@mudfinger saidNot had one for ages but you’re responsible if I can’t get Mama Cass out of my head all day today 😣
Ear worms are a catchy song or tune that runs continually through a person's mind. Driving one to the brink of madness...
Name your favorite. Or your latest.
Latest: Monday Monday by the Mamas and Papas
Favorite: Kokomo by the Beach Boys
@drewnogal saidQuick, listen to 'Baby Shark.'
Not had one for ages but you’re responsible if I can’t get Mama Cass out of my head all day today 😣
@ghost-of-a-duke saidDon’t know that one and daren’t look it up or that will be it!!
Quick, listen to 'Baby Shark.'
Is that how you stop an ear worm, you listen to something else?
@drewnogal saidThat's the theory. Give it a try.
Don’t know that one and daren’t look it up or that will be it!!
Is that how you stop an ear worm, you listen to something else?
@drewnogal saidYeah but then you've got a new ear worm.
Don’t know that one and daren’t look it up or that will be it!!
Is that how you stop an ear worm, you listen to something else?
@drewnogal saidYep.
Don’t know that one and daren’t look it up or that will be it!!
Is that how you stop an ear worm, you listen to something else?
You get a bigger ear worm and it eats its predecessor.
@wolfgang59 saidIt's 'the old woman who swallowed a fly' principle.
Yep.
You get a bigger ear worm and it eats its predecessor.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI don't know why.
It's 'the old woman who swallowed a fly' principle.
But I'll think she'll die.
Had this on kids cd together with
"It was a dark and stormy night" ...
and the Captain said "Shall I tell you a story?"
Here it is in its full glory:
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die
There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.