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April 22, 2008

Off the Cuff: The most annoying song ever?

Filed under: Off the Cuff — Tags: , , , — Eric Barrett @ 10:05 am

I realize this post has nothing to do with any of my usual subject matter. But this is a column called Off the Cuff, so what do you really expect?

In the 90’s three men (Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier) decided to create the most annoying song ever. Why? Because men are practical.

Or at least that’s what Dave Barry would say.

So what goes into the world’s most annoying song?

1.  Rapping opera singer? ….check
2.  Wal-Mart? ….check
3.  Kid’s singing? ….check
4.  Harmonica? ….check
5.  Holiday music? ….check
6.  Banjo? ….check

The only thing I didn’t hear was dog’s barking a Christmas carol.

So did they get close to their goal? No. Not even close.

The song is so bad that it becomes hilarious. In fact it’s almost a perfect parody of American culture. That alone makes it worth the price of admission. Which, by the way, is free. There are certainly moments when the song gets close to being totally annoying. Especially with the stupid kid’s choir. Seriously if your music ever contains children singing, just hang up your ukulele.

Or you can always do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!

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April 10, 2008

Off the Cuff: Being Serious

Filed under: Off the Cuff — Tags: , , , , — Eric Barrett @ 9:10 am

Off the Cuff

Some nights I lose sleep. 

I fear that perhaps I’m not really doing enough to solve the problems that face this country (and the world).  I wake up wondering, “did I do enough for the SotS community?”  And “if not, will Craig ever let me use the company restroom?”

I decided that I just can’t live with this kind of fear anymore.  So I’ve taken some new measures these last few weeks.  And I can now say, with certainty that SotS is “new” and “improved”.

The first step was to make this blog at least one safe place in the world.  There’s no question the biggest problem facing the world today is brain-sucking zombies.  It’s so obvious that it really goes without saying.  But here at SotS, we take these things seriously.  So I’m proud to announce several new policies that should improve this situation:

Of course there are other considerations as well.  Namely a total lack of Reece’s Peanut Butter cups in the SotS offices.  But I can only address one crisis at a time. 

So without Craig’s knowledge I’ve taken the liberty of moving the blog to a super secret location, one that should remain secure (and environmentally friendly).  And certainly a place where I can’t foresee any kind of problems developing:

So next time someone tells you that SotS doesn’t take their job seriously, just remember that we’re certifiable.

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