
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

Thanks Tim

After Nick:

The Beatles - 7
The Monkees - 6
Jimi Hendrix - 5
Clash - 4
Wilco - 3
Double Trouble et al - 2
Bo Diddley - 1

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 16
In A Big Country - Big Country - 24
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 20
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 28
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 20
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 2
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 6
Wilco - Wilco - 13
The Look Of Love - ABC - 22
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 12
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 31
Public Image - P.I.L. - 20
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 13
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 4
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins - 2
Conquering Lion - Yabby You - 12
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

They're were a few hiccups with addition along the way but I make the final count:

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls - 16
In A Big Country - Big Country - 24
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - 20
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees - 29
The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - 20
Good Love - Poison - 4
(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew - 2
This Is Radio Clash - Clash - 6
Wilco - Wilco - 13
The Look Of Love - ABC - 22
Shoulder Pads 2# - The Fall - 4
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy - 10
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan - 31
Public Image - P.I.L. - 22
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy - 7
Street Tuff - Double Trouble feat Rebel MC - 13
Operations Choice - Mikey Dread - 7
Hey! Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 4
Tempus Fugit - Yes - 7
Party Lick-A-Ble’s - Bootsy Collins - 2
Conquering Lion - Yabby You 12
Kevin Rowland's 13th Time - Dexys Midnight Runners - 5

So it's hats off to Duke with Chaka Khan gathering 31 votes. In second place, Brass with The Monkees' Theme Song on 29 votes and I grab third with Big Country and 24 votes. Thanks everyone.

Go D & CK, BN & TMs and V & BC!

Nice one! Cheers all. :)