# Anyone else have "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" eternal earworm because of those Boko Haram assholes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727 "2014-05-05T17:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/1 "2014-05-05T17:15:08Z")
Not to make light of a horrible situation, but every headline I see mentioning those evil pricks starts the church organ going in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/2 "2014-05-05T17:40:33Z")
How DID you know? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/3 "2014-05-05T18:37:11Z")
Well, I do _NOW_. Asswipe. . . . (jk, of course 😛 .) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/4 "2014-05-06T02:43:51Z")
You mean [Procol Harum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum)? No actually I have it as an ear worm because of Rock 102 out of Buffalo NY in the 1970s overplayed certain songs, and that was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/5 "2014-05-06T02:45:55Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > You mean [Procol Harum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum)? > No actually I have it as an ear worm because of Rock 102 out of Buffalo NY in the 1970s overplayed certain songs, and that was one of them. Yeah, he was alluding to Procol Harum, but in a way that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/6 "2014-05-06T03:37:24Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Not to make light of a horrible situation, but every headline I see mentioning those evil pricks starts the church organ going in my head. Could be worse – for me, it’s [Boko the Chocobo’s Theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzHW8X-Jsfo) from Final Fantasy V. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/7 "2014-05-06T12:14:24Z")
No, OP, you’re not the only one. I wonder if the prickheads themselves know about that… ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/8 "2014-05-06T12:50:09Z")
I’m just waiting to hear about their attacks on the camps of their sworn enemies, the Crawbury Golarn Flock. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/9 "2014-05-06T13:31:42Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > You mean [Procol Harum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum)? No, I’m pretty sure the British band Procol Harum did not kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls and threaten to sell them. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/10 "2014-05-06T13:39:39Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > No, I’m pretty sure the British band Procol Harum did not kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls and threaten to sell them. Yep. Procul Harum could manage tops 125 girls. 200 is a ridiculous claim. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/11 "2014-05-06T14:04:59Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Yep. > Procul Harum could manage tops 125 girls. 200 is a ridiculous claim. Well, it what you get when your Intel comes from a [Conquistador](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqOxyqGiLeE)… =d&r= \*edited to add: \* \*I do apologize; the recording quality was pretty bad there. This one is [better](http://bit.ly/1g7qhGD)… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-eternal-earworm-because-of-those-boko-haram-assholes/687727/12 "2014-05-06T15:07:35Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Yep. > Procul Harum could manage tops 125 girls. 200 is a ridiculous claim. Maybe in their prime, like in the early 1970’s, they might have been able to swing 200 with some luck. But today? Yeah, I agree 125 is the absolute max.