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    What’s your Earwig?!

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    by gadgetgirl ·

    According to Maecuff, an Earwig is a tune that gets through your ear into your brain, and drives you to distraction!

    As an earwig-squasher, how about posting your earwig on the discussion to see if one of your peers can get rid of it for you?

    It needn?t just be earwigs ? it could be that tune that you heard a few notes of on the way into work, and is constantly playing in your head.

    Or you?re trying to find a particular track but you don?t know the artist.

    Or you know the artist but not the track.

    I know there are sites out there that do this, but I think this will be much more fun! Besides that, it?s Friday, we?re all on wind-down for the weekend anyway. :p

    (that?s apart from the fact that the majority of people where I work are still constrained by the fact that we?ve all lost our user drive on the network??.ohwhatapitynevermind?? and I?m bored??.) ;\

    My particular earwig this morning ? and one that I don?t want squished ? is a Status Quo track which was blasting on the radio on the way in called ?The Party Ain?t Over Yet?????and my boss keeps asking me to stop head-banging over the keyboard?? 😀

    GG

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    • #3137724

      One for the older Brits

      by neilb@uk ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      This morning on the BBC News, they interviewed Roger McGough about his poetry. Unfortunately, they also showed a clip of him in Scaffold, singing Lily the Pink.

      Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! F**king Medicinal Compounds. The last time that I heard that it took [b]years[/b] to get it out of my brain.

      Here you go, GG. This’ll shift the Quo.

      We’ll drink a drink a drink
      To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
      The saviour of the human race
      For she invented medicinal compound
      Most efficacious in every case.

      Mr. Frears
      had sticky-out ears
      and it made him awful shy
      and so they gave him medicinal compound
      and now he’s learning how to fly.

      Brother Tony
      Was notably bony
      He would never eat his meals
      And so they gave him medicinal compound
      Now they move him round on wheels.

      We’ll drink a drink a drink
      To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
      The saviour of the human race
      For she invented medicinal compound
      Most efficacious in every case.

      Old Ebeneezer
      Thought he was Julius Caesar
      And so they put him in a Home
      where they gave him medicinal compound
      and now he’s Emperor of Rome.

      Johnny Hammer
      Had a terrible stammer
      He could hardly say a word
      And so they gave him medicinal compound
      Now he’s seen (but never heard)!

      We’ll drink a drink a drink
      To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
      The saviour of the human race
      For she invented medicinal compound
      Most efficacious in every case.

      Auntie Millie
      Ran willy-nilly
      When her legs, they did recede
      And so they rubbed on medicinal compound
      And now they call her Millipede.

      Jennifer Eccles
      had terrible freckles
      and the boys all called her names
      but she changed with medicinal compound
      and now he joins in all their games.

      We’ll drink a drink a drink
      To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
      The saviour of the human race
      For she invented medicinal compound
      Most efficacious in every case.

      Lily the Pink, she
      Turned to drink, she
      Filled up with paraffin inside
      and despite her medicinal compound
      Sadly Picca-Lily died.

      Up to Heaven
      Her soul ascended
      All the church bells they did ring
      She took with her medicinal compound
      Hark the herald angels sing.

      Oooooooooooooooo Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ll drink a drink a drink
      To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
      The saviour of the human race
      For she invented medicinal compound
      Most efficacious in every case.

      Neil ]:)

      • #3137712

        no, pet,

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to One for the older Brits

        NOTHING can shift Quo, and especially not this pathetic tune. That must have been at the top of the charts for weeks – even my grandmother knew the words to that one!

        I’ll stick with my Quo, thanks, even though Charlotte Church’s “I love it when you call my name” is on next door, and is infiltrating the vibes….! 😀

        GG

      • #3137690

        Doesn’t effect me

        by jamesrl ·

        In reply to One for the older Brits

        Since I don’t know the tune…

        But after reading the words, now the Hollies song “Jennifer Eccles” is in my brain….

        James

        • #3137685

          oh, well that worked, then!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Doesn’t effect me

          😀

          GG

        • #3137630

          It reminded me of the Philosopher’s Song

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to Doesn’t effect me

          Similar meter and rhythm of the Monty Python work. Monty Python is driving me crazy!!! First the Traffic Light song, then I woke up this morning to “The Liberty Bell March”, originally a patriotic American song now better known as the Monty Python Flying Circus theme.

      • #3137681

        And, because it’s Friday

        by neilb@uk ·

        In reply to One for the older Brits

        Two verses that didn’t make the record…

        Oh Mrs. Murphy
        (Mrs. Murphy)
        Was perturbed because she couldn’t seem to pee
        Till she took some of Lily’s compound
        And now they run a pipeline to the sea!

        And Peter Whelan
        (Peter Whelan)
        He was sad because he only had one nut
        Till he took some of Lily’s compound
        And now they grow in clusters ’round his butt

        😀

        Still got the bloody tune!

        • #3137675

          I don’t wish to know that….

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to And, because it’s Friday

          ……. kindly leave the stage…..:D

          GG

          (some bright spark just started singing “gimme gimme gimme a man after midnite” [well, anytime, really] along the corridor…it’s unhooked my Quo….yahboosucks….)

      • #3118693

        Lucky you!

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to One for the older Brits

        I made the mistake of watching one of those VH1 where are they nows on one-hit wonders

        “Oh, Mickey, he’s so fine…”

        Need I say more?

      • #3119648

        Aaaargh

        by bizzo ·

        In reply to One for the older Brits

        Neil, can I just say that I hate you.

        I read your post about an hour ago, took me a while to remember the tune, and now it’s not going anywhere. It’s there, squirming in my head, threatening to eat up what little sanity I have.

        Thank you.

        • #3119625

          You’re welcome!

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to Aaaargh

          But if it’s any consolation, reading your post has just restarted it for me!

          On three!

          Oooooooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ll drink a drink a drink…

          Bugger!!!!!!!

        • #3119614

          Neil, have this one too

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to You’re welcome!

          because it’s been driving me nuts all morning (ok, even more nuts than normal!)and I have no idea what started it….

          after oooooooh!

          yingtongyingtongyingtongyingtongyingtongtiddle-i-po
          yingtongyingtongyingtongtiddle-i-po, tiddle-i-po!

          ah, that feels better!

          :p 😀

          GG

    • #3137691

      Cure for “Musical Cooties”

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I’ve heard the term “Musical Cooties” as an alternative to “earwig”. The idea is not just to get rid of the tune, but to actively inflict it on someone else.

      When I get a real clunker stuck in my head, I can usually run it off with a few choruses of Maria’s “I Feel Pretty” from “West Side Story”. Yeah, it’s sappy, but it does a good job of evicting whatever else is stuck in my head. It also has the added benefit of driving others to claw their ears off when I sing it out loud.

      • #3137684

        NeilB! nuther translation….

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to Cure for “Musical Cooties”

        what the livin’eck is a cootie?!

        (will you PLEASE hurry up with that cultural translation program you’re writing!!)

        😀

        GG

        • #3137679

          That’s an easy one

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to NeilB! nuther translation….

          British Naval slang for a head louse. It’s mentioned in Hornblower. I didn’t even have to look it up.

          Though I’m assuming that it means the same over there!

          Neil 😀

          Supplied free by Neil’s Translation Services for the betterment of Humanity (and because it’s Friday and sunny)

        • #3137673

          Negative.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to That’s an easy one

          The louse definition is not used commonly over here. It’s more often used to describe an imaginary critter tranferred between opposite sexes, usually referred to in juvenile conversations. “Janey, don’t let him touch you; he’ll get his cooties all over you!” They’re regarded as an imaginary venereal disease for pre-teens. Also used as a synonym for for terms such as “Tonsil Hockey”, “Swapping Spit”, “Tongue Wrestling”, “Copping a Feel”, “Grab Ass”, etc.

        • #3137665

          Thank you

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to Negative.

          I’ll add it all to the cross-cultural database

          😀

          I don’t think we’ve got an equivalent…

        • #3137654

          Yeuccch!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Thank you

          I bloody well hope not!

          ~walks away muttering~

          ~uncivilised bunch~

          😀

          GG

        • #3136352

          Sexy louse

          by ozi eagle ·

          In reply to Negative.

          There is a louse that lives exclusively in the pubic hair, and thus can be transferred between the sexes.

        • #3136243

          Ah, I’d forgotten about them

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Sexy louse

          Stateside we call them “crabs”, as in “Don’t drop matches in the toilet, the crabs have learned how to pole-vault.”

        • #3137678

          I had to found out also

          by neil higgins ·

          In reply to NeilB! nuther translation….

          and apparently it’s little bugs in your head.Yuk.That bloody tune,or whatever which wont go away.As a Brit,I also like lots of music from across the pond.I find Green Day’s “wake me up when september ends”goes off through my lugholes for no apparent reason.But maybe I’m just mad…:)

        • #3137676

          You said it…..

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to I had to found out also

          not me….! :p

          GG

    • #3137672

      Not too bad this morning..

      by maecuff ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I had “Watching the Detectives” by Elvis Costello playing when I woke up this morning. On the way in to work, I had the Queers going. Only one line though..”Hey you mother f*ckers, I only drink Bud”. Could be worse.

      I walk after work and ALWAYS listen to the same music. A mixture of The Pixies and The Ramones. Then I keep up with the music, which is fast and faster. Of course, that means I go to sleep at night hearing those songs over and over.

      Right now, I have The Jam playing..Down in the Tube Station at Midnight. Not in my head though, it’s actually playing..:)

    • #3137652

      I’m a carrier

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      and as such, and pretty much immune to most. I listen to music almost 24/7 and if wasn’t for video games, DVDS, and porn i wouldn’t even own a TV.

      But, having small children has provided me with quite an arsonal to affront others with!

      One of my favorites that is almost sure to stick is the Disney “It’s a small world”. I will whistle this quietly so people will have to make the effort to hear what I am whistleing (making them even more easily influenced!) and they will be hooked and beotching at me for the rest of the day. My work here is done….. :p

      Of course, Mae has become infatuated with me giving her random thoughts to keep her company throught the day. She is very fond of the Barney theme song i found. (heehee)

      Hmm, I take that back. As people who have followed my discussion, I admit to having “theme songs” that fit the day I am having and have posted the lyrics for the more prominate ones. Not quite the same as the annoying “earwig”, but I will intentionally hop on a song because it fits.

      The other day (when my big D papers came in) I was back on the James Brown, I FEEL GOOD! Not too long before that I was stuck on the Misfits “Die die die, my darling!” and would have this jamm’en to the heavens as I race down the highway!

      Going to take a road trip right now, and it feels like a “Stabbing Westward” kind of day!

      Cheers!

      • #3137638

        Remember the theme from MASH

        by sleepin’dawg ·

        In reply to I’m a carrier

        The first words were,”Suicide is painless….” ad nauseum. That tends to wander through tha back alleys of the mind after listening to some twit trying to make up a phoney excuse.

        [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

      • #3137637

        why did I read that and immediately think

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to I’m a carrier

        a carrier of what???!! :p

        just think {Laurel and Hardy} you’ll have all that road trip {In The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia} to try and get {on the trail of the lonesome pine} any little ditty or earwig {in the pale moonshine} out of your head {her eyes met mine} that may have managed {where she carved her name and I carved mine} to get into your brain so subtly {oh… Joooooooon} you didn’t even {like the mountains, I’m blue} notice it happening…..

        😡

        GG

    • #3137645

      I have one

      by itgirli ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      It’s a song by Seven Nations and I don’t remember which one. I have the instrumental part in my head.

    • #3137634

      I like Traffic Lights

      by montgomery gator ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      The Monty Python song “I Like Traffic Lights”, since I posted the lyrics in the “I Hate Democrats” discussion. I guess mine is self inflicted. 🙁

      • #3137622

        Monty Python

        by neilb@uk ·

        In reply to I like Traffic Lights

        I was going to post this in one of the (many) religious discussions. When this one gets stuck, it gets stuck! I’m whistling it as I’m typing!

        Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving
        And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
        That’s orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it’s reckoned,
        A sun that is the source of all our power.

        The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
        Are moving at a million miles a day
        In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
        Of the galaxy we call the ‘Milky Way’.

        Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
        It’s a hundred thousand light years side to side.
        It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
        But out by us, it’s just three thousand light years wide.

        We’re thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
        We go ’round every two hundred million years,
        And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
        In this amazing and expanding universe.

        The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
        In all of the directions it can whizz
        As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
        Twelve million miles a minute, and that’s the fastest speed there is.

        So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
        How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
        And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
        ‘Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth.

        And all of the others but especially…

        Always look on the bright side of life
        (de do, de do, de do de do de do de do)

        Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

        • #3137598

          As a long time Monty Python fan what irks me is……………….

          by sleepin’dawg ·

          In reply to Monty Python

          I can always remember most of the words but I get the various tunes all scrambled up.

          [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3136146

          I can never remember the words

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to As a long time Monty Python fan what irks me is……………….

          to the Spam song 😉

        • #3119690

          You Had To Ask Didn’t you?

          by jdgretz ·

          In reply to I can never remember the words

          Here’s the skit…

          Monty Python Spam Song

          Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings wearing horned helmets. Whenever the word “spam” is repeated, they begin singing and/or chanting. A man and his wife enter. The man is played by Eric Idle, the wife is played by Graham Chapman (in drag), and the waitress is played by Terry Jones, also in drag.

          Man: You sit here, dear.

          Wife: All right.

          Man: Morning!

          Waitress: Morning!

          Man: Well, what’ve you got?

          Waitress: Well, there’s egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;

          Vikings: Spam spam spam spam…

          Waitress: …spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam…

          Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!

          Waitress: …or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.

          Wife: Have you got anything without spam?

          Waitress: Well, there’s spam egg sausage and spam, that’s not got much spam in it.

          Wife: I don’t want ANY spam!

          Man: Why can’t she have egg bacon spam and sausage?

          Wife: THAT’S got spam in it!

          Man: Hasn’t got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it?

          Vikings: Spam spam spam spam… (Crescendo through next few lines…)

          Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then?

          Waitress: Urgghh!

          Wife: What do you mean ‘Urgghh’? I don’t like spam!

          Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

          Waitress: Shut up!

          Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

          Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can’t have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam.

          Wife: I don’t like spam!

          Man: Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your spam. I love it. I’m having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!

          Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

          Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.

          Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then?

          Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam… (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)

          Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!

        • #3136144

          Dammit Neil!

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Monty Python

          That stupid bright side of life ALWAYS gets me…

          Time for more damage control.

        • #3135967

          There you went and did it!

          by attackcomputerwhiz ·

          In reply to Monty Python

          Now “The Radio Song” has started playing in my head!

    • #3137615

      My earwig started this whole earwig thing

      by m_a_r_k ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      when I mentioned a song in the “Absolute Right or Absolute Wrong” discussion. I’ve been listening to the radio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the last 3 days trying to hear that song again so I could figure out the name of the damn thing.

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=183741&messageID=1874911

      • #3119695

        You may be right

        by ldyosng ·

        In reply to My earwig started this whole earwig thing

        I may be crazy.
        But it just may be a lunitic
        you’re looking for.
        Turn out the light.
        Don’t try to save me . . .
        You may be wrong,
        for all I know,
        you may be right.
        Billy Joel.

        • #3118008

          Nope, wrong song

          by m_a_r_k ·

          In reply to You may be right

          Someone already suggested that one, ldyosng. Did I spell your name right? Well, it wasn’t the Billy Joel song. I still can’t think of the name or the singer of my damned earwig.

        • #3117944

          It’s actually Lady Of Song

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to Nope, wrong song

          Pet Shop Boys?
          Try this link. I searched on “you may be wrong”.
          http://search.azlyrics.com/cgi-bin/azseek.cgi?q=you+may+be+wrong

          You know that joke: you know you spend too much time on the computer when your screen name and your vanity plate are the same? That would be me.
          I sang multi-track backup on the recording of a demo tape named Lady of Song. After we laid down the tracks, the writer/producer told me that the title song was about me, and gave me permission to use the title. The guy was odd and the song was sophomoric – but the thought was very sweet and a profound compliment. Oooh! And now it’s playing in my head. EARWIG!

        • #3131739

          Oh so that’s what “Ldyosng” means!

          by m_a_r_k ·

          In reply to It’s actually Lady Of Song

          Ldyosng = “Lady of Song” 😉 Why didn’t you make it easy on all of us and call yourself “singerbabe”. Or “ITbabewhosingsinhersparetime”. Or “ITbabewhousedtosinginhersparetime” if you don’t do much singing any more.

          I don’t think my earwig is a Pet Shop Boys song. It’s not as alternative/new wavish as their sound. I probably won’t hear this song for the next 100 years and I’ll go to my grave not knowing the name.

        • #3131555

          Sorry about that, chief!

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to Oh so that’s what “Ldyosng” means!

          I’ve had the license plate for a lot longer than I’ve been using a computer.

          As to the Earwig – don’t you just HATE when that happens? It took me a couple of years to track down “that cool song with the good beat and the Gregorian chant in it”. Finally found out it was Enigma and bought the recording. But not before just about tearing my hair out trying to find it again.

          Then there was Albanoni’s adagio in G minor. I finally have a couple of copies of that one.

          Now if I could just find the particular Regina coeli I’ve been singing part of from memory for the past 30 years . . .

        • #3132105

          30 years?

          by m_a_r_k ·

          In reply to Sorry about that, chief!

          Cr@p! My earwig will have burrowed into my brain by then. As soon as I read “that cool song with the good beat and the Gregorian chant in it”, I knew you were talking about the Enigma song. I knew it right away and you waited two years for it. :^O Cool song, by the way.

      • #3114019

        Could be Wrong….

        by ciderick ·

        In reply to My earwig started this whole earwig thing

        Dude, Public Image Ltd (or PiL as they were known)

        John Lyndon – ex sex pistols…
        I could be wrong, I could be right,
        I could be black, I could be white…

        Is this the one?

    • #3137613

      Monty Python (slightly uh…racey song from the Meaning of Life)

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      DAD:
      There are Jews in the world.
      There are Buddhists.
      There are Hindus and Mormons, and then
      There are those that follow Mohammed, but
      I’ve never been one of them.

      I’m a Roman Catholic,
      And have been since before I was born,
      And the one thing they say about Catholics is:
      They’ll take you as soon as you’re warm.

      You don’t have to be a six-footer.
      You don’t have to have a great brain.
      You don’t have to have any clothes on. You’re
      A Catholic the moment Dad came,

      Because

      Every sperm is sacred.
      Every sperm is great.
      If a sperm is wasted,
      God gets quite irate.

      CHILDREN:
      Every sperm is sacred.
      Every sperm is great.
      If a sperm is wasted,
      God gets quite irate.

      GIRL:
      Let the heathen spill theirs
      On the dusty ground.
      God shall make them pay for
      Each sperm that can’t be found.

      CHILDREN:
      Every sperm is wanted.
      Every sperm is good.
      Every sperm is needed
      In your neighbourhood.

      MUM:
      Hindu, Taoist, Mormon,
      Spill theirs just anywhere,
      But God loves those who treat their
      Semen with more care.

      MEN:
      Every sperm is sacred.
      Every sperm is great.
      WOMEN:
      If a sperm is wasted,…
      CHILDREN:
      …God get quite irate.

      PRIEST:
      Every sperm is sacred.
      BRIDE and GROOM:
      Every sperm is good.
      NANNIES:
      Every sperm is needed…
      CARDINALS:
      …In your neighbourhood!

      CHILDREN:
      Every sperm is useful.
      Every sperm is fine.
      FUNERAL CORTEGE:
      God needs everybody’s.
      MOURNER #1:
      Mine!
      MOURNER #2:
      And mine!
      CORPSE:
      And mine!

      NUN:
      Let the Pagan spill theirs
      O’er mountain, hill, and plain.
      HOLY STATUES:
      God shall strike them down for
      Each sperm that’s spilt in vain.

      EVERYONE:
      Every sperm is sacred.
      Every sperm is good.
      Every sperm is needed
      In your neighbourhood.

      Every sperm is sacred.
      Every sperm is great.
      If a sperm is wasted,
      God gets quite iraaaaaate!

    • #3136235

      Mine this morning is Alice’s Restaurant

      by surflover ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      (Arlo Guthrie)… unfortunately, I know all the words so it’ll be hours before I can get rid of it …but I guess that’s ok, I’ve always liked it 🙂

      See what you’ve started mark? :^O

      • #3136349

        All 25 minutes of it?

        by ozi eagle ·

        In reply to Mine this morning is Alice’s Restaurant

        The full song of Alice’s Restaurant runs for about 25 minutes.

        • #3136588

          unfortunately

          by surflover ·

          In reply to All 25 minutes of it?

          My roommate and I went to Miami for spring break from U. of M. (ann arbor, MI) and it was stuck in his 8 track… we listened to it till we couldn’t stand it any more, then silence, then put it back on, etc… it was a 20+ hour drive…

    • #3136220

      Yellow Submarine

      by v_man ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Yep, it’s stuck and won’t go away. Going to be one of those days……..

    • #3136203

      Every one of those songs…

      by gadgetgirl ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      will probably come over the radio on my way home!

      (Knowing my luck!)

      My weekend is just about to start, so thanks all, for keeping me occupied this afternoon!

      (I appreciate it – it was either this or reading a training manual my colleague has written….!)

      Have a wonderful weekend!

      😀

      GG

    • #3136126

      Smoke gets in your eyes

      by gralfus ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      This oldie has been flying around in my head for about 2 months now. It all came when I tried to pick out the tune on my flute, followed by 3-5 hours of sleep every night since then. AIIIIIIEEEEE!

      I play other tunes to drive it out, but it seems to find its way back eventually. Haven’t heard it today so far.

    • #3136346

      Down in Oz

      by ozi eagle ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Down under, in Oz, we have an insect called an earwig. It is about 3/4 inch long, by 1/8 wide, dark brown in colour, with big nippers at its tail end. The males nippers are a lopside C in shape, whilst the female’s are more like an = sign with the ends curled in. They live under logs, rocks anything lying on the ground.

      • #3136830

        Earwig insects also in the USA

        by montgomery gator ·

        In reply to Down in Oz

        In the USA we have the same insect (or one very similar to what you describe) called an earwig. Makes me wonder if someone introduced earwigs to Australia, maybe to feed the Cane Toads that were introduced previously? 🙂

        I have heard that Oz is plagued with many introduced species, including rabbits, mice, and cane toads. In Florida, where I was born, we also have cane toads that were introduced there, and, ironically, an Australian species of tree that grows like a weed in the Everglades, known as the Melaleuca.

        • #3136802

          Introduced Species

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Earwig insects also in the USA

          I thought the most invasive species introduced to Florida were the Northeastern Retiree and the Pale-Bellied Snowbird.

        • #3136749

          Noooooo

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Introduced Species

          Now I have Anne Murrary’s “Snowbird” in my ear – early 70s Canadiana…how treacly.

          James

        • #3136649

          Anne Murray

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to Noooooo

          She’s a Canadian, and if she wintered in Florida, she would be one of those Canadian Snowbirds, the worst kind!! 🙂

        • #3136578

          Elvis’ Favorite

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Anne Murray

          Elvis once said that Anne Murray was one of his favorite singers. Now I’ve got “Suspicious Minds” lodged in the old cortex….

    • #3136805

      for the children among us…

      by shellbot ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      ‘ he lives in a pineapple under the sea…’

      please help me , i’m going insane

    • #3137491

      Nickelback

      by jck ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Figured You Out…always runs through my brain

    • #3137465

      I found a cure!!!

      by maecuff ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I’ve had this horrible headache since Saturday. I went to the doctor today and he said I have a sinus infection. He gave me a decongestant, antibiotic, anti-vertigo medicine, nasal steroids and vicodin for the headache. I’m not too troubled by earwigs right now. Right now, my biggest problem is drooling.

      • #3137263

        your vertigo

        by jck ·

        In reply to I found a cure!!!

        ask the doc if you have BPPV (Benign Paroxysimal Positional Vertigo).

        If so, ask about Eppley exercises…no meds necessary and they cured mine in about 6 weeks…they help to correct the position of the autoliths in the inner ear and stop the vertigo.

        • #3137233

          Sounds good in theory..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to your vertigo

          My Dr here is a putz. I’ve tried to talk to him about a number of things and all I get is a condescending head nod. I didn’t even go to him yesterday, I went to an Urgent Care, where they hustle you in and out like cattle. This is something else I don’t like about small town living.

        • #3137230

          if you need

          by jck ·

          In reply to Sounds good in theory..

          I’ll tell you how to do them…to see if it helps…

          I know how you feel…lots of docs here are just here for the money because of all the old people around that they can herd in and out like cattle.

          Very few actually care…and usually if they do, they don’t take HMO patients cause the insurance companies try to tell HMO docs how long to spend with a patient.

          Hope you get better.

        • #3137229

          That would be great

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to if you need

          The vertigo is almost as bad as the headache, and it’s been going on for over 2 weeks now. I had this once before, years ago, and it lasted for months.

          Contact me through peer mail so that we don’t bore anyone else with my trivial problems. 🙂

    • #3118667

      One Nation Under a Groove

      by livendien la ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I am an old fart… but this Funkadelic/George Clinton jam gets lifts me up.
      One Nation Under a Groove

      So wide can’t get around it
      So low you can’t get under it
      So high you can’t get over it
      Da-yee do do do do do do
      This is a chance
      This is a chance
      To Dance your way
      Out of your constrictions

      Here’s a chance to dance our way
      out of our constrictions
      Gonna be freakin’!
      Up and down…
      Hang up alley way
      With the groove our Only guide
      We shall all be moved!

      Ready or not here we come
      Gettin’ down on the one which we believe in…

      One nation under a groove,
      Gettin’ down just for the funk of it
      (Can I get it on my good foot)
      Gettin’ down just for the funk of it
      (Good God)
      ’bout time I got down one time

      One nation and we’re on the move
      Nothin’ can stop us now
      (Aye aye aye aye aye)
      Feet don’t fail me now
      Give you more… of what you’re funkin’ for
      Feet don’t fail me now.
      Do you promise to funk?
      The whole funk, nothin’ but the funk..
      You can’t stop us now
      Givin’ you more of what you’re
      Funkin’ for

    • #3118503

      Reply To: What’s your Earwig?!

      by pioneering ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      The dictionary states:

      ear?wig (?r?wig?) noun

      Any of various elongate insects of the order Dermaptera,
      having a pair of pincerlike appendages protruding from the
      rear of the abdomen.

      verb, transitive
      ear?wigged, ear?wig?ging, ear?wigs
      To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.

      [Middle English erwig, from Old English earwicga : eare,
      ear. See ear1 + wicga, insect.]

      Word History: In an Anglo-Norman text written around the
      beginning of the 15th century we are told that elephants
      guard their ears diligently against flies and earwigs.
      Elephants have good cause to protect themselves against
      these insects if, as folklore has it, earwigs go through the
      ear into the head. The earwig, however, prefers to dine on
      things such as flowers, fruit, and small insects rather than
      brain tissue. Folklore is responsible, though, for the
      insect’s name, which was formed in Old English from eare,
      the Old English source of our word ear, and wicga,?insect,?
      a word presumably related to our word wiggle.

      I think the work you want is “earworm”.

    • #3119821

      Honey is that YOU??????

      by geezah ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Probably 3 of You know this lyric, it’s from Chuck Berry’s (NOT Barris, that’s a whole other mess)Song Nadine. First started in the shower one morning. Now this is a fairly obscure Chuck Berry song from the mid 50’s. Got dressed, got in the car, turned on the radio – “Nadine… Honey is that You ??? Ya goin’ back doin’ the things You used to do!” – Down right %$#@ erie! Creeps in all the time now, ’tis OK tho, ’cause it’s a good song. I find the only way to get rid of these things is to play them, which only works if You HAVE the song…

      g

      • #3119694

        That’s Maybellene

        by ldyosng ·

        In reply to Honey is that YOU??????

        Not Nadine.
        Maybellene, why can’t you be true?
        You’ve started back doin’ the things you used to do.
        Not obscure. It was a major hit, spending 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1955 and is still considered a Chuck Berry classic.
        His tune My Ding-a-Ling was his most popular, but Maybellene was his 3rd most popular.

        • #3119627

          Nadine, Honey is that You

          by geezah ·

          In reply to That’s Maybellene

          You may be/probably are right about the secound lyric, I’m sure it must have been in Maybellene. It’s not like Chuck didn’t boilerplate alot of his work, so that line may well have been in Nadine also. I remember when Mabaline came out, thanks to my babysitter, who introduced me to a lot of excellent 50’s tunes, during the 50’s. My Ding-a-ling came out some time after he had basically faded from the top 40 and a whole new generation discovered his older stuff.

    • #3119765

      A Different Kind of Earwig…

      by yanipen ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Mine is different, but it definitely music to my ears. Pardon me for this. This is Rated PG. My earwig is the sound of sex moans… thoses ohh’s and ahh’s and yesss! These sounds always disctract me completely.

    • #3119693

      Check Berrys’ Ding-a-Ling

      by ldyosng ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      My Ding A Ling

      When I was a little bitty boy
      my grandmother bought me a cute little toy
      Silver bells hangin’ on a string
      she told me it was my ding a ling

      My ding a ling, my ding a ling
      I want to play with my ding a ling
      My ding a ling, my ding a ling
      I want to play with my ding a ling

      And then mother took me to Grammer School
      But I stopped all in the vestibule
      Every time that bell would ring
      catched me playin’ with my ding a ling

      Once I was climbing the garden wall
      I slipped and had a terrible fall
      I fell so hard I heard bells ring
      but held on to my ding a ling

      Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek
      many snappers all around my feet
      Shure was hard swimming cross that thing
      with both hands holdin’ my ding a ling

      This here song it ain’t so sad
      the cutest little song you ever had
      those of you who will not sing
      You must be playin’ with your own ding a ling
      My ding a ling Your ding a ling, your ding a ling
      We saw you playin’ with your ding a ling
      My ding a ling everybody sing
      I want to play with my ding a ling

      • #3119688

        This One’s For You

        by jdgretz ·

        In reply to Check Berrys’ Ding-a-Ling

        Fish Heads
        **********

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        In the morning
        Laughing, happy
        Fish Heads
        In the evening
        Floating in the soup

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        Ask a Fish head
        Anything you want to
        They won’t answer
        They can’t talk

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        I took a Fish head
        Out to see a movie
        Didn’t have to pay
        To get it in

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm
        They can’t play baseball
        They don’t wear sweaters
        They’re not good dancers
        They don’t play drums

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Are never seen drinking
        Cappacino in Italian restaurants
        With Oriental women…Yeah

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm…
        (Yummm)

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm

        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Rolly polly Fish heads
        Fish heads, Fish heads
        Eat them up, Yummm
        YEAH!!!!!!!!!

        jdg

        • #3120204

          Though I am getting into my dotage

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to This One’s For You

          And I do recall a video to above song, I don’t recall so many verses. I saw the video on SNL if I recall correctly.

          Is this the director’s cut version?

          James

        • #3117943

          I’m looking over

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to This One’s For You

          My dead dog Rover
          I hit with the power mower
          One leg is missing
          The other is gone
          The third leg is splattered
          All over the lawn…

          And now for something completely different:
          When the moon goes down on Medina lake . . .
          Or
          It’s hard to say I love you . . .

        • #3130797

          When The Moon Goes Down

          by jdgretz ·

          In reply to I’m looking over

          Is a wonderful little two step. Unfortunately I’ll bet that other than you and me, no one else here has ever heard the song. Shame, really. I do hope Fast Buck did well.

        • #3130793

          Or

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to When The Moon Goes Down

          got time off for good behavior

    • #3119680

      In my case….

      by stargazerr ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I need to get off the music I listen to night and day, to actually be able to find out whether or not I have a particular tune stuck inside my head…

      This may sound silly but for some reason I have completely forgotten who the artist is for the song, “Lady in Red” :p

      • #3119674

        And the answer is…..

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to In my case….

        Chris De Burgh!

        There you go, geek, earwig sorted! (well, he is sorta from around my area…..!)

        Now, if I could just get the Ying Tong song out of my head, I’d be fine….I have abso-flamin’-lutely no idea where it came from or when it landed, but it’s beginning to start me walking backwards for Xmas…..! 😀

        GG

        Sorry, this inadvertently turned into a totally UK-type of post…..ooops! :p

        • #3119645

          That saves me from …

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to And the answer is…..

          Another month’s pondering …. 😀 Thanx a million…

          It is funny, isnt it, how we get influenced by where we live .. 🙂 ??

          I havent been in the UK for more than 5 months..but people tell me I have an english accent :O !!!!!

        • #3119633

          aha! that’s psychological!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to That saves me from …

          you’re making an effort to fit in by not standing out! (Some of us find this more easier than others – it depends on your “ear”) You’ll find after a certain amount of time you’ll feel more “accepted” and your own accent will return.

          It depends on what you call an English accent, though! We have more accents here than people have hot dinners……I speak from experience, being a Geordie – I have to speak “English” in other parts of the UK not to fit in, just to make myself understood!!

          Where are you from?/Based now?

          GG

        • #3119622

          English

          by neilb@uk ·

          In reply to aha! that’s psychological!

          Chat-up line from near where I was born: “Orroit, Bab?”

        • #3119616

          or in Geordie…

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to English

          git cha co-at pet, ya’v pulled!

          ]:)

          GG

        • #3119554

          One of my collegues from up north somewhere

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to or in Geordie…

          When asked where did he buy his new jumper from..:D

          Ans…Me Moom boot it foo mee

        • #3119558

          I am a confusion basically :D

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to aha! that’s psychological!

          I am half Iranian, half indian. Born in UK but lived all my life in India…Now and for at least the next 2-3 years I am going to live in London… 😀

    • #3119663

      My recent Earwig

      by jocey ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I would have to say for some reason or the other I’m finding Seal’s song for one of the Batman Installment(can’t remember which one) is my latest affliction I cannot get that song out my system.

    • #3119592

      Got bit by an parady

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      it is a spoof on the Shania Twain song, “Any man of mine”. A very less than flattering spoof called “Any gal of mine”.

      “I need a gal that knoooooowwwwssss, how the lawn gets mowwwwwweeeeddddd!”

      First, I loath coutry music so that didn’t help matters!

      Second, I had the parents over helping me work in changing out my bath tub so I couldn’t crank out some new tunes to squash the little bug! AAAAAAA!

      It took about 15 minutes to get that one out.

      • #3119588

        So..

        by maecuff ·

        In reply to Got bit by an parady

        You AREN’T immune.. Good to know.

        • #3119582

          Mae! Mae!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to So..

          quick – start humming The Archies “Sugar Sugar” on your side of the pond, and I’ll start over here…..after three….

          as he’s not immune, this should drive him to distraction, I have the feeling he hates “bubblegum” music….

          ]:)

          GG

        • #3120219

          Well, there you go..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Mae! Mae!

          I don’t know if this will work on JD or not. But it’s certainly wormed it’s way in to my brain!

        • #3120186

          Sorry!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Well, there you go..

          accidental bi-product there, Mae, sorry ’bout that. But if it’s any consolation, it got me too!!

          Damn, don’t think it’s reached jd’s ears yet though…..

          GG

        • #3120181

          I thought…

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Sorry!

          it only works when you are talking about it …. but just by reading the discussion .. it got me too…:D

        • #3120175

          and another one bites the dust!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to I thought…

          gosh, I’m having fun this afternoon!

          us-geeks, have you read the rest of the discussion yet? (be afraid. be very afraid. there is a whole breeding colony of earwigs up there……]:) )

          GG

        • #3120169

          In war

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I thought…

          there are no innocents….. ;\

        • #3120167

          Max msg level was reached..hence…

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to I thought…

          Yep…I have been following the rest of the discussion too…..

          I must have a lucky star somewhere…boss in a meeting and not sitting on the desk next to me as usual … AND a fun discussion to follow .. 😀

        • #3120157

          jd – what war?

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to I thought…

          erm, did I miss something here, darling, sweetheart, angel, babz ??? ~bats eyelashes~ you want to start a war with me? ~sad eyes~ hmm? ~sad eyes filling with tears~ why? ~stifled sob~

          [b] I thought we really had something here [/b]

          (and no, there are no innocents – not when this board has finished with them, anyway ;\)

          GG

        • #3120135

          GG, case in point

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I thought…

          look what we did to poor Mambo! :O

        • #3120114

          ah, yes, Mambo…..

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to I thought…

          he was going to get a tan to cover his blushes….I think he’s back in a day or two….

          If he is, and tries to catch up, let me know….that’ll be the red glow in the sky over the entire US!!

          😡

          GG

        • #3120104

          It was a trial by fire

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I thought…

          when he first started up.

          Was right at the stage of the divorce discussion where the topic of “assisted masterbation” came up and other topics along that line. He made the mistake of asking for clerification on a few of them….. :^O

          It helps you to not take good smut for granted when he is around! 😀

        • #3120099

          jd

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to I thought…

          I hope you take every available opportunity to remind him of it, too!

          You do realise, though, that this means I’m going to have to go back to the top of your divorce thread to glean the evidence (to be presented later, in a very cold, revengeful state) don’t you??

          😡

          GG

        • #3120156

          No problem..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Sorry!

          I will gladly suffer if we are successful in spreading the misery.

        • #3120177

          Guilty as charged

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Mae! Mae!

          pop, bubblegum, country and rap all are like the running of nails on a chalk board to me.

          I will sit down and enjoy clasical, jazz, rock, metal, but you put that other noise on and it is war!

          And like I said in my indoctrination blog, my boys are being raised the right way!

          Loud, wanna hear it loud! Right between the eyyyyes! Loud, wanna hear it loud, don’t want no compromiiiiiiiise!

        • #3120171

          jd!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Guilty as charged

          “I’m a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world, made of plastic….”

          hehehehe!

          GG

        • #3120142

          Oh, I have a GREAT parody of this one!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to jd!

          The funny thing about that song, a few years ago I took a bud to a peeler joint for his birtday (he had NEVER been to one). Anyways, a tiny little babe did her dance to this and that is ALL I think about when I hear that song! (Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom…..)

          It reminds me, there is a tiny little comidian (can’t remember her name!) that has a high cartoonish voice. Her line was “My boyfrend asked me to talk dirty to him during sex. Now he can’t watch the muppet babies without getting aroused!”

        • #3120187

          Not that you

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to So..

          would ever use that information against me? Sweet little old me?

          Fortunately I am able to surround myself with music [i](sugar sugar)[/i] so that I am [i](honey honey)[/i] able to smash any [i](you are my candy girl)[/i] earwigs before they can take root!

        • #3120180

          Yay! success! Mae, it worked!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Not that you

          We got him! we got him!

          Now, think of another one, quick, I think he’s about to get rid of this one…..your go…..

          (Brill, jd, love it!)

          GG

        • #3120160

          A case of

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Yay! success! Mae, it worked!

          Mr. subliminal strikes again!

          That and “land shark” are two of my most memorable Saturday Night Live skits! Ok, can’t forget Eddie Murphy as Mr. Robinsons neighborhood (your word for the day is ho) and gumby (merry christmas, dammit!)

          Got my Clapton live on, and all is well in the world

          “Had enough, of bad love! I need something I can be proud of…..”

        • #3120154

          Now I am stuck on…

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Yay! success! Mae, it worked!

          I am a Barbie Girl …

          How about “Dont Rock the juke Box” or “Should’ve Been a cowboy”

          or lemme think of a newer one 😀

        • #3120151

          Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Now I am stuck on…

          we gotta nuther one hooked, too!

          Wahey! I love this afternoon!

          (quick, think of one that will encompass the world!!)

          😀

          GG

        • #3120149

          Uh oh…

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          I’m all locked up..performance anxiety.. I didn’t know I would be involved in world domination first thing Monday morning..

          Give me a few minutes.. 🙂

        • #3120143

          Grrrr….

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          Dad drat the dad dratted Maximum message Level …. A Gal cant talk here 😀

        • #3120124

          WARNING! DO NOT READ! WARNING!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          Hello, boys and girls. This is your old pal, Stinky Wizzleteats. This is a song about a whale. No! This is a song about being happy! That’s right! It’s the Happy Happy Joy Joy song!

          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!

          I don’t think you’re happy enough! That’s right! I’ll teach you to be happy! I’ll teach your grandmother to suck eggs! Now, boys and girls, let’s try it again!

          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!

          If’n you aint the grandaddy of all liars! The little critters of nature… They don’t know that they’re ugly! That’s very funny, a fly marrying a bumblebee! I told you I’d shoot! But you didn’t believe me! Why didn’t you believe me?!

          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy

          Happy Happy Happy Happy
          Happy Happy Happy Happy
          Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy!

          (told you not to read it! ]:) )

        • #3120120

          THERE IS A GOD!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          because I don’t have a CLUE what you’re going on about!

          Wahey

          UK Rules OK!!

          (C’mon NeilB, Rule Britannia, if you please!)

          :p

          GG

        • #3120113

          Cant believe it … I am switching Earwigs

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          Now I am hooked to this one … nice work jd

          The one I find easiest to get hooked on to, is the one we used to sing in kindergarten..

          If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands
          If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands
          If you are happy and you know it, and you really wanna show it, clap your hands

        • #3120107

          AAARRRGGGHHH! Rebellion in the back row!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          – there’s one here coming out with kiddy-songs!

          Who’s nearest to get ’em?

          X-(

          GG

        • #3120101

          hehe

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Mae, I think world domination is within our grasp….

          Cant really help it…..I get stuck to this one… 😀

          Okee, lemme find a more grown up song to get stuck to :p

        • #3120152

          Let’s try this one..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Yay! success! Mae, it worked!

          I’ve got a brand new pair of rollerskates, you’ve got a brand new key..I think that we should get together and try them out to see..

        • #3120144

          oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Let’s try this one..

          and should suit NeilB down to the ground! Wonderful, Mae, you’ve excelled yourself….

          “now I got twenty acres, and you got forty three, and I gotta brand new combine harvester and I’ll give you the key…..”

          Us UK-ites will stick to our version, though, by The Worzels….it’s 10 times worse…..believe me…

          GG

        • #3120136

          hmmm…I was under the impression…

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          That we were supposed to be eliminating earwigs..not thinking up new ones :p

          Aah..what the hell….I am having one hell of a Monday 😀

        • #3120122

          nope,nope,nope

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          I deliberately entitled this discussion “What’s your earwig?” and although I [i]may[/i] have insinuated you get rid of them here, I never, at any time stated any words that could be construed as contractual as to the non-acceptance of other perhaps lowly, abused or disused or even redundant earwigs. Ergo, the onus is on the reader to ascertain his/her level of tolerance or intolerance to a particular posted earwig from the compounded colony above. The post originator is not legally, quantifiably, or aurally liable for any new, improved earwigs, or for their proliferation into pupa or mutation into anything else.

          E & OE

          ooops

          Sorry, all, slipped back into work mode there….

          GG

          ]:)

        • #3120108

          I have got …..

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          an Earwig for switching Earwigs (if that makes sense) 😀

        • #3120105

          It’s impossible

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          to get rid of them. All one can do, is spread the joy and infect as many people as possible. It doesn’t really help, except the sadistic pleasure you get from knowing you’re driving another human insane..

          Someone left the cake out in the rain..I don’t think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it and I’ll never have that recipe again..

          Now, THAT’S good songwriting..

        • #3120102

          Nope,

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          that makes absolutely no sense at all, but I like your sense of humour! 😀

          Welcome aboard the board!

          So, what’s this patent earwig switcher, then?

          GG

        • #3120096

          Jumping earwigs

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to oooh-aarrr, oooh-aaarr!

          I keep jumping from one earwiggy song to another, in a time span of about 30 seconds…..

          I have an earwig about earwigs :p

      • #3119586

        hahahahaha!

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to Got bit by an parady

        oh, gosh, that serves me right for reading your last line first, jd!

        An’ you just KNOW where I was going with that one…..! 😀

        GG

        ]:)

        • #3120173

          Gee gg

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to hahahahaha!

          I have [b]NO[/b] idea what your talking about… ;\
          😡

        • #3120168

          ohthat’sapity!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Gee gg

          cos I have no way of teaching you from this distance…….. ]:)

          😡

          GG

          (or was that you subtley hinting for a video again…….!)

        • #3120117

          Isn’t it grand?

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to ohthat’sapity!

          when you get a few people taking a “break” all at the same time?

          I love you
          You love me
          We’re a happy family
          With a great big hug
          And a kiss from me to you
          Won’t you say you love me too?

          I love you
          You love me
          We’re best friends
          Like friends should be
          With a great big hug
          And a kiss from me to you
          Won’t you say you love me too?

          [b]IT IS ON!

        • #3120110

          yes, dear, I know

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Isn’t it grand?

          and yes, I love you too, but is that a song from somewhere???

          GG

        • #3120097

          Saved in translation

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to yes, dear, I know

          You must not have “Barney, the dinasour” on your side of the pond?

          it is a guy in a big purple dinasour suit that goes around annoying everyone that comes within ear-shot.

        • #3120093

          oh, did you mean HIM?

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to yes, dear, I know

          Yes, we’ve got him…..

          – but I don’t watch him at MY AGE!!!

          I watch Other Things instead!

          hahaha!

          GG

          (jd, just give me 5 minutes for a breather, I’ve done nothing but giggle since you got on the board today, and I desperately need to breath without choking just for 5 minutes!)

        • #3120089

          Don’t tease me!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to yes, dear, I know

          [i]”and I desperately need to breath without choking just for 5 minutes”[/i]

          Ok, you can get on top for a while, but then right back at it when the five minutes are up! ]:)

          My favorite sound in the world, the sweet sound of choking with a slight gag reflex added in? 😡

          Nice and subtle for you my dear……

        • #3120087

          LOL !!!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to yes, dear, I know

          Come on…do we really need a reply body ??…I just wanted to say LOL 😀 !!!

        • #3120066

          I don’t tease…..I deliver…..

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to yes, dear, I know

          oh, ok, then 5 minutes on top….

          – and I don’t choke.

          – and I don’t gag.

          (and I think you better pm me for the last line, it’ll get bloody censored!)

          ]:)

          ~schshluurrrrppp!~

          GG

    • #3120069

      Bannana Phone!

      by wilrogjr ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring …

      • #3117940

        Ready……………………………Aim

        by ldyosng ·

        In reply to Bannana Phone!

        FIRE!

    • #3131433

      Read at your own risk

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      http://it.stlawu.edu/~x0tsing/takeaway.ra

      Remember when you ran away
      And I got on my knees
      And begged you not to leave
      Because I’d go beserk

      Well you left me anyhow
      And then the days got worse and worse
      And now you see I’ve gone
      Completely out of my mind

      And they’re coming to take me away ha-haaa
      They’re coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
      To the funny farm
      Where life is beautiful all the time
      And I’ll be happy to see those nice young men
      In their clean white coats
      And they’re coming to take me away ha haaa

      You thought it was a joke
      And so you laughed
      You laughed when I said
      That losing you would make me flip my lid

      Right? You know you laughed
      I heard you laugh. You laughed
      You laughed and laughed and then you left
      But now you know I’m utterly mad

      And they’re coming to take me away ha haaa
      They’re coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
      To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
      And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
      And they’re coming to take me away ha haaa

      I cooked your food
      I cleaned your house
      And this is how you pay me back
      For all my kind unselfish, loving deeds
      Ha! Well you just wait
      They’ll find you yet and when they do
      They’ll put you in the A.S.P.C.A.
      You mangy mutt

      And they’re coming to take me away ha haaa
      They’re coming to take me away ha haaa ho ho hee hee
      To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
      And I’ll be happy to see those nice young men
      In their clean white coats

      And they’re coming to take me away
      To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
      And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
      And they’re coming to take me away ha haaa!

      • #3131429

        Have you got an ….

        by stargazerr ·

        In reply to Read at your own risk

        earwig about handing out new earwigs jd??

        (chuckles) I am certainly not opening one of your posts which have a warning in the subject line next time … After all, once burnt, twice charry 😉

        • #3131427

          us_g – just remember one thing

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Have you got an ….

          he takes absolutely no encouragement whatsoever!

          You have been warned! hahahahahaha!

          😀

          GG

        • #3131411

          LOL

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to us_g – just remember one thing

          I am finding that out !!!

          By the way, is it considered as an earwig if I want a tune to get stuck in my head?? My mind just keeps skipping through tunes at a mile a minute :p

        • #3131401

          no, dear,

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to LOL

          that’s indicative of wanting to host a colony….

          Ok, that’s it, guys, take her back for recertification and medication, she’s had enough here….she’s actually looking for earwigs….

          grief, there’s one every day…..!

          😀

          GG

          (j/k, honest! But I think you’ve got my sense of humour sorted by now!)

        • #3131397

          LOL …. you are right !!!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to no, dear,

          I need to get in a good night’s sleep….Hopefully I will stop looking for earwigs in the morning and wake up with one buzzing around my head…

          You know, Like NORMAL people….:p

        • #3131410

          My firm belief

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Have you got an ….

          is that people were put on this earth solely so I could give them a hard time! :^O Some more than others, some longer than others!

          zippidy do da
          zippidy ay
          my oh my, what a wonderful day
          plenty of sunshine, heading my way
          zippidy do da
          zippidy ay!

          (please tell me gg, that you didn’t miss that one?) 😡

        • #3131404

          Reply To: What’s your Earwig?!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to My firm belief

          Oh no no no no no….Now I am stuck clicking my heels going

          zippidy do da
          zippidy ay
          my oh my, what a wonderful day
          plenty of sunshine, heading my way
          zippidy do da
          zippidy ay!

          I told myself … no reading posts from jd … but will I ever learn?? :p…:D

        • #3131400

          Miss it?

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to My firm belief

          well, no, but only because my Dad told me about it……

          ]:)

          GG

          (:x)

        • #3131390

          Had to catch myself

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Miss it?

          and change the earwig plant.

          Started to do “It’s a small world”, but figured I didn’t want that getting mixed up with the rest of your personal message! (if you know what I mean! ;\ )

        • #3131380

          Sneaky!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Had to catch myself

          ;\

          ]:)

          GG

          😡

        • #3131356

          GOTCHA!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Sneaky!

          Thought I would try to sneak that one in…. :p

          😡

        • #3131355

          whoa!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Sneaky!

          want to re-word that last one, jd?

          (Banana-man! :p :D)

          Gotcha back!

          Hometime here – have a good rest of day!

          😡

          GG

        • #3131354

          Would you prefer

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Sneaky!

          “Slip” instead of “sneak”? Maybe “sneak and slip…”? :p

          Saw in a novelty store camoflage condoms.
          The caption said “Never let them see you coming”. :O

          (how is THAT for off-topic my sweet?)

      • #3131428

        Wow!

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to Read at your own risk

        Hey, I’ve always wondered about the words to that one! It’s years since I’ve heard it!

        Nope, not strictly speaking truthful that; I hear it quite regularly….someone around me keeps singing it.

        Eeek.

        S’me. :_|

        Gulp

        Time for the farm. ;\

        “There are nine million bicycles in Beijing. That’s a fact…..”

        (fair exchange is no robbery, jd!)

        😡

        GG

        • #3131414

          fair exchange?

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Wow!

          nine million bicycles? wtf is that?

          Again, it seems I have been SAVED by the language barriers and culture differences!

          there coming to take me away HA HA!

          Thing one and two LOVE that song! I even had to put it on a floppy so they could share it with their teachers at school, they loved it so much.

          It doesn’t classify as an earwig to me, because I enjoy it and will sing it at work or where ever!

          B-)

        • #3131407

          The one that I want to Sing Sing Sing

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to fair exchange?

          is a song from “Sound of Music”…”How do you find a word that means Mariaaaaaa” …. Love that song …

        • #3131405

          Culture exchange then…..

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to fair exchange?

          top one of the tracklist, sound sample only 36 seconds long…..

          http://www.katiemelua.com/single5.htm

          (on the basis of if I have to have it, so do you!!)

          😡

          GG

        • #3131394

          Hmmmm

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Culture exchange then…..

          well, I understand how that could make you shove pencils in your ears…… :O

          Really not my cup of tea, and thankfully, not very memorable (imho). No hook, and nothing real witty about the lyrics, even if she does have a good voice. (for what she does)

          there coming to take me away ha ha…

        • #3131290

          Well if you need a song butchered Katie is your girl.

          by sleepin’dawg ·

          In reply to Culture exchange then…..

          I’d say her voice wasn’t too bad if it wasn’t so banal and boring and what she does to an old standard like Stardust is criminal. Never heard her before hope I never hear her again. Her voice displays the full emotional gamut from A to B. Katie sounds like she’s having her tonsils removed on the fly. You want an earwig??? Dylan: “Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed” 😉 ;\

          [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3131276

          Just not old enough

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Well if you need a song butchered Katie is your girl.

          for me to “get” the whole Dylan thing.

          Maybe he talked to a generation, but for those of us NOT a part of that generation, the word “overrated” comes to mind.

          Many of the “classic artists” from the 60’s and 70’s would NEVER get air play NOW if wasn’t for WHO they are as the music really isn’t very good often.

        • #3131237

          Wait 12 Years….

          by geezah ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          I am old enough to get the Dylan thing. Believe me, in 1964 the last thing Dylan would have been called was “overrated” He was usualy reffered to as “Who?”. I never got the Sinatra thing! In 10 or 12 years Your kids, nephews, nieces, whatever will be calling Your favorite artists overrated. And in another 10 or 12 years … etc. etc. etc. Just listen to what You like and enjoy! Try something a little different now and then, broadens the soul!

          g

        • #3131217

          The day I knew my husband was old..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          He listens to ALL kinds of music, a lot of older stuff, new stuff on independent labels, etc. He’s extremely knowledgable when it comes to music (unless it’s contemporary country). Anyway, the day he looked at me and said, “I just don’t get the whole Marilyn Manson thing.” I knew he was old.

        • #3131210

          Geez and Mae

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          I personally listen to a very wide range of music. Just about anything, barring of course country and rap.

          I grew up on Uriah heap, Hendrix, Beatles blah blah blah just a blasting. (Dad was a rocker!)

          I added in the newer generations of music as I went along and would rather listen to music than watch TV.

          I am now in the process of handing off the torch to my 13 year old twin boys. They get into and recognise from the beatles on.

          There is suppose to be a Dylan documentary coming up. Maybe if I watch that I will “get it”, and maybe I won’t.
          [b]
          Is it about the music or the message behind the music?[/b]

          For an example of what I was talking about, do you really think ANYTHING the Rolling Stones have turned out in the last decade was deserving of airplay based on the song on its own? How about AeroSmith? AC/DC? They all get a free pass on quality because of the nostalgia factor.

          Oh, and Manson ROCKS live!

        • #3130789

          ZEP !

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          The Mighty Led Zeppelin still ROCKS!!!
          And Jethro Tull
          And Queen
          And The Rolling Stones
          And The Moody Blues

        • #3130738

          Guess what??? A lot of people didn’t get Dylan.

          by sleepin’dawg ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          Dylan and Leonard Cohen appealed to chicks rather than guys who were into Hendrix, Clapton, Megadeath, AC/DC and who didn’t like the Eagles or Gerry Garcia and the GD. You hear people going on and on about the original Woodstock but in hind sight the best of that weekend was Hendrix and the rest pretty much ordinary;(including Joplin) if you didn’t mind being up to your a$$ in mud. Tastes change but I never could get into Dylan and still think he was over rated. There was a 2 hr special about him on PBS about a month back and after a 1/2 hour I clicked the remote. Sorry Bob you sucked then, you still suck and you’re going to suck next year too!!!

          [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3130638

          JD

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          I agree, The Rolling Stones haven’t put anything good out in a looong time.

          You’re lucky. I grew up with the Clancy Brothers and elevator music.

        • #3130604

          And that dawg

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          is exactly what I have been feeling about him all along.

          Heck, break out the Kingston trio and their controversial “I don’t give a d@#m about a green back dollar”!

          Can you belive they would use such abusive language?

          (wonder if anyone here is old enough for that one to grab a hold of their ear?)

        • #3131554

          Greenback Dollar

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to Just not old enough

          Gee. Thanks JD. Now that little pleaser is traipsing through my head. Oh well, it could be worse, it could be
          Tom Dooley
          Or Mariah
          Or McArthur Park (a seriously whiny epic dirge)
          Or Wildfire (ARGH – I LOATH that “song”)

        • #3131146

          Dylan Brain Stickers

          by bfilmfan ·

          In reply to Well if you need a song butchered Katie is your girl.

          And I was standin’ on the side of the road
          Rain fallin’ on my shoes
          Heading out for the East Coast
          Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through,
          Tangled up in blue.

          Try getting that ONE out of your noggin….

        • #3130639

          Mama take this badge off of me

          by birgirsch ·

          In reply to Dylan Brain Stickers

          uff I need to get tangle up in blue out of my head because it inevetably for some reason or another always leads to the John Denever [mega bad] (please feel free to insert your own explicits here) Thank God I’m a Country boy, getting stuck in my head

    • #3130612

      Get it off me! Get it off me!!

      by gadgetgirl ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      I’ve just had an unexpected call from a mate of exceedingly long standing, who still insists on calling me by a 20+ year old nickname…..

      so now I’m stuck with David Souls’ Delta Lady running round in my head! I overdosed on this one YEARS ago!

      GET IT OFF ME!!! GET IT OFF ME!!!

      (help, please, help :_| )

      GG

      • #3131553

        There’s always Neilson

        by ldyosng ·

        In reply to Get it off me! Get it off me!!

        Do you remember his charming lyric:

        You’re breakin’ my heart
        You’re tearin’ it apart
        So f~ you!

        That’s always a cheery number to play through your head when something else needs to be banished!

    • #3130601

      Thought of the day (don’t read us_gee)

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss
      Vivaaaaaa los vegassssss

      I was feeling mean today! ]:)

      • #3130591

        Waaaaaah!

        by gadgetgirl ·

        In reply to Thought of the day (don’t read us_gee)

        sniff….:_| sob ……..:_| WAAAAAAH! :_|

        and I [b]thought[/b] you liked me!

        What did you wanna go an’ do that for? :_|

        You….you…..horrible blue meanie…….

        You know what I’m gonna do? Huh? Ya know? Hmm?

        I’m….I’m….I’m gonna….gonna….aaargh…

        I’M GONNA SET THE [b]DAWG[/b] ON YOU!!

      • #3130532

        You’re putting me on. Hey JD is an Elvis fan.

        by sleepin’dawg ·

        In reply to Thought of the day (don’t read us_gee)

        Bet you’ve been to visit Graceland as well. Elvis??? Ewww!!!
        BTW Manson is nothing but warmed over Alice Cooper.

        [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3131670

          That explains it then

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to You’re putting me on. Hey JD is an Elvis fan.

          because I LOVE warmed over Cooper!

          Had you been faithfully following my blogs you would have seen that I just recently handed down the Cooper love by getting the “Welcome to my Nightmare” CD and they flippen love it.

          It is a natural that anyone that would copy someone I like, I would like! I just stear the boys away from his wacked out stuff…..

          By the way, Coopers new CD, dirty diamonds. sucks. Three songs are acceptable and the rest are horrible.

        • #3131472

          Alice Cooper…

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to You’re putting me on. Hey JD is an Elvis fan.

          I don’t think Alice Cooper EVER took himself as seriously as Marilyn Manson does.

          And what’s wrong with Elvis? Elvis rocked.

      • #3130477

        Real rock fans got off on Buddy Holly.

        by sleepin’dawg ·

        In reply to Thought of the day (don’t read us_gee)

        Both the Beatles and the Stones claim they were influenced by Buddy Holly but nobody but impersonators claim they were influenced by Elvis. Bet you liked Sonny & Cher as well. Sad, very sad. You’ve probably never heard of Bo Diddley either.

        [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3131668

          well

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Real rock fans got off on Buddy Holly.

          that’el be the day, that you say goodbyee
          that’el be the day, that you make me cryyiiiiiii

        • #3131550

          Now You’ve Done It

          by jdgretz ·

          In reply to Real rock fans got off on Buddy Holly.

          I’ve been pretty good up till now, but you mentioning Sonny & Cher put “I’ve Got You Babe” in my head.

          I hope you’re satisified.

          jdg

        • #3131548

          You’re just looking

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to Now You’ve Done It

          for an excuse to put on that ridiculous spotted hide vest and those silly fringed pants again.

          At least it’s not the Nehru jacket and beads again.

        • #3131546

          Hey!!

          by jdgretz ·

          In reply to You’re just looking

          I’ve never owned a spotted hide vest (do you have one hidden in the closet???), and you can’t prove that pale blue Nehru jacket is mine. Ok, I’ll fess up to the beads and peace band.

          (Whew, she didn’t mention my fringed boots)

        • #3131545

          Nor your pimp boots

          by ldyosng ·

          In reply to Hey!!

          Heels, pointy toes, black shiny critter skin (did you say they were lizard?) The only thing that might be gaudier would be those Stacy Adams things you were eyeing the other day.

          And what about the burgundy polyester tux (machine washable, no doubt) with the ruffled shirt and the matching burgundy patent shoes? Go ahead and deny THAT ugly crud!

          We won’t even start on your old brown Honda.

        • #3117249

          Was too young to know better

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Hey!!

          when I got the fringed mockosins!

          At least no one ever got a picture of me in them, and they are safe in the back of my closet!

        • #3131460

          It could be worse..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Now You’ve Done It

          We have a bit of snow this morning and one of my employees has been walking around whistling ‘Winter Wonderland’. Would it be justifiable homicide if I stabbed him?

        • #3131458

          Yes, Mae

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to It could be worse..

          Totally justifiable in my mind.

          Does this also mean that I can go for the jugular with the guy who’s just put up his home made sign for “Real Christmas Trees” on the side of road on my way into work……

          [i][b]please????[/i][/b]

          X-(

          GG

        • #3132128

          Yes..

          by maecuff ·

          In reply to Yes, Mae

          You should. And when we’re both in prison, we can write to each other. 🙂

      • #3131549

        ZZ Top!

        by ldyosng ·

        In reply to Thought of the day (don’t read us_gee)

        Their rendition of this tune at the county fair (along with everything else they did!) was great.

        ZZ kicks butt!

        So the other day my sweetie points at a guitar in the music store and says “Elvis played one of those.” Just to get his (old) goat, I asked him if he meant Elvis Costello, or there was some other Elvis before him?”
        It worked! He got just a tiny bit steamed around the collar.
        Hehehehe. Sometimes it’s just so much fun to be evil!!

      • #3131497

        there we go again

        by stargazerr ·

        In reply to Thought of the day (don’t read us_gee)

        i will never learn, will I??? clicked on it yet again 😀

        • #3117248

          flies to honey!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to there we go again

          Oh my, my, my, my, my
          lets spend the night together
          Now I need you more than ever
          lets spend the night together

        • #3123811

          Absolutely love that one…

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to flies to honey!

          But the one that is stuck in my head is an old classic….

          The Hills are aliiivee,
          With the Sound of Musiiiic,
          hmmmmmmmmmm 🙂

        • #3123803

          Aha! I know what you were watching this morning!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Absolutely love that one…

          – the same channel as me! GMTV!!

          (I’m convinced Cheggers is certifiable…..)

          “high on a hill was a lonely goatherd….”

          (gotcha!)

          :p

          GG

        • #3123800

          My personal Favorite is …

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Aha! I know what you were watching this morning!

          when the 7 kids say good nite …

          ummm ummmmm ummmmmm

          Damn…cant remember the words … the tune is reverberating inside my head but the words just wont leave my tongue …

          Now I am the one running up the wall, across the ceiling and down the other side 😐

        • #3123799

          It starts….

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          So long, Fare well, Auf Wiedersehn, Goodbye….

          – if that’s any help!!

          😀

          GG

        • #3123789

          that helps loads !!!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          I am now going to install this song in everybody’s head in the office 😀

          (humming to annoy…So Long, Fairwell)

        • #3123730

          BAD GG

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          You know better than to help someone remember the words to an earwig! That is the first step to killing it!

          You have to let them stew in it for a while….. With that thought just out of grasp!

          THAT is when a true earwig bites and bites hard.

        • #3123718

          no, no,no.

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          I helped to spread this earwig.

          Us_g is now humming away in her office, infecting all her colleagues….

          See? Method in my madness…

          (Now, retrieve Madonna from my brain, I really do NOT like that particular ditty, it’s a waste of notes!)

          GG

        • #3123656

          And What do you know…

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          Everyone in my office has caught on the song….

          They are beginning to complain now…because they are stuck with it … 😀

          (smiles knowingly and nods)

        • #3123653

          Us_gee

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          You didn’t rat us out did you? There would be an up-rising if people found out there is a deliberate plot to infest them with earwigs!

          like a virgin, touched for the very first timmeeeeeeee

        • #3123608

          Me?? Rat Out?? how could you??

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          😀 ….. This is a deliberate plan yes…but no one knows…TOP SECRET :p

          tommorow, the people in my office will be singing..If yu are happy and you know it, clap your hands 😀

        • #3121838

          The secret

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          to getting a group of people is to quietly hum it for a while. They will have to deliberately listen harder to hear what you are humming and thus more prone to be infected!

          Later on after the evil seed has been planted, THEN you can be more blantant about it as it is already in their heads and just needs a little nudge to push them over the edge.

          like a virgin, touched for the very first timmeeeeeeee!

        • #3121683

          Masters of Earwigs !!!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to My personal Favorite is …

          I now successfully have my office singing “When you are happy and you know it, clap your hands” .. 😀

          Thay are disgusted that they are singing a kiddie song … but ubtill I hum another “Catchy” tune…they are stuck with this one … 😀

          I think I am going to watch them suffer for a few more hours 😉

          (hums .. when you are happy and you know it …)

    • #3131663

      Your on your own for a few daze

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Leaving tonight to head out into the woods.

      It is deer season and jd is going to be armed and dangerous!

      Depending on the weather, it may end up more “DEAR” hunting in the bars, but what the hey?

      so I am off the rest of the week. So cool, two three day work weeks in a row because next week we get to celebrate the starvation and slaughter of the injuns by our four fathers, or at least according to jaqui… (why do we have four fathers? I didn’t know they did that group thing back then? Oh well, what five concenting adults do in the privacy of their cabin in no business of mine!)

      HAve a grand weekend all! Be back Sunday night, in time for the boys to come home. Don’t know if I will be able to find internet access where I am going, but will look!

      • #3131610

        There you go. JD is going out to shoot Bambi.

        by sleepin’dawg ·

        In reply to Your on your own for a few daze

        Venison barbeque and free beer at jd’s place in Lansing MI Sunday nite. Let us know how you make out, O Great White Hunter.

        [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3131547

          Thanks for the invite

          by jdgretz ·

          In reply to There you go. JD is going out to shoot Bambi.

          Unfortunately I’ll be in the middle of moving a 100 lawyer plus support staff office to their new digs about that time. But hey, if you have nothing better to do you can come to LA and watch us bring the network and all the servers back on line and attempt to get everything working so they can get back to billing their clients bright and early Monday morning.

          When it comes to this move, It’s Been A Long Time Coming.

          jdg

        • #3132124

          Too bad jd’s not…

          by dmambo ·

          In reply to Thanks for the invite

          …going to LA to hunt lawyers 🙂

      • #3131486

        Good luck thinning the herd

        by dmambo ·

        In reply to Your on your own for a few daze

        Hope you get an inch or 2 of snow to help out.

        BTW, why the hell did GG start this thread when I was away? By the time I get back, it’s old and worn out and I’m way behind and it’s too late to catch up. I can get that kind of treatment at home!

        • #3131476

          Hey!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Good luck thinning the herd

          This thread isn’t old and worn out!

          Some of us are still getting regular earwigs!

          Mine, today, is one I don’t really mind, but after about four hours of it, it’s starting to get to me…..

          http://www.charlottechurch.com/news.php?id=news#7

          (under the 02 Sept link)……

          – and I know your wife treats you better than that! 😀

          GG

        • #3131456

          Old and Worn Out ???

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Good luck thinning the herd

          You need to tell my earwig that … The one that was stuck in my head, the day GG started this thread, is still THERE !!!

    • #3117247

      Back from the great out doors

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/bearnec.htm

      Look for the bare necessities
      The simple bare necessities
      Forget about your worries and your strife
      I mean the bare necessities
      Old Mother Nature’s recipes
      That brings the bare necessities of life

      Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
      I couldn’t be fonder of my big home
      The bees are buzzin’ in the tree
      To make some honey just for me
      When you look under the rocks and plants
      And take a glance at the fancy ants
      Then maybe try a few

      The bare necessities of life will come to you
      They’ll come to you!

      Look for the bare necessities
      The simple bare necessities
      Forget about your worries and your strife
      I mean the bare necessities
      That’s why a bear can rest at ease
      With just the bare necessities of life

      Now when you pick a pawpaw
      Or a prickly pear
      And you prick a raw paw
      Next time beware
      Don’t pick the prickly pear by the paw
      When you pick a pear
      Try to use the claw
      But you don’t need to use the claw
      When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
      Have I given you a clue ?

      The bare necessities of life will come to you
      They’ll come to you!

      So just try and relax, yeah cool it
      Fall apart in my backyard
      ‘Cause let me tell you something little britches
      If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
      You’re working too hard

      And don’t spend your time lookin’ around
      For something you want that can’t be found
      When you find out you can live without it
      And go along not thinkin’ about it
      I’ll tell you something true

      The bare necessities of life will come to you

      (Reprise)
      Look for the bare necessities
      The simple bare necessities
      Forget about your worries and your strife
      I mean the bare necessities
      Old Mother Nature’s recipes
      With just the bare necessities of life

      _______________________________

      Ah, the great white buffalo hunter has returned! A long weekend of dear hunting, and during the day I even got in a little bit of deer hunting!

      Had a grand time, and I hope everyone enjoys their earwig of the daze! }:)

      • #3122343

        So did you shoot Bambi??? If so, when’s the barbeque.

        by sleepin’dawg ·

        In reply to Back from the great out doors

        One of my buddies took down a moose and of course he couldn’t resist telling his kids that he had managed to shoot Bullwinkle. The reaction was pretty much to be expected.

        [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3122293

          Shhhh, be vewwy qwwiet

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to So did you shoot Bambi??? If so, when’s the barbeque.

          jd is taking a nap in the woods after closing the bars down! 😀

          Saw some sign, a few bucks in the area, but they got scared away pretty quickly when everyone else started coming out trampliling around the woods. (sigh). At least it was a great few days of sunrises and sunsets!

          Looking at going wild boar hunting his coming week! That would be a hoot!

          I remember a few years back as I nightly call home to talk to my boys, Thing One asked if I shot a deer and I replied no. He got VERY excited and said “It is still alive?” thinking dad was bringing a live deer home! It really is the little things that make everything worth it.

        • #3123809

          Wild Boar Hunting !!!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Shhhh, be vewwy qwwiet

          Oho … Asterix or is it Obelix?? 😀

          And before anyone says anything, I am NOT a kid…I just love those comic books…They are my eyewigs 😀

        • #3123804

          Mine….

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to Wild Boar Hunting !!!

          is Hagar The Horrible…..

          I just love that Viking…!!!

          😀

          GG

        • #3123801

          welcome welcome !!!

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to Mine….

          Lets start an eyewig club now !!!

          I am also absolutely in love with Tintin

        • #3123798

          Sad! Very Sad!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to welcome welcome !!!

          Tintin? ….grief…..

          Now, Snowy I could understand…. (have a thing about dogs….)

          Oh, and it’s my dogs birthday today, so it’s

          HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ME, AND HAPPY MURFFDAY FROM HIM!

          Murphy (Murff) is a teenager now, 13 today!

          :p

          GG

        • #3123790

          Teen Dog??

          by stargazerr ·

          In reply to welcome welcome !!!

          what are you buying him as a turning teenager present??

          HAPPY BIRTHDAY to GG’s dog 🙂

          tintin is good…now if I had said Captain Haddock … that would have been sad 😀 … maybe I should go drown my grief in whisky

        • #3123788

          oh, he got his treats

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to welcome welcome !!!

          but he also got a silly pressie that I found at the weekend….

          It’s a tennis ball with arms, legs and a head….so it’s actually a sheep with a tennis ball for a tummy….!;)

          We haven’t played with it yet (!) but that’s on the cards for after dinner tonight.

          – oh, and vodka or gin is more ladylike that whisky…IMHO..only cos I can’t even stand the smell of whisky…..!

          GG

    • #3123802

      It’s all Max’s fault!

      by gadgetgirl ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      Read a post yesterday mentioning Maxwells Silver Hammer….and realised I can only remember 5 words and 8 notes, and it’s driving me up the wall…..and across the ceiling…..and down the other side…..

      AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!

      :p 😀

      GG

      • #3123728

        to kill the silver hammer

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to It’s all Max’s fault!

        I made it through the wilderness
        Somehow I made it through
        Didn’t know how lost I was
        Until I found you

        I was beat incomplete
        I’d been had, I was sad and blue
        But you made me feel
        Yeah, you made me feel
        Shiny and new

        Like a virgin
        Touched for the very first time
        Like a virgin
        When your heart beats
        Next to mine

        Gonna give you all my love, boy
        My fear is fading fast
        Been saving it all for you
        ‘Cause only love can last

        You’re so fine and you’re mine
        Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
        Oh your love thawed out
        Yeah, your love thawed out
        What was scared and cold

        Like a virgin
        Touched for the very first time
        Like a virgin
        With your heartbeat
        Next to mine

        Oooh, oooh, oooh

        You’re so fine and you’re mine
        I’ll be yours ’till the end of time
        ‘Cause you made me feel
        Yeah, you made me feel
        I’ve nothing to hide

        Like a virgin
        Touched for the very first time
        Like a virgin
        With your heartbeat
        Next to mine

        Like a virgin, ooh, ooh
        Like a virgin
        Feels so good inside
        When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me

        Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
        Ooh, baby
        Can’t you hear my heart beat
        For the very first time?

        (no, I do not listen to Madonna even though she grew up around here. this one should be painful! ]:) )

        • #3123720

          I HATE THAT BLOODY SONG!

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to to kill the silver hammer

          Bad boy, JD! Go sit in the corner with Dawg! NOW!!

          …or you’ll be getting a “bang bang” (!) with Maxwells Silver Hammer….

          oh, find me a link to something else, kwik, I ‘ate that toon….!

          ]:)

          GG

        • #3123713

          But gg

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I HATE THAT BLOODY SONG!

          it wouldn’t be a full fledged earwig if I planted one that you would ENJOY! ]:)

          Do you think it is EASY to think up the most annoying songs of all time?

          And you “ate” what? (or whom?) :O

        • #3123706

          A dropped “h”

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to But gg

          is the sign of a Cock-er-ney…(a la Katherine Tate for the UK-ers)

          Ate whom? Wouldn’t youm like to know?!

          oh, and from yesterday – that sound you mentioned – wouldn’t happen to be a swallow, would it??!! ]:) ]:)

          GG

        • #3123679

          All I know

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to A dropped “h”

          is “whom” it WASN’T….. 🙁

          Ah, music to my ears…… ]:)

          like a virgin, touched for the very first timmmeeeeeeee!

        • #3123672

          Glad your dog loves you…..

          by gadgetgirl ·

          In reply to All I know

          because I’m going off you….rapidly!

          will counter with…..aha! Badfinger! Feel like makin’ love……yay!

          ]:)

          GG

        • #3123643

          There you go again

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to All I know

          crossing discussions. Bad gg, bad! Just for that, no spanking for you tonight!

          like a virgin, touched for the very first timmmeeeeeeee!

      • #3121806

        You all just ruined my day.

        by sean daley ·

        In reply to It’s all Max’s fault!

        Well , i found this thread by mistake – and now wish i hadn’t. My Earwig is:

        Argggg

        Ahha’s – take on me…. take me on..

        Now wheres my shrinks number………..

    • #3128049

      Earwigs

      by skyfrog ·

      In reply to What’s your Earwig?!

      My earwig is usually whatever I wake up to on my clock radio. I listen to 93.1 JACK FM, so it could be anything. Sometimes it changes as I go through the day and listen to my van radio, but not always. skyfrog

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