So, I love my job and especially because I’m not stuck listening to Xmas music all frigging day long, but sometimes I do hit the #4 preset radio station when I’m in the car. It’s the preset for the all Christmas music station (they usually play “the greatest of the ’70s, ’80s and today!”). And usually I get there smack in the middle of something awful (I think I have written enough about exactly which Christmas songs make me want to forcibly remove my own ears, so I will refrain) but the other day I came upon Elton John’s “Step into Christmas”. The chorus:
Step into Christmas
Let’s join together
We can watch the snow fall forever and ever
Eat, drink and be merry
Come along with me
Step into Christmas
The admission’s free
But of course, back at the Old Job, I heard that song 2 or more times a day pretty regularly. And it reminded me that Every. Single. Time. I thought Elton was singing “Be emissions freeee!” and of course, Every. Single. Time I would then think, “WTF? Did they even know what emissions were back then?”