# Antigen, you did it, now fix it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616 "2007-07-05T17:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/1 "2007-07-05T17:36:20Z")
Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! 🙂 It’s been over a week since [I read this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8724230&postcount=10) and not for a minute has “It’s Tricky” left my poor brain… Before your post I forgot that song existed… now I firmly associate it with trich. I almost had it out of my head but then I had Mexican for lunch on Tuesday and I saw fish tacos on the menu and now it’s back again! It’s Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that’s… GAAAAH :smack: MAKE IT STOP! Please? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/2 "2007-07-05T17:49:40Z")
There are worse earworms. You’d rather a little Bobby McFerrin? Here’s a little song I wrote… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/3 "2007-07-05T17:51:57Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] There are worse earworms. You’d rather a little Bobby McFerrin? Here’s a little song I wrote… [/QUOTE] I thought we were friends. :mad: ETA: And I don’t dislike that song, it’s just the most insistent earworm ever. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/4 "2007-07-05T17:52:55Z")
Heh… you’ll probably be waiting awhile, she’s working evenings. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/5 "2007-07-05T17:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I thought we were friends. :mad: [/QUOTE] Of course you’re friends! I’m your friend too! It’s a small world after all, you know. It’s a small, small world. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/6 "2007-07-05T18:00:51Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Of course you’re friends! I’m your friend too! It’s a small world after all, you know. It’s a small, small world. [/QUOTE] You know when I went to Disneyland in Cali I was forced practically at _gunpoint_ to go on that ride. My aunts _love_ that ride. It consists of a very slow boat ride through several rooms in which about a zillion animatronic dollies stand around and move slowly wearing different clothes and Singing. That. Damn. Song. Unto. Death. I was ready to commit murder. And I had just managed to wipe it out of my memory, too. Your punishment will be to ride in that ride, in a circular fashion, until the end of the world comes. I guess you can have **Mindfield** for company, though. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/7 "2007-07-05T18:04:47Z")
I read, several years ago, a line that I’ve always cherished: “I’m waiting for the ‘It’s a Small World’ first person shooter game.” On a more serious note - the way I’ve found to deal with earworms is to try substituting an old, decayed earworm, often one that’s been degraded by use as an advertising jingle. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/8 "2007-07-05T18:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] You know when I went to Disneyland in Cali I was forced practically at _gunpoint_ to go on that ride. My aunts _love_ that ride. It consists of a very slow boat ride through several rooms in which about a zillion animatronic dollies stand around and move slowly wearing different clothes and Singing. That. Damn. Song. Unto. Death. I was ready to commit murder. And I had just managed to wipe it out of my memory, too. Your punishment will be to ride in that ride, in a circular fashion, until the end of the world comes. I guess you can have **Mindfield** for company, though. [/QUOTE] [OT]Heheh. I did this to my husband on our recent trip to Disneyland, his first. I told him he had to experience the insanity first hand to really gain appreciation for it. [/OT] Aaaand now I’ve got _It’s a Small World_ stuck in my head. I suppose it’s my punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/9 "2007-07-05T18:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I thought we were friends. :mad: ETA: And I don’t dislike that song, it’s just the most insistent earworm ever. [/QUOTE] Now, now. I have a surefire cure for this. Just imagine Bobby singing acapella in four-part harmony. No, not _that_ song. “It’s Tricky.” _I met this little girlie Her hair was kinda curly Don’ worry, it’s tricky. Went to her house and bust her out I had to leave real early Don’ worry, it’s tricky (Don’ worry, it’s tricky, now.) OOOOO oooOOO oooo OOO ooOOoo OOO ooOOoo oo oo OO ooooo…_ If that doesn’t work, imagine him singing it naked. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/10 "2007-07-05T18:29:53Z")
You get “It’s Tricky” song stuck in your head and pretty soon You Be Illin’… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/11 "2007-07-05T18:46:49Z")
_This is the song that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was and they’ll continue singing it forever just because: it is the song that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it. . ._ ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/12 "2007-07-05T18:54:32Z")
Earworms used to be a problem for me, until I figured out that you find a song you love, then substitute that when the earworm pops up. My substitute used to be “The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)” ("go, granny–go, granny–go, granny,go!). Currently, it’s Chuck Berry’s “My Dingaling.” Being female, I can’t walk through a store singing to myself, “…won’t you play with my dingaling?” I get looks… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/13 "2007-07-05T19:03:15Z")
Now I, too, have “it’s a small world” stuck in my brain. Gee, thanks, people… :rolleyes: 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/14 "2007-07-05T19:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Now I, too, have “it’s a small world” stuck in my brain. Gee, thanks, people… :rolleyes: 😛 😃 [/QUOTE] It’s a tricky tiny world…somebody kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/15 "2007-07-05T19:54:48Z")
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind. Hey Mickey! _clap clap, clap clap_ Hey Mickey! _clap clap, clap clap_ You’re welcome, **gigi**. If that doesn’t work, then don’t have the[Kenya](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/) song stuck in your head. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/16 "2007-07-05T19:58:26Z")
I don’t know what the Tricky song is, so that didn’t work. And Kenya doesn’t get me too much. Magical Trevor _kills_ me, though, and what’s worse is my SO hates it, so we get scenarios like this: Me: Magical Trevor, he’s ever so clever - SO: Stop it. Me: Oops. (silence for a few minutes. Then I forget and) Me: Look at him now! Disappearing a cow! Him: STOP IT. Me: Okay! Sorry! (Few minutes pass). Me: Magical Trevor, he’s ever so clever - Him: :smack: STOP with that awful song right now! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/17 "2007-07-05T19:58:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] _I met this little girlie Her hair was kinda curly_ [/QUOTE] Great, now I have the mondegreen version of “And Mr. Hurdy Gurdy came by in his curly-whirly” and I so did NOT need that image. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/18 "2007-07-05T20:07:18Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I don’t know what the Tricky song is, so that didn’t work. And Kenya doesn’t get me too much. Magical Trevor _kills_ me, though, and what’s worse is my SO hates it, so we get scenarios like this: Me: Magical Trevor, he’s ever so clever - SO: Stop it. Me: Oops. (silence for a few minutes. Then I forget and) Me: Look at him now! Disappearing a cow! Him: STOP IT. Me: Okay! Sorry! (Few minutes pass). Me: Magical Trevor, he’s ever so clever - Him: :smack: STOP with that awful song right now! [/QUOTE] I shoulda included that song as well, being a Trevor and all. You can’t life and not hear the[Tricky](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/roadtrip/itstricky.htm) song. I’ll look for a sample in a sec. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/19 "2007-07-05T20:07:53Z")
And now, thanks to **LOUNE** , I have _Mickey_’s modern equivalent stuck in my head… _Hey! Hey! You! You! I don’t like your girlfriend! Hey! Hey! You! You! I think you need a new one!_ Fortunately, it’s nothing that firing up the _It’s Tricky_ MP3 won’t cure… _In the ciiiircllllle of earwoooooorms…_ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616/20 "2007-07-05T20:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind. Hey Mickey! _clap clap, clap clap_ Hey Mickey! _clap clap, clap clap_ You’re welcome, **gigi**. [/QUOTE] PPPBBBBTTT!!! > [@Anaamika](#): > > You know when I went to Disneyland in Cali I was forced practically at gunpoint to go on that ride. My aunts love that ride. It consists of a very slow boat ride through several rooms in which about a zillion animatronic dollies stand around and move slowly wearing different clothes and > > Singing. That. Damn. Song. Unto. Death. When in New York be sure to visit FAO Schwartz: Welcome to our world Welcome to our world Welcome to our world of toys! My “rid myself of the earworm” songs are “And I’m Telling You” and “The First Noel”. I have no idea why. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antigen-you-did-it-now-fix-it/410616.md?page=2)