{"id":736,"date":"2010-03-12T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/TGIF-Time-Warp.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:40:32","slug":"tgif-time-warp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/tgif-time-warp\/","title":{"rendered":"TGIF Time Warp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Once in a blue moon I come across something cool and it happens to be Friday, and I blog about it. Last time was drinking Guinness in Dublin and the time before was an insane driving skills video (see <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/tgif-insane-driving-skills-clip\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">here<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">).<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">My (scary) friend and fellow SQL MVP Grant Fritchey (<\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/tgif-insane-driving-skills-clip\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Twitter<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">|<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scarydba.com\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">blog<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">) posted the first two lines of the Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show on Twitter a few minutes ago, to which I responded with the next two lines. They&#39;re burned into my brain and I blame my parents.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">My Mother used to run a drama school in Scotland when I was a kid (Helensburgh Theatre Workshop) and in the bi-annual shows someone would always &quot;accidentally&quot; says &quot;I&#39;m lucky, you&#39;re lucky, we&#39;re all LUCKY&quot;. Then the clock chimes would start and my Mum and Dad (dressed as Magenta and Riff-Raff) would come on stage and everyone would do the whole Time Warp song. Fond memories, and yes, my family is very outgoing (and strange :-)<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">In homage to them, Richard O&#39;Brien and Tim Curry, here&#39;s a YouTube link to the movie version of the song. Wonderful! (Safe for work btw).<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yarYjuN-m8I\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yarYjuN-m8I<\/font><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">It&#39;s just a jump to the left!<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">(Twitter @paulrandal)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a blue moon I come across something cool and it happens to be Friday, and I blog about it. Last time was drinking Guinness in Dublin and the time before was an insane driving skills video (see here). 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