The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

The sausage roll game


I thought of this game the other day. It will only appeal to you if you have a good knowledge of rock music and a childish sense of humour, which many of you don't. Anyway, what you do is you think of a song with the phrase rock 'n' roll in it and replace it with sausage roll (adding other appropriate changes where necessary). So for example

"I love sausage roll, put another dime in the jukebox (vendor?), baby" (Joan Jett)

"So you want to be a sausage roll bar? Then listen now to what I say" (Byrds)

"I said I know it's only sausage roll but I like it
I know it's only sausage roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do" (Rolling Stones) 

"Just let me hear some of that sausage roll music
Any old way you chews it
It's got a pork taste,
you can't lose it
Any old time you chews it
Gotta be sausage roll music
If you wanna dance with me, If you wanna dance with me" (Chuck Berry)

"It's the next taste, new food, pork craze, anyways
It's still sausage roll to me

Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new taste
Funny, but it's sausage roll to me" (Billy Joel)


My favourite so far  -
"We built this city, we built this city on sausage roll
Built this city, we built this city on sausage roll" (Starship)

4 comments:

Gary Brady said...

Sweet little lady sings, like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she won't eat a sausage roll
(ELO)

Rhodri Brady said...

Ivan likes replacing the word 'love' with 'drugs'... "I don't want to wait in Spain for your drugs".

Gary Brady said...

Sausage roll, roll, sausage roll
Sausage roll, roll, sausage roll

Can you still recall in the dining hall
When the food was served
And the world span good to a brilliant food
In those far off days

In their blue suede shoes, they would scream and shout
As they they ate their food, let it all hang out

Sausage roll, sausage roll
Sausage roll, sausage roll
Sausage roll, sausage roll
Sausage roll, roll, sausage roll
Sausage roll, roll, sausage roll

Gary Brady said...

Every night I grab some money and I go down to the bar
I got my buddies and a pie, I got a dream, I need a car
You got me begging on my knees, c'mon and throw the dog a bone
A man he doesn't live by sausage roll and stew alone
Baby baby

Sausage roll and stew, Sausage roll and stew
They don't mean a thing when I compare 'em next to you
Sausage roll and stew, Sausage roll and stew
I know that you and I we got better things to do
I don't know who you are or what you do
Or where you go when you're not around
I don't know anything about you baby
But you're everything I'm dreaming of
I don't know who you are, but you're a real dead ringer for love
A real dead ringer for love (Meatloaf!)

I gather Ladbaby did it again this year. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50873569