Heard on a noncommercial FM station: "This next request goes out to Swiss cheese..."
...Or, perhaps the DJ played the song for someone who went by the code name, Swiss Cheese. I didn't hear the song that Swiss cheese (or Swiss Cheese) requested, but that intro got me thinking. What song would Swiss cheese request? Is there a blues tune called "Bland And Melted (On The Charred Burger Of Life)" in which Swiss cheese wallowed?
Admittedly, it's presumptuous to assume that Swiss cheese would request a song about cheese. All cats, after all, don't gravitate toward the music of Cat Stevens, nor do all dogs listen exclusively to Three Dog Night.
If Swiss Cheese was someone's code name, perhaps the listener was the mascot for a dairy company. In the '80s, a morning DJ signed an autograph for me and included a thumbprint of the sponsoring company's ice cream. I still remember that more than 30 years later, so I imagine it would be even more memorable to meet a company's dancing cheese slice. The mascot could adopt the nickname, Swiss Cheese, and use it as a conversation starter on a resume.
So, who is this Swiss cheese or Swiss Cheese? What song did this mysterious listener request on that day approximately two years ago? Alas, some mysteries are never solved.
