Sign Of Weakness 2012-09-05

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NOTDilbert wrote:
Wdot wrote: I am so ashamed!!! There was something nagging me in the back of my mind, but I couldn't dredge it up. I will fix it immediately!
(Blatantly copying): "Thank you, miss Wdot!" :)

Um, that'd be señor Wdot. Maybe I should rethink using Phix as my picture!? Nah, I like looking at Phix in all her incarnations. Any way glad you liked the list. Still can't believe I forgot the Road Runner theme...
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DinkyInky wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote:I'm surprised no one has suggested the Flight of the Bumble Bee...


Here is it, played by Guinness world record holder title of fastest violinist, Dave Garett:
*sneaky edit* Since you seem to like this tune, here's one by Jennifer Batten.
Actually, while I did spend some time gathering several links to Flight of the Bumble Bee, adding only one for the William Tell Overture (for lack of time needed to search for more), I have come to think that the William Tell Overture would fit better than the Flight of the Bumble Bee...
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Wdot wrote:
NOTDilbert wrote:
Wdot wrote: I am so ashamed!!! There was something nagging me in the back of my mind, but I couldn't dredge it up. I will fix it immediately!
(Blatantly copying): "Thank you, miss Wdot!" :)

Um, that'd be señor Wdot. Maybe I should rethink using Phix as my picture!? Nah, I like looking at Phix in all her incarnations. Any way glad you liked the list. Still can't believe I forgot the Road Runner theme...
Okay, but "Thank you senor Wdot via Phix's image" is kinda cumbersome. And yeah, if I had some cute Wapsi art babe I could use as a Gravatar, I'd rather look at that than me anyday.

Have I said in the past that my Gravatar is a passable cartoon likeness of me?....
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So how do you talk with no mouth?
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Wdot wrote:Um, that'd be señor Wdot. Maybe I should rethink using Phix as my picture!? Nah, I like looking at Phix in all her incarnations. Any way glad you liked the list. Still can't believe I forgot the Road Runner theme...
Heh. My predilection for using female avatars has often led people to assume i are a gurl.

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Yeah. Fairport be a bit hairy. ;)
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lake_wrangler wrote: I have come to think that the William Tell Overture would fit better than the Flight of the Bumble Bee...
I have heard that The William Tell Overture is supposed to bring to mind a fox chasing a hare, so it fits very well.
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jwhouk wrote:So how do you talk with no mouth?
Many have said "excessively."
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davids4250 wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote: I have come to think that the William Tell Overture would fit better than the Flight of the Bumble Bee...
I have heard that The William Tell Overture is supposed to bring to mind a fox chasing a hare, so it fits very well.
Whenever I hear the William Tell, I think of "Pompous Circumstance" by Wendy Carlos, I believe. A fun, if twisted, romp!
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bmonk wrote:
davids4250 wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote: I have come to think that the William Tell Overture would fit better than the Flight of the Bumble Bee...
I have heard that The William Tell Overture is supposed to bring to mind a fox chasing a hare, so it fits very well.
Whenever I hear the William Tell, I think of "Pompous Circumstance" by Wendy Carlos, I believe. A fun, if twisted, romp!
Oh lord! I really came to hate that tune. Now I've got it in my head! Not Pompous Circumstance, I've never heard that, but Pomp and Circumstance. I was in the school orchestra playing violin. We had to play it seemingly endlessly for graduation ceremonies. Not to mention all the practices. Still love the violin at least. AUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!!! :o
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"Pompous Circumstance" is just a transcription for the original analog, monophonic Moog. (To play more than one note at a time, you had to overdub each multiple times.)
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Bathorys Daughter wrote: Oh lord! I really came to hate that tune. Now I've got it in my head! Not Pompous Circumstance, I've never heard that, but Pomp and Circumstance. I was in the school orchestra playing violin. We had to play it seemingly endlessly for graduation ceremonies. Not to mention all the practices. Still love the violin at least. AUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!!! :o
When I hear P&C, I think of an old stop-motion animation of food marching out of a fridge.
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kingklash wrote:
Bathorys Daughter wrote: Oh lord! I really came to hate that tune. Now I've got it in my head! Not Pompous Circumstance, I've never heard that, but Pomp and Circumstance. I was in the school orchestra playing violin. We had to play it seemingly endlessly for graduation ceremonies. Not to mention all the practices. Still love the violin at least. AUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH! GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!!! :o
When I hear P&C, I think of an old stop-motion animation of food marching out of a fridge.
OK. Now overdub P&C with the William Tell, at roughly twice the beat speed. A stately, even stodgy march paired with the frenetic beat of galloping horses...
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