a SpOoNFuL oF suGAR....

In every job that must be done
there is an element of fun
you find the fun & snap!
the job's a game

And every task you undertake
becomes a piece of cake
a spree! it's very clear to see that..

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down-wown
The medicine go down Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way

A robin feathering his nest
Has very little time to rest
While gathering his bits of twine and twig
Though quite intent in his pursuit
He has a merry tune to toot
He knows a song will move the job along - for

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down-wown
The medicine go down Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way

The honey bee that fetch the nectar
From the flowers to the comb
Never tire of ever buzzing to and fro
Because they take a little nip
From ev'ry flower that they sip
And hence (And hence),They find (They find)
Their task is not a grind.
Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h ah!

Okay, okay! You get the hint, I know! So, I saw Mary Poppins on B'way on Tuesday (8/22) with my sister & my mom. For my sister's birthday (8/24) I got tickets to take her to see the play, because she likes Mary Poppins & mom came along, well because, I figured it would be a nice thing to do! =] So, as I do like Mary Poppins, I'm not a huge fan of the movie, frankly I do not remember much of it except for the fact that my little cousin Kelsey used to be obsessed with the song, "LETS GO FLY A KITE!" I spent a lot of time at my uncle's house when my cousins were little & Kelsey had the Disney Sing-a-long's & that is where she learned the words to the song, so everytime Kelsey was on the swing set, she used to want to sing that song! So, it has some meaning behind it, lol. I know, I know I'm rambling but come on, it's 1:35am & the yankees are STILL PLAYING!! (It's a tied game, top of the 7th inning, Alex is at bat, he hit his 42nd homerun earlier in the game!)
Okay, back to my Mary Poppins, so it was a great show, although I did feel it was veryyyy loooooong! It seemed to drag on at certain parts, maybe it was due to my disinterest in the show? Or the really uncomfortable seats & lack of breathing room! I seriously felt like a sardine inside a tin can... the seats were so tight, I had no leg room at all, it sucked! The scenes that really had me in awe were all the dancing scenes, of course, I take note of choreography, it's a habit, so anyway, the chimney sweep scene was great, as well as SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS! (i think i spelled that right! haha, i got a very cool shirt that has it on it!) Kristen got a shirt that says, "Pratically Perfect!"
So, as the show dragged on, I couldn't help to think about this one thought & when I was just taking my medicine, it brought my original thoughts back... So A spoonful of Sugar, helps the medicine go down? REALLY? Sorry, I have had manyy bad tasting medicine's in the past & yes, I can say that, because I do get sick quite a lot & also, I couldn't swallow a pill until I was 19 years old, so imagine being old & swallowing liquid medicine, yes! It was rather disgusting!! But, I never tried to eat a spoonful of sugar with my medicine.... and if you read the lyrics, the song really does not make sense at all........
So during the play, before the song came on, Mary Poppins gave Michael & Jane (the Banks children) some medicine, but they were not sick! I found that a little odd, then when Mr. Banks' (the father), when his nanny came to tend to the children because Mary had left, the 1st thing she did was give the children some medicine. So it made me wonder... the playbill says that this took place "somewhere in London at the turn of the last century" so, was it appropriate to give children medicine for no apparent reason? I mean, it wasn't vitamins or anything, it was a liquid & the children were healthy at the time, so it wasn't a cough medicine or anything, or atleast it wasn't being used to treat something like a cough!
So did parents or nannies back then drug their children to make them behave? I know that sounds weird but, it's quite commical if you think about it! I don't ever remember my parents or babysitters giving me medicine for no reason? But, I remember one time when I was babysitting, the mother told me to give her daughter some cough medicine that was in the refridgerator if she wouldnt go to sleep. I really didn't think twice about this because the little girl was just getting over being sick, so I figured she might have some trouble sleeping. Although I did not give her the medicine. But, this is something that people could end up in trouble for. Could you imagine if Britney Spears was caught giving Sean Preston or Jayden some cough medicine to make them tired & go to sleep? Kevin would have her ass in front of the judge first thing Monday morning!! Haha, all kidding aside though, is this acceptable or is it a form of abuse?
If it was an adult, taking cough medicine becomes a form of abuse, drug abuse! So, is giving the medicine to the children allowed? I don't know the answer to that, but according to the song, everything becomes fun, with a spooful of sugar helping that medicine going down, so I guess they were just hiiiiigh! Nice, drug problems.. blame it on Disney- they said to take the medicine!