Trains, planes, and automobiles

Day four of the kid being pretty sick, although in general quite cheerful, other than individual, short errand runs by me or L., we've been pretty much housebound today. Which, despite the unfortunate reason why, has been nice. I sometimes forget how much we do on weekends and how very little time we spend in the house, other than to maybe pickup or drop off some things.

Around four in the afternoon, we were sort of at a standstill for what to do; no was hungry or thirsty, no one had a desire to watch anything, and we'd sort of plateaued on games to play or activities that didn't bring on a 15 minute coughing fit (which, of course, are really the best ones). In attempt to stave off the inevitable 'what do we do now?' cry that I knew was coming, I had the brilliant idea to play music categories.

Let me tell you, it's a good thing we're playing this with the kid now, because I honestly think in a few years, he could not only hold his own, going song for song against me, but probably kick my butt. (Of course, as my parental perogative, I will change the rules of the game to constantly adapt to his level play...so I can win.)

Anyway, we did a little transportation round and I post here the answer given by each member of the family for that particular category, but without saying whose answer it is. Try and see if you can guess--I'll post the answer key a little later. I think you might be surprised.

Category: Cars/Driving

Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin



I'm In Love With My Car - Queen



Fast Car - Tracy Chapman



Category: Airplanes/Flying

The Letter - The Boxtops
(This created a bit of a discussion, because it mentioned a train as well. Ultimately, the group voted in favor of it.)



Leaving On A Jetplane - Peter, Paul, and Mary



Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra


Category: Trains

Peace Train - Cat Stevens
(Once again, some discussion about this one. Since I proposed the game, I ended up being the deciding vote.)



Midnight Train To Georgia - Glady Knight And The Pips



Little Red Caboose - Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb

Little Red Caboose - Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell

Category: Boats/Ships/Sailing
We were a bit stumped on this one, initially, so we allowed it to be anything having to do with the sea.

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles



Sail Away (cover) - Eric Cartman



La Mer - Charles Trenet




Category: Bikes/Cycling/Motorbikes
(I don't need to say I personally did not choose this category, right?)

Bicycle Race - Queen



Daisy Bell/Bicycle Made For Two (cover) - Blur
(The person who picked this just picked the song, with no particular artist in mind, since it's pretty much is a very old song. But I liked this cover I found.)



The Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie