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03 January 2008

MeCha challenge - plz to exorcise my earworm and banish my boredom? →[More:]

*sigh* I adore the Bourne movies, but I loathe that Moby ending credits track, and now I've got it stuck in my head on endless repeat. HELP! I need distractions!

Here's the challenge: Youtube and sound of any kind are verboten at work. MeFi and most blogs are blocked. Forgot the iPod at home. Limericks may help (hi WolfDog!). Haikus? Sonnets? Dunno, but anything's gotta be better than crappy techno.

Also: currently twiddling my thumbs doing the hurry-up-and-wait thing. Would like to do actual *work* but am stuck until I get direction that's pending from a meeting later this afternoon. Extra credit if you can help me look busy :)

you guys rule.

post by: lonefrontranger at: 12:13 | 20 comments

A friend once said that "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" would clear out pretty much any earworm.

At the very least, it's fun to sing in accents in one's own head.

posted by occhiblu 03 January | 12:17

Or, try the theme to "Gilligan's Island"... just trying to remember all the lyrics usually does it for me.

posted by mightshould 03 January | 12:21

I am thinking about your DOORBELL
When you gonna RING IT?
When you gonna RING IT?

help any?

posted by jessamyn 03 January | 12:23

mightshould: eeeek! I mean that's the right idea, but i'm not sure replacing a nasty earworm with AN EVEN WORSE ONE is quite what I was aiming at.

occhi: that'd be cool, if I only knew the melody/lyrics to that song a little better (yea, I'm an uncultured boob, sorry)

jessamyn: nope, sorry.

gah. trust me I will never fall asleep on the sofa with any of those movies on EVAR AGAIN.

posted by lonefrontranger 03 January | 12:29

...and on review GODDAMMIT NOW I HAVE A BOURNE/GILLIGAN MASHUP RUNNING THRU MY HEAD, ARRRRRRGHHH!!!

*pounds head on desk*

posted by lonefrontranger 03 January | 12:30

Hee. Not sure that not knowing Andrew Lloyd Weber makes one "uncultured".... :-)

And I don't actually know most of the lyrics anyway. Just scream out the following in your head while pretending you have Penelope Cruz's accent:

Don't cry for me ARGENTIIIIIINAAAAAAA!
The truth is I NEVER LEFT YOU!
All through my wild days!
My mad existence!
I kept my PROMISE!!!!!!!
[this is where you get all seductive and whispery:] Don't keep your distance!

posted by occhiblu 03 January | 12:34

I signed up on a haiku mailing list recently. The only one I've got so far that I really liked is this:

winter storm
seagulls are outshouting
the waves

--Gosia Zamorska
http://tinywords.com/haiku/2007/12/10

posted by DarkForest 03 January | 12:38

Animal crackers in my soup,
monkeys and rabbits loopdeloop.
Gosh oh gee do I have fun
swallowing animals one by one!

posted by box 03 January | 12:56

Argh. Now I've got "Don't cry for me Argentina" going in my head. The earworms are spreading.

posted by DarkForest 03 January | 12:56

occhiblu: hee, thanks... I think.

DarkForest: good haiku; BAD EARWORMS! BAD! BAD! (sorry)

box: hmm. we'll see if I don't merely conflate it with the current cacophony, because I am pretty certain that a bourne/gilligan/shirley temple mashup earworm would simply make my head asplode.

stupid brains.

posted by lonefrontranger 03 January | 13:01

I was told and have had success with merely humming "Girl From Ipanema" will successfully remove the earworm.

posted by birdherder 03 January | 13:15

Someone on Mefi once suggested singing Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan's Island. I don't know if it works, but it's fun.

And thanks Jessamyn. Now Meg and Jack are running amok in my head.

posted by jrossi4r 03 January | 13:25

If you've seen "Making Fiends," simply sing this song to yourself:

Monkeys live in trees
Monkeys have furry knees
Monkeys never lose their wallets
They don't have any

posted by brina 03 January | 13:27

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
Bananaphone ...

posted by essexjan 03 January | 13:58

I went to the animal fair
The birds and the beasts were there
The big baboon by the light of the moon
Was combing his auburn hair.
The monkey fell out of his bunk
And slid down the elephant's trunk.
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees...
and what became of the monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey?

posted by essexjan 03 January | 14:18

MONKEYS == AWESOME!!!

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
one fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said:
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!"

(repeat ad nauseam...)

crap now I want a jumprope.

posted by lonefrontranger 03 January | 14:30

just do the same thing I always do; go on a really brisk walk/jog with no headphones on. Something else will come.

posted by chuckdarwin 03 January | 14:49

>>Someone on Mefi once suggested singing Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan's Island. I don't know if it works, but it's fun.

No, I am not one of them.

posted by sperose 03 January | 16:29

The Lonely Goatherd has been running in a constant loop in my mind since seeing part of The Sound of Music last Sunday.

The Julie Andrews version alternates with the Wing version.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 03 January | 21:53

From the sick me and the heated Bees:

Isn't it rich?
Aren't we a pair?
Me, off to the bathroom again
Your butt in the air
Send in the clowns...

posted by ethylene 05 January | 23:24

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