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In order for me to answer this question, I need to tell you a little story.
I'd like to take you back *cough* years, to my sophomore year of college. One of my good friends was in love with an 8th grader (oh, the horror!). He had flunked two years, so it was all ok. (He was the same age as her; we all know it's sort of like death to date a guy who is younger. I guess, in her head, flunking was ok, as long as he was old enough.) So, anyway, back to our story:
He dumped her, rather unceremoniously. She, in her utterly depressed state, resorted to listening to ABBA around the clock. Seriously, around the freakin' clock. She played it every single minute of the day, and if she wasn't playing it, she was singing it. Fernando, waterloo, Dancing queen (which inspired my new avatar caption), and some song about a boy with brown eyes? She sang and played these songs over and over and over again until they osmosis-ized their way into my head.
So, flash forward to our German final. I had always gotten As in German (well, in all my classes) up to that point. During the German final, she sat behind me and hummed ABBA songs the entire time. I did very poorly. And so I got an A- in German instead of my A. I blame her.
So now you know. I have a love/hate relationship with ABBA. They're very singable, but they ruined my German career.
Well, really, I don't have any strong opinions about ABBA one way or another. I just wanted to tell that story and blame her one more time.
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