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Lord Jim wrote:How do you get an ear worm for a song you haven't heard in years?

A few days ago, for no apparent reason, the silly 60s novelty song Guitarzan popped into my head, and I can't get it out... :?

(Well I can, but it keeps coming back...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_1KN5c4BU

You can always try to force it out with Ahab the Arab.
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Or Alley Oop.

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Earworms slowly wiggle away when you're totally unaware. Go to bed screaming that you want it to stop, and by morning it's gone. Almost never to return.

A few years ago I couldn't get the "Think Music" from Final Jeopardy out of my head. Over and over it played whenever my mind wandered, and as you all know it wanders a lot. It seemed that the music lasted for months. Then one day -- POOF! -- it was gone.

I still watch Jeopardy almost daily and the worm refuses to crawl back into my auditory meatus.

To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, “Here is the earworm, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”

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Why do news obits use the word “dies”? At the time of the news the event has already past. Surely “died” would make more sense.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

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Sounds a bit too active, don't it just? How about "dead"?
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Present tense is used in the news to describe events that have already happened all the time...

The headline always reads, "X Wins The Super bowl", not "X Won The Super Bowl"...

"Dow Plunges 500 Points", not "Dow Plunged 500 Points"...
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news = current event

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Currently, I'm getting very tired of hearing people on TV and radio using the word, "Surreal". It seems to be the latest word gone viral (which is another word I'm sick of hearing). Pardon me, I've got to go pepper spray a kid that I see walking on my front lawn...

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It's literally making me sick.

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At the end of the day... It is what it is.
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I can't wait for the next illuminating post
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Here you go, Major. Let me know if it's what you need. I think it's a nice one.

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Ha ha! Cross-posted with another great mind! :lol:
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Both of a higher standard than expected! :lol:
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If I'm not around later, I'd like to let you know why...

I'm expecting a knock at the door from the Publisher's Clearinghouse folks...

(Well, at least I'm hoping to get that knock today, since it's a key part of my retirement strategy...)
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I've been watching so much British and Aussie television lately that last night I had a dream where I was driving a car with the steering wheel on the wrong side... :?
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:lol:
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Lord Jim wrote:I've been watching so much British and Aussie television lately that last night I had a dream where I was driving a car with the steering wheel on the wrong side... :?
You are....
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