Skyrockets in Flight!
What do rockets have to do with a special afternoon meal, anyway?
It wasn’t a special meal. Nor was it a dessert.
I thought it was some kind of special meal.
Something sweet, because “delight” was in the title. You know: like Turkish Delight or something like that.
“Afternoon Delight,” the song made famous by 70s group the Starland Vocal Band confused me - and many other kids - to no end.
These singers who were professing their love of this “special meal” in perfect harmony, were a bit too chirpy and chipper while singing the virtues of this particular dish.
Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight…
And so it went.
The lyrics were somewhat confusing as the singers went on and on about skyrockets being in flight.
What did space exploration have to do with this meal, anyway?
What did space exploration have to do with this meal, anyway?
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