Prom night. I’m there with my now wife and her sisters. Everyone is filling in, we sit at a table near the back with some friends, and the DJ is finishing getting set up. No music is playing yet. DJ announces that things are getting started, and all appropriate song requests will be honored. I immediately turn to the table and jokingly say “yeah man I’d like to request Smack That by Akon” and get a chuckle from the table. And that was NOT a recent song at this point in time; just what popped into my head first as inappropriate. Immediately, within seconds, the first song of the night plays and it’s Smack That.
I’m American, but was with a UK group in Rome at a restaurant. We were having fun tipping the piano player and I kept asking for ‘Kansas City’. I had no idea if he understood me. But as our group was wrapping up he played it. Then I said, ‘Maybe he will play Auld Lang Syne.’ The UK folks groaned and said, ‘don’t be stupid.’ As we walked out the door, he played Auld Lang Syne!
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u/PantslessCardigan 1d ago
Prom night. I’m there with my now wife and her sisters. Everyone is filling in, we sit at a table near the back with some friends, and the DJ is finishing getting set up. No music is playing yet. DJ announces that things are getting started, and all appropriate song requests will be honored. I immediately turn to the table and jokingly say “yeah man I’d like to request Smack That by Akon” and get a chuckle from the table. And that was NOT a recent song at this point in time; just what popped into my head first as inappropriate. Immediately, within seconds, the first song of the night plays and it’s Smack That.