# Fiddle Faddle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570 "2013-02-17T02:44:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![NadaHappyCamper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570/21 "2013-02-18T03:06:01Z")

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Manny Thanks for the knowledge

Always expect the unexpected

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**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570/22 "2013-02-18T05:36:24Z")

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Crunch N’ Munch? Fiddle Faddle? Poppycock!! The best popcorn treat ever was Screaming Yellow Zonkers! (oh- Gwendee beat me to it-)

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570/23 "2013-02-18T05:48:02Z")

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> [@EmilyG](#):
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> Correct. Except that fiddles/violins don’t have frets.

That’s why you have to practice the violin for eight years before you can even stand to listen to yourself.

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570/24 "2013-02-18T07:04:44Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> That’s why you have to practice the violin for eight years before you can even stand to listen to yourself.

And don’t you dare quit for 12 years. Because when you come back to it, you’ll end up playing fiddle instead of violin. 😃

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570/25 "2013-02-18T14:57:05Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> Ah, crap. I thought this thread was gonna be about caramel corn!

Or that Leroy Anderson piece.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiddle-faddle/650570/26 "2013-02-18T15:54:50Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> Ah, crap. I thought this thread was gonna be about caramel corn!  
> ~VOW

> [@Biggirl](#):
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> You are not the only one. I came here to kvetch about how awful Cracker Jack is and how, in my area at least, Crunch 'n Munch has taken over the market.

> [@Atomic\_Mama](#):
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> I thought this thread was going to be about the popcorn confection :mad:

> [@Rhiannon8404](#):
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> I did, too.  
> My son plays fiddle and violin. On the same instrument. It’s mostly what you play and how you play it.

> [@gwendee](#):
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> We need a separate thread. What I wouldn’t give for a box of Screaming Yellow Zonkers!

> [@california\_jobcase](#):
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> Crunch N’ Munch? Fiddle Faddle? Poppycock!! The best popcorn treat ever was Screaming Yellow Zonkers! (oh- Gwendee beat me to it-)

If it matters in the grand scheme of things that “Fiddle Faddle” can remind one of, consider [Ella Mae Morse-Hoodle Addle Capitol Records-78 .](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOUQ67am_nQ)

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