At last, scientific evidence supporting my old home cure: one chorus of "Lonesome Loser" will drive even the most persistent earworm out.
Posted by KF | Link to this comment | 10-20-03 8:46 PM
Actually, the canonic vermitonico-homeopathetic treatment is "Girl From Ipanema", scientifically speaking.
Posted by jholbo | Link to this comment | 10-20-03 11:01 PM
"Girl From Ipanema??"
That's like quitting smoking by using crack. Just your mention of that damn song has it stuck in my head.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 7:45 AM
i think the term earworm is originally german, not coined by a us prof...
Posted by ubu | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 9:44 AM
"Have you heard about the lonesome loser..."
Sweet! The Copacabana earworm is gone! Now what do I have to hum to rid myself of this tapeworm?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 10:39 AM
There was a cartoon about this a while ago, but I've found that the ultimate earworm remover, or perhaps the ultimate earworm, is "Kumbaya".
Posted by Anthony | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 1:54 PM
Nothing sticks though like the Muppets' "Mahna Mahna."
Posted by rlc | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 1:48 PM
I am ignorant of all things Muppet. So I'll take your word for it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 1:50 PM
Doot-doo doo doodoo. (Mahna mahna.) Doot-doo-doodoo. (Mahna mahna.) Doot-doo doo doodoo, doo doodoo, doo doodoo doodoodoodoo doot doot doodoo doo.
The song is featured in a BBC America commercial for The Office. I think there's also a version by Cake.
Posted by Bob | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 2:25 PM
Oh Christ, I do know that song. Stop it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 2:28 PM
At last, scientific evidence supporting my old home cure: one chorus of "Lonesome Loser" will drive even the most persistent earworm out.
Posted by KF | Link to this comment | 10-20-03 8:46 PM
Actually, the canonic vermitonico-homeopathetic treatment is "Girl From Ipanema", scientifically speaking.
Posted by jholbo | Link to this comment | 10-20-03 11:01 PM
"Girl From Ipanema??"
That's like quitting smoking by using crack. Just your mention of that damn song has it stuck in my head.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 7:45 AM
i think the term earworm is originally german, not coined by a us prof...
Posted by ubu | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 9:44 AM
"Have you heard about the lonesome loser..."
Sweet! The Copacabana earworm is gone! Now what do I have to hum to rid myself of this tapeworm?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 10:39 AM
There was a cartoon about this a while ago, but I've found that the ultimate earworm remover, or perhaps the ultimate earworm, is "Kumbaya".
Posted by Anthony | Link to this comment | 10-21-03 1:54 PM
Nothing sticks though like the Muppets' "Mahna Mahna."
Posted by rlc | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 1:48 PM
I am ignorant of all things Muppet. So I'll take your word for it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 1:50 PM
Doot-doo doo doodoo. (Mahna mahna.) Doot-doo-doodoo. (Mahna mahna.) Doot-doo doo doodoo, doo doodoo, doo doodoo doodoodoodoo doot doot doodoo doo.
The song is featured in a BBC America commercial for The Office. I think there's also a version by Cake.
Posted by Bob | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 2:25 PM
Oh Christ, I do know that song. Stop it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 10-31-03 2:28 PM