A friend who was with me when I got in a bad accident on Christmas Day. A friend who drove me and my new bride home from our wedding. A friend who was with me when I drove around the block trying to get Chase to stop crying. A friend who has seen both my kids and my dog when they were tiny little babies. A friend who has been with me for nearly 10 years and more than 70,000 miles.
Today we traded in Mello Yello.
The end of an era... this is truly a sad day. Poor Melo Yellow.
ReplyDeleteI'm just mad about Saffron.
ReplyDeleteA-Saffron's mad about me.
I'm-a just mad about Saffron.
She's just mad about me.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
I'm just mad about Frontine.
A-Frontine's mad about me.
I'm-a just mad about-a Frontine.
A-She's just mad about me.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
Born-a high forever to fly.
Wind-a velocity nil.
Born-a high forever to fly.
If you want your cup, I will fill.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
So mellow yellow..
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze.
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase.
They call it Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
Saffron, yeah.
I'm just-a mad about her.
I'm-a just-a mad about-a Saffron.
She's just mad about me.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
Oh, so yellow..
Oh, so mellow..
It would really help with the grieving process if you could all share one story about Mello Yello.
ReplyDeleteI'll start, one of the first places I drove M.Y. back in 2001 was to TON's house. His evil sister, J-Slinn said something like "a yellow car, how are you going to feel about it when you are 30 and have kids?"
Well, I still love it and so do my kids, including their friends and my nieces.
Driving up to Albany for the SU-Oklahoma Sweet 16 game. We must have played Jaheim like 5 times, learned Doug Logan was a racist, and found out another Melo (Anthony) was truly special.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not I think in 7 years that i never road in Mello Yello
ReplyDeleteI can't remember who originally coined the phrase (either me or my sis I think) but Mellow Yellow, perhaps even before you named it Mellow Yellow, was briefly referred to as The Mitch Mobile. At the time, you could still make a Baywatch reference (the trucks were extremely Yellow) and it would make sense.
ReplyDeleteTON, Kenny called it the Mitch Mobile. He watched a lot of Baywatch.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am furious at you for not including your precious memory of Mello Yello. Rectify this immediately or I will be forced to thrash you.
Damn, I think I may have made that story into my own, and believed it. Ok, sooo to save myself, the three of us (You, Me and Mellow) took a random trip to Great Adventure. A while into our stay, we hit the big coaster (Great American Scream Machine?). We're getting towed up the steep part....and in the 1 second where we're kinda of stationary at the very top, before the big drop...I look over into the ENTIRE parking lot, and Mellow is sticking out like a beacon. I remember a transaction like this: "Hey Paul, there's your truck"; "Cool"; "AhHHHHHHHH"
ReplyDeleteYellow is my favorite color. I will miss your yellow car Uncle Poop.
ReplyDeletei was rarely in mellow yellow. but me and the poop did drive her to Montreal for Nails is BP. At Custom's some french divk started yelling at us "stay in your lane, stay in your lane!!"
ReplyDeleteOk it s much funnier with the gay french accent.