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Say Please

Posted at 10:41 AM on April 8, 2009 by Steve Seel

Today's 9:30 Coffee Break was inspired by a recent conversation I had with a colleague about disrespectful behavior - and how it feels on the rise with each passing year, not just regarding the way young people speak to their elders, but how people simply talk less respectfully to one another in general, for Pete's sake. Cranky older folks can spew about the rude behavior of "today's kids," but when we live in a world that rewards barking, bullying, sarcastic behavior (see "reality television," "cable news" and "talk radio"), it hardly seems a surprise that human give-and-take is simply much ruder today. (Is "ruder" a word?)

So, politness was our topic today, with songs with "please" either in the title or the lyrics. The winners:

1) The Smiths, "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"
2) The Bird and the Bee, "Polite Dance Song"
3) Muddy Waters, "Baby Please Don't Go"

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