Friday, July 18, 2008

Earworms

I wonder if anyone has scientifically figured out why we get earworms. You know earworms... that piece of a song that gets stuck in your head, sometimes for days.

It goes around and around and around and around and won't go away.

I have had that "freecreditreport.com" song about tourists in t-shirts bouncing from side to side all week. For some reason, my brain insists on changing tourists in t-shirts to fuzzy poodle skirts. I don't know why... The monotony of that has been broken every now and again by "afternoon delight" by the starland vocal band.* Now they have both been replaced by the theme from Gilligan's Island.

Honestly, what's a girl to do?


* I despised that song when it came out and it hasn't improved with age. Ick.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"afternoon delight"?! are you having some sort of flashbacks or something?!?!

And you do know what that song is about, right LOL.

July 18, 2008 at 7:33 AM
dragonmom said...

Herd was watching "I love the 70s" beginning of the week. *sigh*

Yeah. Thought it was stupid back in the 70s and still think it's stupid.
My idea of afternoon delight is sitting on the deck in the shade with a large glass of dry red wine. With no kids anywhere in sight. aaaahhhhh.

July 18, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Anonymous said...

My delight would be sitting down reading one of my new books without an interuption every five minutes or so. The kids went in and out of the house so many times last night I about locked them out, little buttheads.

July 18, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Anonymous said...

For what it't worth, I get the Theme from Green Acres stuck in my head a lot. Not sure why LOL

July 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM
dragonmom said...

Kids....


Green Acres is marginally better than afternoon delight, IMO

July 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM

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