What does 'S.R.O.' mean?
Hans van Zeeland
Hello everyone,
I have a question for those of you who speak English (or American-English)
fluently. In advance I would like to apologize for any mistake I might make
in the rest of this message.
In a song from the musical 'Chess' by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn
Ulvaeus 'The American' sings:
"I know I'm the best there is,
But all they want is a show.
Well that's alright - I'll be glad to oblige
S.R.O"
My question: What does S.R.O. (in this context) mean?
I'll be looking forward to an answer on this burning but at the same time
rather trivial question. By the way: If any of you wants to know something
about the Dutch language, I'll be glad to oblige. (S.R.O?)
Hans van Zeeland,
The Netherlands
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>In a song from the musical 'Chess' by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn
>Ulvaeus 'The American' sings:
>
>"I know I'm the best there is,
>But all they want is a show.
>Well that's alright - I'll be glad to oblige
>S.R.O"
>
>My question: What does S.R.O. (in this context) mean?
Standing Room Only...a theater where all the tickets for seats are already
sold may then sell tickets for standees. The show is then SRO.
Miles Abernathy, mi...@mail.utexas.edu, http://klingon.util.utexas.edu/
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In article <01bceba1$a7d2bfc0$e7316dc2@xi-s-surfplank>, "Hans van Zeeland"
<ikzieN...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
(SNIP)
> In a song from the musical 'Chess' by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn
> Ulvaeus 'The American' sings:
>
> "I know I'm the best there is,
> But all they want is a show.
> Well that's alright - I'll be glad to oblige
> S.R.O"
>
> My question: What does S.R.O. (in this context) mean?
>
It means 'Standing Room Only'. The idea seems to be that the show would
be so popular, people would pay to _stand_ and see the show.