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Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:42 am
by datsunaholic
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.

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:24 pm
by Big RR
Or Alley Oop.

Home For Random Thoughts

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:37 pm
by RayThom
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.”


Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:46 am
by Crackpot
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.

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:55 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Sounds a bit too active, don't it just? How about "dead"?

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:02 pm
by Lord Jim
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"...

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:13 pm
by Long Run
news = current event

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:45 am
by Joe Guy
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...

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:57 pm
by Long Run
It's literally making me sick.

Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:48 pm
by RayThom
At the end of the day... It is what it is.

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:22 pm
by Joe Guy
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Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:34 am
by MajGenl.Meade
I can't wait for the next illuminating post

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 2:53 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
Here you go, Major. Let me know if it's what you need. I think it's a nice one.

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Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 2:56 pm
by BoSoxGal
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Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 2:59 pm
by BoSoxGal
Ha ha! Cross-posted with another great mind! :lol:

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:06 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Both of a higher standard than expected! :lol:

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:07 pm
by Lord Jim
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...)

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:04 pm
by Lord Jim
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... :?

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:45 pm
by BoSoxGal
:lol:

Re: Home for Random Thoughts

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:58 am
by MajGenl.Meade
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... :?
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