# A song to help you through the board timeouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539 "2020-05-10T15:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/1 "2020-05-10T15:52:31Z")
After my umpteenth gateway timeout message, this song popped into my head. Thought I’d share… 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TUudRL7WJt4/maxresdefault.jpg "504") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUudRL7WJt4) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/3 "2020-05-10T18:59:12Z")
I was half way through the record before the penny dropped. :smack: :smack: :smack: Dandy little tune, too. j ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/4 "2020-05-10T19:11:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BELWbkyOVPQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Anticipation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELWbkyOVPQ) Anticipation ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/5 "2020-05-10T19:25:24Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of the greatest composition set forth from the 1980’s: Styx’s “Too Much Time On My Hands”. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/6 "2020-05-10T20:32:59Z")
Kinks: “So Tired Of Waiting” Ray Charles: “No Time To Waste” Chambers Bros: “Time Has Come Today” Rolling Stones: “Time Is On My Side” and “I Am Waiting” Simon & Garfunkle: “Hazy Shade Of Winter” (“Time, time, time, see what’s become of me”) Statler Bros: “Counting Flowers On The Wall” (“Don’t tell me I got nothing to do”) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/7 "2020-05-11T06:48:42Z")
[Here’s a perfect piece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgHUj8sJaQ) for when nothing’s happening. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/8 "2020-05-11T07:31:44Z")
From the Basement Tapes CD Odds and Ends: “Lost time is not found again.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/9 "2020-05-11T13:09:03Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > [Here’s a perfect piece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDgHUj8sJaQ) for when nothing’s happening. I like how when that comes up on YouTube, it prompts me to “Tap to unmute”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/10 "2020-05-11T13:14:04Z")
I get why that reminds you of the board timeouts, but what does “504” mean in the context of the song? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/11 "2020-05-11T13:31:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I get why that reminds you of the board timeouts, but what does “504” mean in the context of the song? 504 is the area code for New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-to-help-you-through-the-board-timeouts/853539/12 "2020-05-12T01:33:10Z")
[https://youtu.be/t3otBjVZzT0](https://youtu.be/t3otBjVZzT0)