15 SECOND THEMES: THE POINSETTIA BOWL
We walk around singing little songs in our head all day. For instance, one that’s haunted us for years has been the imaginary song “No Free Sex (for the chinese businessman)”. Get a Bee Gees/Jamiroquai hopstep playing in the background, a driving funk bass line, and sing this across the top in a disco falsetto and you’ve got the idea.
No free sex! For the Chi-nese business-mayun!
He’s got to pay! (He’s got to pay!)
He’s got to pay! (He’s got to pay!)
Every day (Every day)
Every day (Every day)
Repeat until funky, and you’ll get the idea. That particular one’s been playing in our heads for eight years, but that’s normal, right?
We do this far too often to be considered healthy, so we put down the mini-song that should be the 15 second theme song they play for the Poinsettia Bowl inbetween each break. Remember: it’s the Poinsettia Bowl. Do not let your pets eat it, or they will die.
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Biggus Rickus says:
I guess that’s better than the homicidal voices that repeat things in my head all day long.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
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gej says:
This song is lame. I mean, who didn’t already know that the Poinsettia Bowl was not good for your pets?
December 20th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
3
bitterhorn says:
It’s no ‘Hot-hot-hot!’, that’s for certain.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
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oc phil says:
My reaction to that was equal parts horror and amusement. Good job.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
5
Allahver Fist says:
My dogs will not be watching the Poinsettia Bowl, thank you very much. Besides, Thursday’s are chocolate and garlic night for the little bastards. They won’t miss it.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
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TIGERinATL says:
I want more of these, Orson. I think you may have a hit on your hands with No Free Sex (for the chinese businessman).
December 20th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
7
NDTom says:
Funny, the song that always ends up sticking in my head is usually Semi-Charmed Life. If it’s not that then it’s the theme to Katamarai Damacy.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
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Rival says:
#7
So, you’re saying you usually walk around in a suicidal rage?
doot doot doot
doot doot-doot doot
doot doot doot
Aaarrrrggggghhhh!!!
December 20th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
9
Mr Pelican Pants says:
I mean c’mon, man, what dog doesnt like to eat Poinsettas and chase it with a little green anti-freeze??? I usually feed my Rottweiler, Lucifer Bronson-Norris, this tastee lil cocktail before he takes on his next opponent in the “King of the Cul-de-Sac” Dog Brawl….
December 20th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
10
Rocky Top Talk says:
As I told you earlier, Orson, my dog eats its own excrement. It can survive a plant, poisonous or not.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
11
panhandler says:
‘Tenser’ said the Tensor,
‘Tenser’ said the Tensor,
Tension, apprehension and
dissention have begun…
December 20th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
12
Mr Pelican Pants says:
#11
What the hell lyrcis are them? Nitzer Ebb??
December 20th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
13
Scalz1 says:
#3
Can’t we all get over the ASU game?
I mean, does’t Stanford have a cheesy song or something ?
December 20th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
14
Will says:
On a separate bit of breaking news, two Buckeye CBs are suspended for the BCS CG. Are they just trying to make themselves look slow?
December 20th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
15
Biggus Rickus says:
Scalz,
I don’t think so, but they do have a stupid looking tree for a mascot. And it sort of resembles a Christmas tree so making fun of it would fit the season.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
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LD says:
#14 – LSU will take of that for them.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
17
Mo Claretts' cellmate says:
Orson-
After listening to that clip, I decided if the whole comedy/sports obsession thing doesn’t work out, you can probably make a meager living travelling eastern Europe as an itinerant Frank Zappa tribute act.
So you’ve got that going for you.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#14
So how much does the Vegas Line move now?
Hell Early Doucet and that other receiver Byrd really didnt need that much help….wow….
Still, tOSU wont catch FSU in the Fantasy Fulmer Cup-Bowl Series Edition, unless 2 starters are equal to 8 scrubs
December 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
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Will (the other one) says:
Needs about a half-dozen more time signature changes (or enough compounded -tuplets in 4/4 that sound like signature changes) and chromatics to really sound like Zappa.
Damn. Now I wish I had my copy of “Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk” at work. THAT’d get “Semi-Charmed Life” out of my head…
December 20th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
20
Because They Can says:
7&8- You both suck. Bad. Now I’ve gotta go listen to “Let’s Duet” from Walk Hard so I can at least laugh while going batty.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
21
Hanawi says:
It is one starter and one true freshman backup, who saw most of his action on ST. Luckily, the defensive secondary is one of our deepest positions and Jenkins is still there. But, it definitely won’t help.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
22
reb pup says:
Can’t believe I paused my Pandora to listen to that.
Oh well, I’m just pretending to work today anyway.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
23
Oren Incandenza says:
All-purpose cure for songs in your head: the theme from “Sanford and Son.” Fun fact: Quincy Jones wrote it.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
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gosouthgohard says:
#11-
WWHG
December 20th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
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DC Trojan says:
Oren @23 – hey, that really worked. So does the Marseillaise, if you’re a cheese-eating surrender monkey.
December 20th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
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WorstFan says:
What is the first line in the song?!? IT’S DRIVING ME F’ING CRAZY?!?! CYCLICAL? PSYCHIC ‘NOLES?!?! PSYCH MY HOLES?!?
December 20th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#20
Good point…and I quote…
“In my dreams, your blowin me…………..
some kisses…….”
December 20th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
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panhandler says:
Pants, re: 11&12 – sorry for the lateness of my reply. It’s the plot-crucial earwig from The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. But Nitzer Ebb should cover it. Right up their alley.
December 21st, 2007 at 9:04 am
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panhandler says:
I meant “earworm,” of course. Because songs aren’t creatures that go in your ear. (If songs were creatures that go in your ear, that 3EB song from earlier in this thread would be the mini-space-lobster from Wrath of Khan.)
December 21st, 2007 at 9:32 am