Can someone please tell me...

JimmyB27 · Jun 2, 2011

...why I've suddenly got frickin' Bon Jovi Bad Medicine stuck in my head?

alleycat · Jun 2, 2011

Because it's effectively just a "little ditty".

Listen to something by Mozart or Bach for five minutes.

I got this stuck in my head a couple of months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M

Lyla · Jun 2, 2011

I think it's called Last Song Syndrome (LSS).

Wayne K · Jun 2, 2011

Earworm song

Alessandra Kelley · Jun 2, 2011

The Germans call it an "earworm," I've heard.

I get rid of them by focusing on all the actual sounds around me.

JimmyB27 · Jun 2, 2011

But I haven't even listened to this song for years!

And I'm at work, so I can't wipe it out with Mozart or Bach.

Alessandra Kelley · Jun 2, 2011

So take a moment to focus, very carefully, on the sounds of work around you. It doesn't matter what you listen to, just so you listen to reality.

Snitchcat · Jun 2, 2011

You need to concentrate on sending me an email, or at the very least a PM!

Pfffffffft!!! =^P

regdog · Jun 2, 2011

Try this

Mr Flibble · Jun 2, 2011

Or this.

You're welcome.

JimmyB27 · Jun 2, 2011

I suspect I'm fortunate that YouTube is blocked at work...

Snitch - I'll get right on that.

Mr Flibble · Jun 2, 2011

No youtube? You should strike for better conditions.

In the meantime: One banana, two banana, three banana four, four bananas make a bunch and so do many more. La la la, lala la la...

alleycat · Jun 2, 2011

99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer
Take one down, pass it around
98 bottles of beer on the wall

98 bottles of beer on the wall . . .

Sullivan Lee · Jun 2, 2011

Earworm. That word is so satisfying. But creepy.

NinaK · Jun 2, 2011

If you can't get rid of it start making up your own lyrics.

alleycat · Jun 2, 2011

Sullivan Lee said:
Earworm. That word is so satisfying. But creepy.

Not to be confused with an earwig . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4p_gg4KHu4

regdog · Jun 2, 2011

IdiotsRUs said:
Or this.

You're welcome.

I loved them.

JimmyB27 · Jun 2, 2011

I should have kept quiet. Every time I look at this thread, it comes back.

mirandashell · Jun 2, 2011

I haven't seen an earwig for years. Have they died out?

Alessandra Kelley · Jun 2, 2011

mirandashell said:
I haven't seen an earwig for years. Have they died out?

Eurgh, no. We've had a wet spring and they're all over our garden.

And it is not nice to suggest dreadful songs to people who have trouble getting them out of their heads. Be kind.

Shakesbear · Jun 2, 2011

Jimmy be grateful it isn't Abba.

Adam · Jun 2, 2011

JimmyB27 said:
...why I've suddenly got frickin' Bon Jovi Bad Medicine stuck in my head?

Because it's awesome.

/thread

mirandashell · Jun 2, 2011

So, you've got earwigs in Chicago. But I'm in England....

We used to get them in the house a lot. I wonder if it's anything to do with houses not being as damp as they used to be.

Mr Flibble · Jun 2, 2011

I still see earwigs (mostly in the garden) but you know what I haven't seen in years? Silverfish.

And for Jimmy, who is home from work by now and can see youtube, I present this. If that don't clear Bon Jovi from your lugholes, you're doomed.

JimmyB27 · Jun 2, 2011

IdiotsRUs said:
I still see earwigs (mostly in the garden) but you know what I haven't seen in years? Silverfish.

And for Jimmy, who is home from work by now and can see youtube, I present this. If that don't clear Bon Jovi from your lugholes, you're doomed.

Guess who's going on ignore.

Can someone please tell me...

Hoopy frood

Still around

Wordweaver

Sophipygian

Hoopy frood

Sophipygian

Dragon-kitty.

The Scavengers

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

Hoopy frood

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

Still around

On the Beach

Still around

The Scavengers

Hoopy frood

Sophipygian

knows a hawk from a handsaw

Not dead.

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

Hoopy frood