I don't know who was more interested in generating this "controversy", the pop singer or the children's program that has lost its relevance.
The new all-earworms-all-the-time policy may drive commenters away as surely as the commenters themselves do.
For some reason I thought staying up and watching Jimmy Fallon last night was a good idea, seeing as the musical guests were Pavement. Fallon made a joke about the Katy & Elmo video, something along the lines of "when he saw what Katy was wearing, he started tickling himself". I also learned that Katy will be the musical guest on this week's Saturday Night Live. And then I found five gold soundz.
the children's program that has lost its relevance.
Our little TLL is growing up so fast!
Elmo was better when he was Grover.
The snuffleup(h)agus was better when only Big Bird saw him.
I was already past the target demo when "Sesame Street debuted. I was more of "The Electric Company" and "Zoom".
1: EAT DEATH FUZZY PUPPETS OF THE ALPHABET-MONGERING CLASSES!!
I still haven't recovered from Mr. Hooper's death.
I've had this song (previously mentioned) stuck in my head lately, but I won't complain about that at all. Just a gorgeous tune.
I still haven't recovered from seeing how old Gordon looks.
The new all-earworms-all-the-time policy
I think I must have earworms more often than the average person. Or at least I like telling other people about it more.
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Agricultural engineers least likely to divorce
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Quadruple posting is grounds for divorce in 17 states.
Ooops, is that what that button does? Oh, well, back to blueberry yields and irrigation amortization.
post dropped me back into preview, maybe an unclosed tag, sorry.
17: And diddling the nanny is grounds in 50 states. Life isn't fair.
19: But not in the territories? Hello, Puerto Ricans!
19: Tell me about it. I quadruple post all the time, but does anyone call me "The Quadruple Poster"? No. BUt I diddle one nanny . . . .
diddling the nanny is grounds
Grounding the nanny, however, is just five yards and a loss of down.
and a loss of down
Ducks to be you.
24: Yeah. It really hurt the Green Bay Quackers last season.
Huh. I thought surely that would be the only hit for "grounding the nanny", but I guess it will be the second. Even more surprising, "pounding the nanny" only returns two hits ("diddling the nanny", on the other hand: 1450 hits).
("diddling the nanny", on the other hand: 1450 hits).
That and a bunch of nasty press.
I reduced my stress level massively through a job change awhile back, and it had the weird effect of making me vulnerable to earworms. In my High Stress Decade, I had become totally immune.
25: Same with the Buffalo Bills. (No idea why they chose such an incongruous nickname.)
Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo bill bill buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo bill.
I should probably see a doctor about this tendency to lapse into free association, but my first second thought upon seeing that Katy Perry-and-Elmo video was about the passage in Anne Hollander's Sex and Suits about how the mermaid form of the traditional ballgown emphasizes what is sweetly nurturing and beautiful about the female body while concealing the mysterious, intimidating negative spaces of sexuality.
It's a pretty good book.
Tickle me EARSBLEED
So is it going to be all Wonderella-style titles from now on?
32: "Minority groups are outstanding."
lw, can you give whatever crash course in statistics might be necessary to help interpret that quadruply-posted spreadsheet? Maybe it will suddenly sink in the fifth time, but I'm displeased that I can't make sense of it. Mathematicians seem to be ranked seventh, though.
7: "The Electric Company" was awesome.
Mathematicians seem to be ranked seventh, though.
That is odd. How many lists go (1) Massage Therapists, (2) Bartenders, (3) Dancers . . . (6) Gaming Service Workers, (7) Mathematicians.
One of these things is not like the others.
You're right, gaming Service Workers is the only one with an 'o'!!
Button Gwinnett, a colon and a massage therapist walk into a bar. Bartender says, "That does it! I'm getting a divorce."
Wow. So find yourself a media or communications equipment operator if you want to be likely to find someone true.
Lawyers in the top 75, but handily beat out by the economists!
41: Sometimes the invisible hand turns out to be visible.
42: with a clearly stretched middle finger.