godfry n. glad
03-08-2005, 03:58 PM
From this exchange in the "Thread to Complain About Shit...", vm mused about a mechanical problem and his personal response to it:
We have a water dispenser in our fridge. It takes a full 20 seconds (yes, I've counted) to fill a glass, the first five seconds consist of a spray that covers the glass and the hand holding it, and if you don't wiggle the button with your finger after you release pressure on it, the flow will not stop. So when I get water, I typically grit my teeth for the five seconds it pisses all over my hand then hum The Girl from Ipanema for the remaining time. I can usually make it stop through habitual action.
Sounds like your water dispenser is dysfunctional. Have you considered professional help? Verse & chorus, or just chorus? Do you get all the way to "...ahhhhhhh"?
Would the final Jeopardy theme music work as well? Or do you just prefer the visuals that go with "Girl..."?
Do you call that "water muzak"? :D
Of course, ever since reading this, "The Girl from Ipanema" has taken over my brain. But, I got to thinking and, yes, I use a brace of tunes to hum to my everyday circumstances. My personal muzak.
It includes:
"Loony Tunes" theme music
"The Thunderer" march
"Give My Regards to Broadway"
The final Jeopardy theme
"I'm Free" by the Who
"Louie, Louie"
"Stars & Stripes Forever" march
and most of the tunes from "The Music Man"
These are the sources for my humming music that I use to fill empty time slots or emphasize the circumstances.
And, vm, the words, as I remember them, from chorus of "The Girl from Ipanema" go:
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes a-walkin'
And when she passes,
Each one she passes,
Goes...."ahhhhhhhh"
godfry
We have a water dispenser in our fridge. It takes a full 20 seconds (yes, I've counted) to fill a glass, the first five seconds consist of a spray that covers the glass and the hand holding it, and if you don't wiggle the button with your finger after you release pressure on it, the flow will not stop. So when I get water, I typically grit my teeth for the five seconds it pisses all over my hand then hum The Girl from Ipanema for the remaining time. I can usually make it stop through habitual action.
Sounds like your water dispenser is dysfunctional. Have you considered professional help? Verse & chorus, or just chorus? Do you get all the way to "...ahhhhhhh"?
Would the final Jeopardy theme music work as well? Or do you just prefer the visuals that go with "Girl..."?
Do you call that "water muzak"? :D
Of course, ever since reading this, "The Girl from Ipanema" has taken over my brain. But, I got to thinking and, yes, I use a brace of tunes to hum to my everyday circumstances. My personal muzak.
It includes:
"Loony Tunes" theme music
"The Thunderer" march
"Give My Regards to Broadway"
The final Jeopardy theme
"I'm Free" by the Who
"Louie, Louie"
"Stars & Stripes Forever" march
and most of the tunes from "The Music Man"
These are the sources for my humming music that I use to fill empty time slots or emphasize the circumstances.
And, vm, the words, as I remember them, from chorus of "The Girl from Ipanema" go:
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes a-walkin'
And when she passes,
Each one she passes,
Goes...."ahhhhhhhh"
godfry