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Yahoo’s current headline is Deadliest Job in America. The teaser line reads: The most dangerous job in the U.S. is more hazardous than even ranching and logging. Blogging? I thought. Blogging is dangerous? Hang on, blogging is a job? Then I read it again. If you really need to know what the most dangerous job is, click the link. I’m going to predict that you will be disappointed. After watching the YouTube “John McCain called his wife…” clip, the snippet from the musical was stuck in my head for two days. It just could not be dislodged. I knew it would just be a matter of substituting another catchy tune, but this does not happen on demand. I was so desperate to rid myself of the niggling number that I brought out the heavy artillary. Yes, I deliberately attempted a Girl from Ipanema substitution. Desperate? Yes. Foolhardy? Most probably. Successful? Surprisingly not. After all, this is the song that came with me for over two years while I was drudging through mindless temp jobs. On one occasion, I was placed back at an office I’d been at 18 months previously. One of the guys I’d worked with on the first assignment greeted me with “Oh, great, I’d only just got that annoying song out of my mind”. On Friday night I watched This is Spinal Tap for the first time in ages. (OK, for the first time in months.) The good news was that I no longer had the McCain song in my head. The bad news – I was stuck with Sex Farm. Thanks, Tap. Am I still at risk of blurting out “Getting out my pitch fork/Poking your hay” whilst in the queue at IGA? No, thanks to the electronics department at Myer and a shopper wanting the iPod speakers demonstrated. At first, I was thrilled to hear The Stranglers’ song Golden Brown in such an unlikely setting. As I walked away, I found myself humming it. On the tram, I was tapping out the strange rhythm. It stuck in my head and just won’t be shifted. Am I happy? Sort of. Unfortunately, I can’t help mis-hearing the lyrics in my head. My internal soundtrack is, disconcertingly, “Gordon Brown texture like sun…”. Creepy. What a fabulous idea: Anti-World Youth Day t-shirts are selling fast, following the NSW government’s ban on ‘annoying’ pilgrims. Take a look at some of the most popular slogans. - You can fine me $5,500… But I still won’t believe in God - WYD08: We close 300 roads so 300,000 can close their minds - Good luck Pope – I’ve been waiting for a miracle at Randwick for years - “and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who wear t-shirts that cause annoyance or inconvenience…” - I survived a Christian Brothers education - Oh no, I stepped in Dogma - Too many Christians, not enough lions – Randwick 2008 - annoying & inconvenient - I’ve been touched by the Catholic Church, so where’s my $2 billion? - World Youth Day: You can cross yourself, but not the city Ah, the rewards of a little bit of tag surfing. From SBS via paperbackscrawl. Improve the web with Nofollow Reciprocity. |
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