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March 09, 2013

Cool Song
— Ace

Is this something? I think it's something. It was released in 2007 but it sounds like it could have been released on the Weird Science soundtrack album. There's a little Thomas Dolby in here, a little Revenge of the Nerds talent show, and I think a little bassline from Howard Faltermeyer's "The Theme From Fletch."

I couldn't figure out what it was about -- death of a child, maybe? Good Lord, I don't want to hear a song about that! -- so I looked it up. It's just about a break-up, but with a slightly more interesting twist than the usual break-up song. This song is written from the perspective of, say, 4 to 6 or 8 years after the break-up, so the guy isn't in his waah-waah emoting mode. The idea is that he's moved on, and is in fact married now (hence the line "My wife imagined you were smaller/surprised you were human"), but is still thinking about the break-up one day, as people sometimes do. So it's a melancholy reminiscence, with distance provided by actual distance of numerous years, and musing about final resolution ("I wish that we could talk about it/but then, that's the problem").

Posted by: Ace at 10:49 AM | Comments (222)
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1 um... you guys. Not to me, this is not something, ... just sayin'

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 10:52 AM (/jHWN)

2 Kinda retro.

Posted by: rdbrewer at March 09, 2013 10:53 AM (Iyg03)

3 How many thought it was going to be The London Boys?

Posted by: Bubba from County at March 09, 2013 10:55 AM (3VhRQ)

4 I was scared to click on it.

Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2013 10:56 AM (53z96)

5 How 'bout some Gin Wigmore? She's growing on me..... ( in my pants )

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 10:57 AM (/jHWN)

6 But it is something. I don't know what, but something.

Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2013 10:57 AM (53z96)

7 Flashed back to Der Ypsilon, a nightclub in Germany in the early 90's. Got fucked up and saw Boy George perform one night in front of a few hundred Euro-hipster disco bags. Not a good memory.

Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 10:57 AM (ZshNr)

8 This is the kind of music KayInMaine gets off on. And by getting off I mean getting off. You know, fapping, fingering the pink, flipping the taco, rubbed the little man in the tub...you guys!

Posted by: Bubba from County at March 09, 2013 10:57 AM (3VhRQ)

9 I haven't heard her music but an image search informs me she's pretty hot.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 10:58 AM (LCRYB)

10 Ew.

Posted by: eman at March 09, 2013 10:59 AM (dZnxf)

11 I have no musical ability at all but IF I were to take up music my first song would sound exactly like this one.

Posted by: Rodney Wankling reporting at March 09, 2013 10:59 AM (6QN3y)

12 Not my taste.

Posted by: fluffy at March 09, 2013 11:00 AM (z9HTb)

13 baw--rring

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:00 AM (bJm7W)

14 Huh. It reminded me of some bad venting by a drunk guy singing in his basement to the sound of bad techno karaoke. I feel sorry for his wife. I lasted 30 odd seconds into the song and felt relief at its muting.

I will not let you sully my memories of Thomas Dolby blinding me with science!

Posted by: Shan at March 09, 2013 11:00 AM (V9MHw)

15 The masthead quote of H.L. Mencken does not approve.

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at March 09, 2013 11:00 AM (X7MMs)

16 Serious You Guy are nutty like a snickers bar. I give it two snaps in a circle.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:00 AM (LCRYB)

17 This band is very, very famous.

Posted by: oblig. at March 09, 2013 11:01 AM (cePv8)

18 11 I have no musical ability at all but IF I were to take up music my first song would sound exactly like this one.

50/50 chance you'd do better.

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:01 AM (bJm7W)

19 Gin Wigmore. Sounds like a mixed drink. I'd drink her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 09, 2013 11:01 AM (6rcHp)

20 Plus, I don't think this guy can keep up with Thomas Dolby.

Posted by: fluffy at March 09, 2013 11:01 AM (z9HTb)

21 I kinda like it...but I like Kraftwerk too

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 09, 2013 11:02 AM (/gHaE)

22 I'm not sure if I like the "Your call can not be completed at this time..." opening notes or the "COLECO Handheld Football" refrain.

Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 11:02 AM (ZshNr)

23 >>>This band is very, very famous. are you being sarcastic? Because they actually are "famous" just not every very very famous. They did have a top ten album and were considered An Big Deal before they broke up. But very very famous? No.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:02 AM (LCRYB)

24 So is this on the Girls soundtrack or what?

Posted by: mugiwara at March 09, 2013 11:03 AM (hpYnL)

25 Let's have a fund-raiser for abandoned bonsai trees.

Posted by: eman at March 09, 2013 11:03 AM (dZnxf)

26 Reminds me of Kraftwerk with a little dash of Chemical Brothers and a pinch of Fatboy Slim. Sounds like a recipe for techno.

Posted by: Magnolia at March 09, 2013 11:03 AM (P94j5)

27 the opening sounds like a tape being played in the wrong direction. I only lasted as long as I did to see if I could hear "ha ha paul's dead"

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:03 AM (bJm7W)

28 >>>'m not sure if I like the "Your call can not be completed at this time..." opening notes or the "COLECO Handheld Football" refrain. yes I recognized that, the sounds are "Quaterback drops back five clicks, throws a bomb into the endzone, touchdown fanfare."

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:03 AM (LCRYB)

29 Ace if you want to check out Gin Wigmore, she's the one in the 007/Heniken on the train ad. Much better what I've found on YooToobe of live performances... esp 'Man Like That' - Live at the VNZMA's 2012 Great version and 3 freaking drum sets!

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 11:03 AM (/jHWN)

30 not to mention the pelvic gyrations... you guys

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 11:04 AM (/jHWN)

31 Actually much better than Faltermeyer. By far the most annoying thing about the Fletch movies was the gawdawful soundtrack.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 09, 2013 11:04 AM (6rcHp)

32 forty fourth!

Posted by: Endeavor to Persevere at March 09, 2013 11:04 AM (zZJJp)

33 I'll check her out. I have a sentimental soft spot for hot chicks I want to have sex with.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:05 AM (LCRYB)

34 This is cool, I was looking through the AoS archives and came across "Midnight bed spins"( thread(s) about music done between ONT and morning news) there was some good music on those threads but I didn't see any since the spring 2012 - GOP primary time frame. Thanks

Posted by: Gut Flora at March 09, 2013 11:05 AM (W6wuT)

35 The Art of Noise, Yello, 808 State, The KLF, Tangerine Dream, Malcolm McLaren, Kraftwerk, Andreas Vollenweider, Bronski Beat, Ultravox ...

I was there, man. I was there.

Posted by: Phinn at March 09, 2013 11:06 AM (oFH2D)

36 Good show old boy!

Posted by: Alistair Nigelpants at March 09, 2013 11:06 AM (JeBIy)

37 This is better. http://youtu.be/VdpxR0SO7G4 Love the Stranglers.

Posted by: Magnolia at March 09, 2013 11:06 AM (P94j5)

38 Note to self: Do not go with what some morons think is a cool song. Unless it a thread about the blues.

Posted by: Paladin at March 09, 2013 11:06 AM (bxc5w)

39 moron tastes are varied for sure you guys

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 11:07 AM (/jHWN)

40 I thought Faltermeyer did Brian Dennehy's movie Beverly Hills Cop?

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:08 AM (vuIm8)

41 If we're talking music, I just want to get that creepy fucking I Don't Like Mondays video out of the way. Hate it, but I'm compelled to watch it every time I think about it.

Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 11:08 AM (ZshNr)

42 I just needed a Good Cry.

Posted by: ace blubbering into his tissue at March 09, 2013 11:09 AM (LCRYB)

43 >> I thought Faltermeyer did Brian Dennehy's movie Beverly Hills Cop? Maybe he did both that and Brian Dennehy's Fletch.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:09 AM (LCRYB)

44 Silver, orange and purple are three English words that don't have rhymes. Is that Something?

Posted by: Truman North, last of the famous international playboys at March 09, 2013 11:10 AM (I2LwF)

45 Dennehy played Faltermeyer's ear-splitting theme that comes up whenever Fletch was breaking and entering or whatever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 09, 2013 11:10 AM (6rcHp)

46 35 The Art of Noise, Yello, 808 State, The KLF, Tangerine Dream, Malcolm McLaren, Kraftwerk, Andreas Vollenweider, Bronski Beat, Ultravox ... I was there, man. I was there. Posted by: Phinn at March 09, 2013 03:06 PM (oFH2D) ~~~~~~~~ me too, NYC 1980s at places like ABC NoRio and DaRinka and other little fire trap shit holes I dont remember

Posted by: Gut Flora at March 09, 2013 11:10 AM (W6wuT)

47 Purple has a rhyme. "Nerple." A-doyyyy.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:10 AM (LCRYB)

48 Note to self: Do not go with what some morons think is a cool song. Unless it a thread about the blues.

Posted by: Paladin

Oh, is Paladin feeling excluded?

Poor dear.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 09, 2013 11:11 AM (/T+P8)

49 it went like this... /xylophone doo doo doo en doo-doo doo

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:11 AM (wAng0)

50
So is this on the Girls soundtrack or what?
Posted by: mugiwara

That's an outrageous accusation. ....It was a different song.

HBO: Girls: S1 Ep. 3: "I Can Change" by LCD Soundsystem

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 09, 2013 11:11 AM (kdS6q)

51 >>> Dennehy played Faltermeyer's ear-splitting theme that comes up whenever Fletch was breaking and entering or whatever. I love that theme! You're crazier than a crazybug.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:11 AM (LCRYB)

52 44- Roses are red Violets are purple Sugar is sweet Like maple syrple. Didn't Roger Miller do that rhyme?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 11:11 AM (C8mVl)

53 Reminds me of Obsession by Animotion, except with more techno : http://tinyurl.com/36b6a78

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:12 AM (4cRnj)

54 I'm pretty sure he did an Eddie Murphy flick. /serious

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:12 AM (CXoSL)

55 Well, that sucked.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2013 11:12 AM (xKC/c)

56 This blog gets pretty ghey sometimes. For a smart military blog.

Posted by: zsasz at March 09, 2013 11:14 AM (MMC8r)

57 Heh, reminds me of the early 80's club days. Used to see Ultra Vox, Stranglers - one wild night with a Japanese Girl Band, none of them could speak English. Man I should have kept those picturesÂ…..

Posted by: redguy at March 09, 2013 11:14 AM (oKH8p)

58 Did Charlie Harper write that song?

Posted by: Oswald at March 09, 2013 11:14 AM (5fSr7)

59 Purple has a rhyme.

"Nerple."

A-doyyyy.

Posted by: ace

Christine, the strawberry girl
Christine, banana split lady

Singing sweet savages lost in our world
This big-eyed girl sees her faces unfurl
Now she's in purple, now she's the turtle

Christine
Sixoiusie and the Banshees

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 09, 2013 11:14 AM (/T+P8)

60 Homer has informed me that purple is also a fruit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 09, 2013 11:15 AM (6rcHp)

Back in the 80's, I was diggin' Faltermeyers shit. Had the soundtrack for Fletch and Beverly Hills Cop. I still get all jumpy when I hear "Axle F".

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:15 AM (S2RnE)

62 hirple [Ã‹ÂˆhÃ‰Âªrp^Ã‰Â™l] Scotvb (intr) to limpn a limping gait[of unknown origin]

(from "the free dictionary . com")

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:16 AM (bJm7W)

63 Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 03:11 PM(wAng0)

Dude!

Posted by: fluffy at March 09, 2013 11:16 AM (z9HTb)

64 Oh, is Paladin feeling excluded?

Nope...was reminded about a thread last summer...maybe longer, that had great Blues. Remembering that, got me to listen to this. Just not my speed, at first i thought the soundcard was going out.

Posted by: Paladin at March 09, 2013 11:16 AM (bxc5w)

65 It's not a thing. It's a sucky thing.

Posted by: Shirley at March 09, 2013 11:16 AM (Mp8PA)

66 (no offense) /dangerfield

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:17 AM (oxIUw)

67 @62. So, to use in a sentence, "Angus would hirple slowly to the pub to hoist a pint."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 09, 2013 11:17 AM (6rcHp)

68 Good delurking thread.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:17 AM (4cRnj)

69 Fletch theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCv2KJWPQs

It's got the echoing synthesized Hand Claps so you know it's good.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:18 AM (LCRYB)

70 The weirdest thing I remember was Steve Buscemi doing "performance art" at those places when he was off duty from the NYFD, he looked a bit less freaky then

Posted by: Gut Flora at March 09, 2013 11:18 AM (W6wuT)

71 same source:

HIRPLE is a British word meaning "to limp"; CURPLE means hindquarters or buttocks, especially of a horse; CHILVER (British dialect) means "ewe lamb" or "ewe mutton".

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:18 AM (bJm7W)

72 Hirple's a good Balderdash word. A lot of good Balderdash words are Scottish.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:19 AM (LCRYB)

73 Tune in next week for "Two Cats Fucking" off the "Loud Shit You Sometimes Hear at Night" album!

Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 11:19 AM (ZshNr)

74 Hmmm. Now I remember. It was "Dang Me" by Roger Miller. Roses are red Violets are purple Sugar is sweet Like maple syrple. I'm the seventh out of seven sons My pappy was a pistol I'm a son of a gun. So dang me, dang me, They oughta take a rope and hang me High from the highest tree. Woman, would you weep for me?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 11:20 AM (C8mVl)

75 you guys play Balderdash? Really good party game, as long as your friends aren't, you know. Dumb. They don't have to be smart but they can't be dumb.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:20 AM (LCRYB)

76 Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 03:19 PM (ZshNr) bwahahahaaaa

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 11:20 AM (/jHWN)

Angus would hirple to the pub, hoist a pint and fondle Fiona's curple.

/channeling some obscure Scottish poet

Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 09, 2013 11:20 AM (6rcHp)

78 I was right as usual. "Axel F" is Faltermeyer's famous theme from B Hills Cop franchise.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:20 AM (uff2W)

79 Sounds a bit like The Human League to me. Instead of analog synthesizers, though, they're using digital imitations of analog synthesizers.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 09, 2013 11:21 AM (xjpRj)

#73. That made iced tea appear violently on my monitor.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:21 AM (S2RnE)

81 Is this something? I can't tell you who to sock it to.

Posted by: USA at March 09, 2013 11:21 AM (RIg+t)

82 and "florange" of course means "to write in a style reminiscent of Andrew Sullivan slobbering on about Sarah Palin's last child"

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:22 AM (bJm7W)

83 Balderdash?

Never heard of it.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:22 AM (4cRnj)

84 I like the bass line.. but his voice was too britishly-faggy for me.... not that there's anything wrong with techno you guys

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 11:22 AM (/jHWN)

85 we play Poppycock! it's the British version /not serious

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:22 AM (CXoSL)

86 That made iced tea appear violently on my monitor.

My next crusade.

Posted by: Mikey Bloomberg, hater of everything at March 09, 2013 11:23 AM (z9HTb)

87 or is it Poppydash! or maybe it's Baldercock!

Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:24 AM (vuIm8)

88 My attention span can't handle six minutes of anything.

Posted by: Mark at March 09, 2013 11:24 AM (rQs7E)

89 Thank God I don't live in NYC. I would find it very difficult to avoid shrieking obsenities at that repulsive, malignant little pygmy.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:25 AM (S2RnE)

90 Is that supposed to be like music? Seriously? Because it's nothing like music, at all.

Posted by: huerfano at March 09, 2013 11:25 AM (bAGA/)

91 fantastic game. A great deal of fun because it's a bit of a detective/recognition thing. You start to pick up on how your friends lie.

The game gives the Caller an obscure word. Each player writes down his own fake definition of the word; the Caller writes down the real one. Now each person votes for which of the defintions he thinks is real. You get a point for each person who picks your bullshit definition. The caller gets points for people NOT picking the correct definition, so he's incentivized to read all the definitions without laughing.

It can be very funny, especially once you begin picking up on every person's "tell." Like one guy I know would frequently claim that the definition involved something on a schooner or other old boat. (An old, old wooden ship from the Civil War.) So when the "the forward sail on a 16th century ketch" came up, you know it's him. Until that's the actual defintion.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:26 AM (LCRYB)

92 re 73 -- yes, funny. You'd have thought there might have been a punk rock group or a hip-hop act with a name like that, but I guess not. Another reason to spend your time with Ace's Horde.

Posted by: mallfly at March 09, 2013 11:26 AM (bJm7W)

I like it.

It reminds me of a lot of the music back in the late 80's - early 90's.

Retro sound, like rdbrewer mentioned.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 11:26 AM (Jjnh4)

94 Don't like this kind of music. Off my lawn, get.

Posted by: real joe at March 09, 2013 11:26 AM (PD2ad)

95 89 Thank God I don't live in NYC. I would find it very difficult to avoid shrieking obsenities at that repulsive, malignant little pygmy. Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 03:25 PM (S2RnE) ~~~~~ Buscemi?

Posted by: Gut Flora at March 09, 2013 11:27 AM (W6wuT)

Posted by: YIKES! at March 09, 2013 11:28 AM (mETGQ)

97 You don't even need the game to play, you just need a thick dictionary to page through, so that the Caller can pick some obscure words.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:28 AM (LCRYB)

98 We played Strip Balderdash back in the day

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 09, 2013 11:28 AM (MhA4j)

99
It can be very funny, especially once you begin picking up on every person's "tell." Like one guy I know would frequently claim that the definition involved something on a schooner or other old boat. (An old, old wooden ship from the Civil War.) So when the "the forward sail on a 16th century ketch" came up, you know it's him. Until that's the actual defintion.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 03:26 PM (LCRYB)

Do you ever use 'This is a form of a weasel'?

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 09, 2013 11:28 AM (X6akg)

100 Who is this "Caller" you speak of?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:29 AM (4cRnj)

101 I love this place!

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:29 AM (S2RnE)

102 Oh yeah... Thomas Trent Dolby.... yeah, he was pretty good.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 09, 2013 11:29 AM (Lq5WC)

103 Howard Faltermeyer's "The Theme From Fletch."

Ahem. Harold, not Howard.

The few of you who've played the third Serious Sam will recognize the name from Sam's cursing on the way out from activating the second reactor.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at March 09, 2013 11:29 AM (opLk0)

104 89 Thank God I don't live in NYC. I would find it very difficult to avoid shrieking obsenities at that repulsive, malignant little pygmy.
Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 03:25 PM (S2RnE)
~~~~~
Buscemi?

Posted by: Gut Flora at March 09, 2013 03:27 PM (W6wuT

No. Someone used a bloomburger sock to threaten my iced tea.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:31 AM (S2RnE)

105 A rubber chicken should drop from the ceiling at the first mention of the Civil War in a thread.

Posted by: groucho soothsayer at March 09, 2013 11:32 AM (uff2W)

106

I just saw Volkswagen commercial were one guy ask another if he still belives the "lame stream media".
As Ace would say: "Is this something?"

Posted by: YIKES! at March 09, 2013 11:32 AM (mETGQ)

107 Since I was trained in the art of bullshitting I was always very successful at Balderdash. I must mention I was playing with churchy people who are easily bamboozled.

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 09, 2013 11:32 AM (MhA4j)

108

97 You don't even need the game to play, you just need a thick dictionary to page through, so that the Caller can pick some obscure words.

Sounds like fun, Ace.

You should do a thread about it.

There was a thread last year about the word....'Spatchcock'....and it was fun.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 11:32 AM (Jjnh4)

109 Not a big party game player but we played Say What? one night and I literally have not laughed that hard and that much in years. Like most things, it's better when everybody's drinking.

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 09, 2013 11:33 AM (+bZOu)

110

106....I just saw Volkswagen commercial were one guy ask another if he still believes the "lame stream media".

As Ace would say: "Is this something?"

I've seen that commercial!

I thought it was 'something'.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 11:34 AM (Jjnh4)

111 Much more entertaining than lace wigs, pipe fittings or Mary Cloggenstein, you guys

Posted by: Gut Flora at March 09, 2013 11:35 AM (W6wuT)

112 A way of splaying and totally fucking up a chicken corpse,!

Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 11:35 AM (ZshNr)

113 if you want a good party game, nothing beats Cards Against Humanity with the expansion pack

Posted by: The Dude at March 09, 2013 11:35 AM (vJdyz)

114 @106 ... I thought the same thing... very interesting... but I'll assume they're mocking us because I'm cynical you guys

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2013 11:36 AM (/jHWN)

115 >>>Do you ever use 'This is a form of a weasel'?

no but that's a good one because all animals are a form of weasel.

"Spatchcock:"

A belaying pin which holds the main sail on a corvette. Colloquial.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:36 AM (LCRYB)

116 Isn't a spatchcock when you use a dildo to flip over a pancake?

Posted by: andycanuck at March 09, 2013 11:38 AM (ORGYc)

117 >>>You should do a thread about it.

you mean as a game? You can't really do it as a game online without a lot of emailing, which is annoying. there's also the number of players problem; the game's for 5-10 people ( it gets tedious with more and you get a lot of similar definitions -- the word "negritude" yielded three "having or possessing the quality of darkness" bluffs; in fact, it turned out to be the definition everyone thought was made up, "taking pride and gratitude in being a Negro.").

I could just throw out obscure words and ask for fake definitions, of course.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:39 AM (LCRYB)

118

No...'Spatchcock' is a medical condition, that requires a round of antibiotics to clear up.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 11:40 AM (Jjnh4)

119 Squatchcock?????

Oh, spatchcock.
Never mind

Yeh, all of you all were thinking it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2013 11:40 AM (iZP3p)

120 Techno trash. Not music at all. Anyone with any mixing skills at all could slap this together in a couple of hours on a good PC. There are no contrapuntal complexities in this piece.

Posted by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at March 09, 2013 11:41 AM (jucos)

121

if you want a good party game, nothing beats Cards Against Humanity with the expansion pack

Posted by: The Dude at March 09, 2013 03:35 PM (vJdyz)

--------------------------------------

Saw that at a bar in St. Pete, went to buy it on Amazon---80 bucks!

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 09, 2013 11:41 AM (+bZOu)

122
"Spatchcock:" - A putty used on wood, usually to seal structures against the elements

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:41 AM (4cRnj)

123 It's okay. I found a photo on the internet.
http://www.candy-chrome.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Felix-Spatchcock.jpg

Posted by: andycanuck at March 09, 2013 11:41 AM (ORGYc)

124 Ace,
I have been in the meatworld for a while today.
Did you comment at all about making it to a link at RealClearPolitics today?
Good on you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2013 11:42 AM (iZP3p)

125 Spatchcock, a gritty PI in the gritty city of Melbourne.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 11:42 AM (6rcHp)

126 Spatchcock II : The Defenestration is an underrated classic.

Posted by: lincolntf at March 09, 2013 11:43 AM (ZshNr)

127 andy

How in the hel....forget it.
I don't want to know.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2013 11:43 AM (iZP3p)

128 spatchcock: a flattening and widening of the penis, as if like a spatula

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:44 AM (LCRYB)

129

117...I could just throw out obscure words and ask for fake definitions, of course.

Yeah...and then after a bit, we could vote on the funniest ones/favorite ones.

It would be an AoSHQ variation of the game.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 11:44 AM (Jjnh4)

130 I had Spatchcock once. I think that bastard Salieri had something to do with it. Was it Vienna or Prague.... I am not sure.

Posted by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at March 09, 2013 11:44 AM (jucos)

131 Here's one I remember:

"Sixmo"

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:45 AM (LCRYB)

132 No you guys. A spatchcock is that little thingamabob on the end of the male end of an electrical plug.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:45 AM (S2RnE)

133 Spatchcock: The spring retainer on a flintlock

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 09, 2013 11:45 AM (MhA4j)

134 Spatchcock - Term used to describe the penises of male members of the Spatch family

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:47 AM (4cRnj)

135 I knew Percy Spatchcock, I worked with Percy Spatchcock, you Sir are no Percy Spatchcock!

Posted by: Nigel Slenderpole at March 09, 2013 11:47 AM (ZshNr)

136 "Sixmo"

Posted by: ace

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that would be another half dozen.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:47 AM (S2RnE)

137 sixmo -- slang for a six-pound cannon on an old, old wooden ship from the Civil War

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:47 AM (LCRYB)

138

"Sixmo" ....sixth, in the sequence after 'Fivemo'.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 11:48 AM (Jjnh4)

139

Sixmo--Louis Armstrong's kid brother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 11:49 AM (6rcHp)

140 Nacho........ As in "Hey Holmes, that's NACHO Cheese". said when someone (Holmes in this instance) tries to abscond your cheese.

Posted by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at March 09, 2013 11:49 AM (jucos)

141 Depeche Mode meets Robert Smith

Posted by: OxyCon at March 09, 2013 11:49 AM (U7XyJ)

142 Sixmo - the person on a ship who determines the location of said ship

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:50 AM (4cRnj)

143 Gitmo's less attractive, younger brother.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 09, 2013 11:50 AM (ORGYc)

144 sixmo -- the last 6 inches of a 2X4. It's a construction term obviously.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:50 AM (S2RnE)

145 Saw that at a bar in St. Pete, went to buy it on Amazon---80 bucks!

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 09, 2013 03:41 PM (+bZOu)

buy it from their site, $10 for the base game and $10 for the expansion

http://cardsagainsthumanity.com/

Posted by: The Dude at March 09, 2013 11:50 AM (vJdyz)

146 Sixmo - a nautical knot used to tie up a sail.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 09, 2013 11:51 AM (X6akg)

147 Sixmo = Two mos short of a party?

Posted by: Geo at March 09, 2013 11:51 AM (ZshNr)

148 I won't click. I've been Rickrolled too many times around here.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 09, 2013 11:51 AM (qNZ3I)

149 err $25 for the base game

Posted by: The Dude at March 09, 2013 11:51 AM (vJdyz)

150 sixmo -- in music, a sixth-note.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:51 AM (LCRYB)

151 Sock off

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2013 11:52 AM (ZshNr)

152 139 Sixmo--Louis Armstrong's kid brother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 03:49 PM (6rcHp)

I lol'd!

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 09, 2013 11:52 AM (X6akg)

153 Sixmo -the number of additional inches a woman wants if you have a 2 inch penis

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 11:52 AM (4cRnj)

154 Sixmo, a metric fifth of Jamican rum, top shelf stuff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 11:53 AM (6rcHp)

155 Knew it sounded familiar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyr5WdrEvGI&t=2m0s

Posted by: OxyCon at March 09, 2013 11:53 AM (U7XyJ)

156 I remember listening to this album and thinking that Rudy Guiliani was going to beat Hillary in the 2008 election

Posted by: mopac at March 09, 2013 11:53 AM (H1dtR)

157 sixmo -- a tempo in military marching in which soldiers are required to cover two yards per beat (per second).

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:53 AM (LCRYB)

158 Sixmo - The number of years added on to a jail sentence if you use a semi-automatic gun during the commission of a felony.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 09, 2013 11:54 AM (X6akg)

159 sixmo -- the difference between a nautical mile and a standard land mile.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 11:55 AM (S2RnE)

160 Oprah hour at the HQ ... ooffaahh..

Posted by: grease monkey at March 09, 2013 11:55 AM (VSWPU)

161 Aaaaaaaaaaagh. Sufferin' spatchcock! I wonder if I can take a nap.....need a distraction. The youngest son is outside using a chainsaw. OMG. Mr. DeVille is there, to be sure, but I bet he's not watching this closely enough. I wish I couldn't hear it. I don't want to know about these things. Ear plugs. I need to find ear plugs.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 11:55 AM (C8mVl)

162 I don't want to know about these things.
Ear plugs. I need to find ear plugs.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 03:55 PM (C8mVl)

You won't be able to hear the ambulance arrive.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 09, 2013 11:57 AM (X6akg)

163 Sixmo - prison slang sick mother*****.

Posted by: dantesed at March 09, 2013 11:57 AM (k16bb)

164 Play these simulataneously: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOHLeXxfNu0&t=3m15s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyr5WdrEvGI&t=2m0s

Posted by: OxyCon at March 09, 2013 11:58 AM (U7XyJ)

165 The actual answer is something like: "sixmo: In printing, a printed sheet of text which is cut into sixths for insertion in a book; also, any page of about the size of a sixth-cut sheet."

Here's one many of you will know if you do crosswords (but make up a defintion anyway):

ort

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 11:58 AM (LCRYB)

166 162 --- "You won't be able to hear the ambulance arrive." Posted by: Tami at March 09, 2013 03:57 PM (X6akg) ------------------- My thoughts exactly! Gaaaaaaaaccccckkkkkkkkkkkk!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 11:59 AM (C8mVl)

167

Ort.

A large, fleshy growth that forms when several warts grow together.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 12:02 PM (Jjnh4)

168 Play some Freebird!!1!

Posted by: That Guy at Every at Every Concert at March 09, 2013 12:02 PM (Vk2pI)

169 ort -- this is how hillbillies pronounce the word ought. Use in a sentence...
"Hey Jimmy JoeBob, we ort ta get us sixmo of those."

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 12:03 PM (S2RnE)

170 ort -- a unit of measure equal to 24 grains.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:06 PM (LCRYB)

171 ort - the fitting that holds an oar in place

sabrage - ?

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 12:06 PM (4cRnj)

172 Heh. I know "ort." A common word in the land I call Cruciverbia, where the erse and the ogee play! Hmmm. It's a valve on a sackbut or splatchcock.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 12:08 PM (C8mVl)

173 ort -- a cut square of turf or peat used for roofing huts or primitive buildings

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:08 PM (LCRYB)

174 Ort...a gaseous cloud that forms in a dorm room during a farting competition.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 12:09 PM (Jjnh4)

175 Used to get 1 spatchcock per month in the mail from Uncle Sugar, then it got sequestered.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at March 09, 2013 12:09 PM (hhsyr)

176 Ort - single square in a waffle grid, which is also known as a whumph.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 12:10 PM (6rcHp)

177 This is "Burn" by "The Cure" with added synth and xylophone.

Posted by: OxyCon at March 09, 2013 12:10 PM (U7XyJ)

178 176 -- hah.

the rules of the actual game could probably be improved by offering a separate pool of points for funniest answer.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:11 PM (LCRYB)

179

I kinda like it...but I like Kraftwerk too

I'm controlling

And composing

Does anybody remember Visage?

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2013 12:11 PM (fsLdt)

180 ort -- Scottish for goblin, from the Scandanavian "orc"

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:12 PM (LCRYB)

181 ort -- the top ridge of a canadian tent.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 12:13 PM (S2RnE)

182 ort -- in printing, a nullform used for spacing with the width of one-half of an "n" character.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:13 PM (LCRYB)

183 Ort, scrap of food, like one thrown to a dog

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2013 12:14 PM (ZshNr)

184

Zuq

A word in Scrabble that means "I have a Q and a Z"

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2013 12:14 PM (fsLdt)

185

Ort...a Klingon grooming device, used to clean head ridges.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 12:14 PM (Jjnh4)

186 dude we're making up fake ones not putting up the real one.

The actual answer is ort: a scrap of meat.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:15 PM (LCRYB)

187 Zuk as in suq as in Arab market?

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2013 12:15 PM (ZshNr)

188

Damn Wheatie. I was gonna say that. Great minds and all that.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 12:15 PM (S2RnE)

189 Oh. I was watching Trailer Park Boys in a different window, missed the gist.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 09, 2013 12:16 PM (ZshNr)

190 ort - Irish slang for anal

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 12:16 PM (4cRnj)

191 next one: "erd"

And then I'm out of the answer business because I don't have a dictionary and am running out of obscure words.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:17 PM (LCRYB)

192 erd: the prow's bend in the keel of an old, old wooden ship from the Civil War

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:18 PM (LCRYB)

193 Ort -- the grunge on the window of a trailer in the trailer park. Can only be removed by a tornado.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 12:18 PM (S2RnE)

194 >>And then I'm out of the answer business because I don't have a dictionary and am running out of obscure words.

They have dictionaries online, or do a search for obscure words with the google.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 12:18 PM (4cRnj)

195 erd - an ignorant nerd

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 09, 2013 12:19 PM (4cRnj)

196 erd - varient spelling of "ard"

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 09, 2013 12:19 PM (VgkUy)

197 I ort ta quit showing up here

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at March 09, 2013 12:20 PM (hhsyr)

198 This is fun but now I must go. Gotta check on my papa, he had surgery a few days ago and is gimping around. See you folks later. Thanks for the funny ace. You rock.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2013 12:20 PM (S2RnE)

199 Erd. A psecial burrin used in etching.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 12:21 PM (6rcHp)

200 The erd is that line on the bottom of the head of the penis.

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2013 12:21 PM (fsLdt)

201 I've erd this place is addictive.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at March 09, 2013 12:22 PM (hhsyr)

202

Gotta check on my papa, he had surgery a few days ago and is gimping around.

He is hirpling around. Didn't you read the comments?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 09, 2013 12:22 PM (VgkUy)

203

Erd....the galactic term for female aliens with three tits.

Used in a sentence:

"Yeah, I know man...but she was an Erd."

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 12:24 PM (Jjnh4)

204 That sucked. Now is a good enough time to comment on the passing of Alvin Lee. I was gonna wait until there were some musician morons present. He was a talented musician -- far from the best -- but good. Unfortunately, however, he was best remembered for some of his least creatve material. Choo Choo Mamma and I'm Going Home were popular but far from his best. A year or two ago there was a thread about what you considered the "perfect album" -- an album without any songs that stunk it up. Of course that's pretty subjective and most suggestions were for albums that had only one song that detracted from it. For me, the closest to the "perfect album" was A Space in Time, by Ten Years After. To me the only flaws in it were the left wing hippie lyrics in a few of the songs. Musically, that album was solid. After listening to it (and some Traffic) yesterday I guess I spoiled myself. This song stinks on ice. I guess I've just turned into an old fart living in the past, but it's really rare when there's a new release I like. So for the kids it's "get the hell off my lawn" and for musicians it's "get the hell of my radio". Oh we'll, turning into a cranky old fart could've been worse I guess.

Posted by: Ed Anger on a busted iPhone at March 09, 2013 12:25 PM (Z5Grl)

205 Erd - the metal pull at the end of a zipper.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 09, 2013 12:27 PM (X6akg)

206

I guess I've just turned into an old fart living in the past, but it's really rare when there's a new release I like. So for the kids it's "get the hell off my lawn" and for musicians it's "get the hell of my radio".

Oh we'll, turning into a cranky old fart could've been worse I guess.

You are not alone. Music from the 90's is about all that's left with very rare exceptions.

Posted by: The Democrats at March 09, 2013 12:29 PM (fsLdt)

207 Shut up The Democrats. I hate your stupid.

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2013 12:30 PM (fsLdt)

208

Erd - the metal pull at the end of a zipper.

I'm pretty sure that's a trollix.

/Pedant off.

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2013 12:31 PM (fsLdt)

209 Erd --- a consonant used in Old Norse, also in early Anglo-Saxon manuscripts of NE Britain. The sound is midway between an R and a J.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2013 12:33 PM (C8mVl)

210

204...Now is a good enough time to comment on the passing of Alvin Lee.

Great musician, Ed Anger.

I was a Ten Years After fan too.

RIP, Alvin Lee.

'The Bluest Blues'

http:/ /vimeo.com/50484267

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 12:36 PM (Jjnh4)

211 erd -- a female cow which is too young for mating or milking

Posted by: erd at March 09, 2013 12:37 PM (LCRYB)

212 Erd. Some loser troll who keeps showing up.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in the other room at March 09, 2013 12:39 PM (6rcHp)

213 I think this was composed & released by the "spatchcocks"

Posted by: GregGS at March 09, 2013 12:42 PM (BtzrN)

214 okay. erd as you may know is just a dialectical variant (Scots, I'm pretty sure) for "earth."

This site has lots of obscure words: http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/

here's one:

"skoptsy"

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:50 PM (LCRYB)

215 this is a cool resource too http://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/dict.htm

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2013 12:53 PM (LCRYB)

216
I wrote a song, but I can't read music so I don't know what it is. Every once in a while I'll be listening to the radio and I say, "I think I might have written that."

Posted by: Steven Wright at March 09, 2013 12:53 PM (knUdf)

217

Skoptsy.....a new form of street medicine, performed by unemployed doctors.

Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2013 12:55 PM (Jjnh4)

218 Ace, I never figured you for a Boy George fan, but that fits. Catchy rhythm, but the real question is can they do it on stage? Probably not, the days of real bands went out the window with when the Stones quit touring.

Posted by: georgeofthedesert at March 09, 2013 12:56 PM (Eq2MX)

219 Why oh why did I listen to that? Now I have a headache to match my headache! Happy Mother's Day to all of you in Ireland! Good Luck!

Posted by: HAPPY at March 09, 2013 02:00 PM (5X289)

220 I don't mind retro - the problem for me was that it was way too METRO. IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: fabrexe at March 09, 2013 02:06 PM (ITlhA)

221 Personally, I don't think anyone does early 80's darkwave like Neon Kross:

https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=1RYDqHBYqFQ

Posted by: Patrick at March 09, 2013 07:57 PM (LrlHu)

222 Well, I've been listening to this song over and over and over and over and over and over, and I'm also going to send the link to a friend of mine, so I guess I must really like it.

Posted by: Kensington at March 09, 2013 08:37 PM (uaEZS)

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