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19 June 2006

OK, I took it to MeCha :: loquacious' AskMe, swiftly deleted, is being systematically debunked via the power of wiki. Join in! Bare-knuckle-edge-of-your-seat-excitement guaranteed! Dancing girls!

post by: blag at: 05:35 | 29 comments

This post is not meant to denigrate, disparage or otherwise disrespect MeCha nor should it be regarded as an indication that the aforementioned site is a dumping ground for questions unworthy of the green. IANAL YMMV RTFM.

Also, bunny.

posted by blag 19 June | 05:39

Sweet buttery Jesus, I love you magnifecent bastards. I really do.

*sniff*

No, seriously, I just teared up a little. I'm not being sarcastic. Don't even bother recalibrating your sarcasm detectors, just put 'em away.

posted by loquacious 19 June | 07:19

Okay, peoples. What about this "The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument". Common sense says this has got to be bullshit... are millions of schoolkids in China carrying around harmonicas? I DON'T THINK SO.

But how do we prove it false?

posted by taz 19 June | 07:30

Well, googling on "world's most popular musical instrument" brings up counter-claims for the guitar and the piano; so the claim is disputable at best, if not disprovable without access to an army of demographers & statisticians.

posted by misteraitch 19 June | 07:38

That's a tricky one. I'm having the same difficuty with the Animal Crackers 'fact'. Most of the web pages I've found so far seem to indicate that it's either the guitar or the piano. It's bloody close:

Guitar (62 results)
Piano (63 results)
Harmonica (24 results)

(not the most scientific method, I realise...)

posted by blag 19 June | 07:40

Also, hunting for that kidney stone one has just put me off lunch.

posted by blag 19 June | 07:49

See, I would guess the (generic) "flute". Ancient, inexpensive, portable, used in almost all the world's musical genres...

How many people in third-world countries can afford a guitar? I know I can't.

posted by taz 19 June | 07:49

Or drum.

I hear flute and drums every single day... from the gypsy musicians who wander around playing to patrons of the tavernas.

posted by taz 19 June | 07:52

The human voice.

posted by Hugh Janus 19 June | 08:38

ack, it has special formatting requirements

posted by stilicho 19 June | 11:04

Microsoft Word's word count says the Bill of Rights is 462 words, not 463.

posted by goatdog 19 June | 11:11

The harmonica has GOT to be the most popular, if 'popular' means 'most owned'. Almost every kid in the world owns one at some point or another, even a cheap plastic one. Guitars and pianos are expensive, to my everlasting chagrin. A harmonica is cheap, portable, easily available, and highly effective for annoying adults as well as making tuneful sounds for cowboys and prisoners.

posted by Miko 19 June | 11:18

every kid in the world

reconsidering the extremity of that statement, but I'd still guess 50% for the U.S. and high for the other Westernized nations.

posted by Miko 19 June | 11:20

Cecil Adams takes on the eating spiders while asleep bit.

posted by goatdog 19 June | 11:26

I am trying to edit but taz has a grip on the page! My answers are burning a hole in my pocket.

posted by Miko 19 June | 11:37

Strategy:

1. Scroll to the bottom of the page where there are more unanswered questions.

2. Research questions in other windows.

3. Click back every minute to see if the edit lock is off.

4. Enter answers like mad for my 15 minutes of debunking fame.

Know what's the funniest? MeFi was right. MetaChat digs this.

posted by Miko 19 June | 11:42

heh. I only just discovered that the "lock" happens, miko. I've been very leisurely all day, typing part in, then checking something out, going to get a glass of water, etc. D'oh!!

posted by taz 19 June | 12:10

whoops!

Well, I'm done. I debunked (or bunked..?) six things and now I should do some real work.

posted by Miko 19 June | 12:15

Huh. By typing that, I just clicked that the root word of "debunk" is "bunk", as in BS. I love the word "bunk." So I didn't "bunk" anything.

posted by Miko 19 June | 12:16

ARGH wrong link above. Right one.

posted by Miko 19 June | 12:17

I still think we should harness the awesome power of metachat to ask each question on the list, to be debunked or confirmed. Not sure that we have quite enough users to ask it all at once on the same day, but it would be pretty funny. Hey, it was the suggestion that loq ask each individually, so what's a few hundred AskMes amongst friends?

posted by kyleg 19 June | 13:27

You know, I'm beginning to think Mattamyn doesn't like MeCha.

posted by Doohickie 19 June | 13:37

*harnesses kyleg, then dresses him in assless chaps*

Doohickie, you love to stir the shit. But despite your efforts so far, I know for certain Jess doesn't have a problem with us.

posted by taz 19 June | 13:43

My only contribution was to correct someone's affirmation. (Well, the affirmation was correct, but it was technically mistaken.)

Is it just me, or did anyone else feel very uncomfortable reading that list, hoping they won't retain a bit of it (being that it's unreliable)?

posted by kmellis 19 June | 15:40

Goddamit, stilicho, let someone else edit this bitch!

posted by Eideteker 19 June | 17:11

I just came in to say that Matt is a commie.
deader bed than red.
Better stink than pink.
Better Chattle than Tattle.

Civil Disobedience now, folks!

posted by Hellbient 19 June | 17:43

You magnificent bastards! I went out for a run and came back to discover you've all been very busy. Great teamwork. We must be over halfway by now.

posted by blag 19 June | 18:14

Oh, hey, that's how you're supposed to spell magnificent. *sleep deprived and teetering on the edge of heat stroke after the nth rainless day of 100-115 degree heat*

posted by loquacious 19 June | 18:51

I can't stop.

posted by stilicho 19 June | 22:55

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