Ok, Don't Stop Me Now is one of my favorite Queen songs but there is one little tiny stupid thing that gets me every time I listen to it- the line "Burnin' thru the sky, 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit..." 200 degrees is really not that hot. It's not even boiling. Hell- that's not even hot enough to bake cookies! How could you be burning through the sky if you're only 200 degrees?
Other than that, the song's great. Just great.
If your body temperature were 200 degrees, you'd be burning, all right. I mean not literally on fire, but since that is more than twice your normal temperature, I think it makes sense. That's always been my favorite line in the song, actually.
SergeantPepperDG wrote: Ok, Don't Stop Me Now is one of my favorite Queen songs but there is one little tiny stupid thing that gets me every time I listen to it- the line "Burnin' thru the sky, 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit..." 200 degrees is really not that hot. It's not even boiling. Hell- that's not even hot enough to bake cookies! How could you be burning through the sky if you're only 200 degrees?
Other than that, the song's great. Just great.
Actually, if you could get the barometric pressure to 23.32 Hg, water would indeed boil at 199.97 degrees fahrenheit! Of course, your ear drums would pop, and your eyeballs would probably fall out, but hey? At least Freddie would be right!
Anyway, the song would sound really stupid if he sang "212.2 Degrees, that's why....", now wouldn't it????? Let me touch the palm of your hand with a peice of metal heated to 200 degrees, and see if you don't scream louder than Sam Kinison!!
The Good Queeniac wrote: You sad bastard, every village as a idiot, and this site as lots of them.
Has 'a idiot' ????
'as lots of them'???
or "Every village HAS AN idiot"
and "this site HAS lots of them"
Poor use of English grammar there my friend.
I dont know of too many idiots on Queenzone.
SergeantPepperDG wrote: Ok, Don't Stop Me Now is one of my favorite Queen songs but there is one little tiny stupid thing that gets me every time I listen to it- the line "Burnin' thru the sky, 200 degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit..." 200 degrees is really not that hot. It's not even boiling. Hell- that's not even hot enough to bake cookies! How could you be burning through the sky if you're only 200 degrees?
Other than that, the song's great. Just great.
Actually, if you could get the barometric pressure to 23.32 Hg, water would indeed boil at 199.97 degrees fahrenheit! Of course, your ear drums would pop, and your eyeballs would probably fall out, but hey? At least Freddie would be right!
Anyway, the song would sound really stupid if he sang "212.2 Degrees, that's why....", now wouldn't it????? Let me touch the palm of your hand with a peice of metal heated to 200 degrees, and see if you don't scream louder than Sam Kinison!!
Water boils at less than 100 degrees Farenheit on Mt Everest yet I never heard of the pressure being so low as to cause anyone's eyes to pop out.
The Good Queeniac wrote: You sad bastard, every village as a idiot, and this site as lots of them.
Has 'a idiot' ????
'as lots of them'???
or "Every village HAS AN idiot"
and "this site HAS lots of them"
Poor use of English grammar there my friend.
I dont know of too many idiots on Queenzone.
THANK YOU! I didn't want to have to do that. LOL! ;)
Perhapes he meant 200 C? That would be quite hot...then again he's not Mr. Celseus...hmm.. Maybe "200" fit into the melody more than 212 F (boiling point of water) :-P
Ramses wrote: Perhapes he meant 200 C? That would be quite hot...then again he's not Mr. Celseus...hmm.. Maybe "200" fit into the melody more than 212 F (boiling point of water) :-P
In England they indeed use the other term Celsius I thought.
But Mr. Fahrenheit sounds much better than Mr. Celsius in the song context.
Gosh, today IS a slow day ... and I think we've definitely found any village idiots by now.
("When he was small,
Had no luck at all --
Nothing came easy to him ...")
That's a fun song but a bit off-topic. But the whole celsius-fahrenheit thing is making me dizzy. Just turn on a fan. :)
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satchmoeluvsqueen wrote: I think we're reading a little much into this