Husquevarna

and other words that are stuck in your head.


plinth

schizomycophyta

related: when I was a little girl, I would find myself repeating the last word of the last sentence I said. Not necessarily out loud, sometimes in my head but sometimes I would mouth the word and barely whisper it. Maybe I was trying to determine if I had said it correctly. Maybe it's some weird form of echolalia. Anyway, I don't do that anymore, but I will go over and over something I said during the day and revise it in my head.

Or maybe I'm just bonkers.

ADAB -- the demanding memory that comes upon you of itself
(from Dune)

plethora

Guadalupe Hidalgo (as in "Treaty of") has got to be one of the most satisfying combination of mouth motions ever.

Mmm...it always changes. I'll have a word stuck for a week and then move on to another one.

Lately there have been two: Copious and Complicit.

lumberjim;496710 wrote:

and other words that are stuck in your head.


plinth

Chain saw. Their's rocks.

The goddamn song "Delta Dawn". I get in the shower every morning, look up at the shower head, and that friggin' song starts up in my head. :angry:

oh crap Pie, so sorry

It's Husqvarna. Manufacturer of my sewing machine, which I loooooove. But we just say Viking; it's easier. :)

You mean because it goes, "Oh, Delta Dawn, what's that shower you have on..."?

Pie;496758 wrote:

The goddamn song "Delta Dawn". I get in the shower every morning, look up at the shower head, and that friggin' song starts up in my head. :angry:

:lol: LOL

Did you insult a gypsy once without knowing it? That sounds like a curse to me.

HungLikeJesus;496771 wrote:

You mean because it goes, "Oh, Delta Dawn, what's that shower you have on..."?

I bet it's a Delta brand shower head.

*ding*ding*ding* glatt for the win.
Then I get to the line "she's 41 and her daddy still calls her 'baby'"
and then I remember that he's dead and I get sad. I'm not 41, but my daddy used to call me 'babe' (as in 'Hey, babe!')

Great way to start every flippin' morning.

Pie;496779 wrote:

*ding*ding*ding* glatt for the win.
Then I get to the line "she's 41 and her daddy still calls her 'baby'"
and then I remember that he's dead and I get sad. I'm not 41, but my daddy used to call me 'babe' (as in 'Hey, babe!')

Great way to start every flippin' morning.

That's sad.

You know, it's really easy to change shower heads. Might be worth swapping it out until you get to a new place.

Or just put a sticker of Barney over the Delta logo, and you can be singing "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family.."

DELTA BURKE Pie.


yw.

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
And promised her he'd take her for his bride

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

And be sure to get your ring tone!
http://www.ringtonematcher.com/co/ringtonematcher/02/noc.asp?sid=STCLros&artist=Tanya+Tucker

or you could try other associations to mask it. convert the word 'delta' to 'dealt a' and then think of the Kenny Rogers song ....and sing it!

"you gotta know when hold 'em, know when to fold em" etcetera
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:thumb: That might actually work! Thanks, LJ.

my pleasure.

and just so you know, we're all picturing you taking a shower now.

It won't work. Repeat after me:

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy

lumberjim;496815 wrote:

we're all picturing you taking a shower now.

:thepain: :lol:
Imagine that at your peril. How's your supply of eye-bleach?

Oh, and Merc?:flipbird:

Smoochies! :madhop:

Apocalyptica. A cool Finnish metal cello band.

Hmmm. Never seen a metal cello. Saw a carbon fiber one at Fest this year, though.

I love the song Delta Dawn. I've even been known to sing it at karaoke before. :)

Elspode;496896 wrote:

Hmmm. Never seen a metal cello. Saw a carbon fiber one at Fest this year, though.

I know there are aluminum upright basses (made for the navy), so I guess there were aluminum cellos as well.

However, I'm guessing they played metal music.

Yes the metal genre of music, I should have specified.
Here: http://www.myspace.com/apocalyptica

I used "excoriate" in a sentence today. A spoken one, even.

When I got in the shower this morning, this thread popped into my head, and the Delta Dawn song did too, but it didn't start playing or get stuck in there. :)

I also remembered that "Girl from Ipanema" is a potent earworm killer.
It leaves a cool, minty-fresh sensation. Remember, hum the melody only. No singing!