# Happy Nigel Tufnel Day: This One Goes to 11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587 "2011-11-11T12:05:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/1 "2011-11-11T12:05:05Z")
Happy 11/11/11 everybody - it’s [Nigel Tufnel Day](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/nov/11/spinal-tap-nigel-tufnel-day)! (link to UK paper The Guardian) For those that not in the know, [here’s the clip that started it all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY). ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/2 "2011-11-11T13:12:03Z")
That’s pretty funny. I have never seen this movie. It was in my que before I dropped netflix, darn those price hikes. Happy 11-11-11. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/3 "2011-11-11T13:35:54Z")
We’re throwing a party to mark the occasion. **CrazyCatLady** has constructed a Stonehenge that’s in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. We’re serving full-sized cold cuts on tiny bread and indifferently-stuffed olives. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/4 "2011-11-11T14:28:44Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > We’re throwing a party to mark the occasion. **CrazyCatLady** has constructed a Stonehenge that’s in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. We’re serving full-sized cold cuts on tiny bread and indifferently-stuffed olives. Are you going to have puppet show? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/5 "2011-11-11T15:17:41Z")
I just started a thread [Eleven](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631051) (now in The Game Room) where I link to [11:11 and other fun clock things](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510942) which was active in March/2009 on a similar topic. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/6 "2011-11-11T15:26:26Z")
Later I’ll be performing a Mach piece, and then a barbershop raga. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/7 "2011-11-11T15:42:41Z")
And, as an encore, we’ll have the first live performance of “Lick My Love Pump”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/8 "2011-11-11T15:48:44Z")
Listen to the sustain on that baby! ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/9 "2011-11-11T15:56:55Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Are you going to have puppet show? No, the puppets insisted on first billing and the bigger dressing room. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/10 "2011-11-11T16:10:37Z")
About seven years ago, I was in the market for an inexpensive tube amp to use in my band. I looked at a few brands, but when I saw the control panel on the [Fender Hot Rod Deluxe](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/6334937236/in/photostream) I pulled the trigger. Nigel certainly has one of these amps. It goes to 12!! That’s one more. If that picture is too hard to read because of the size, [here’](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/6334969316/in/photostream)s a phone pic of the volume know on my actual amp. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/11 "2011-11-11T16:12:32Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > We’re throwing a party to mark the occasion. **CrazyCatLady** has constructed a Stonehenge that’s in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. We’re serving full-sized cold cuts on tiny bread and indifferently-stuffed olives. Perhaps I could be the haberdasher. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/12 "2011-11-11T16:13:19Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > About seven years ago, I was in the market for an inexpensive tube amp to use in my band. I looked at a few brands, but when I saw the control panel on the [Fender Hot Rod Deluxe](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/6334937236/in/photostream) I pulled the trigger. Nigel certainly has one of these amps. It goes to 12!! That’s one more. > > If that picture is too hard to read because of the size, [here’](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/6334969316/in/photostream)s a phone pic of the volume know on my actual amp. Dude, you’re suggesting that Nigel Tufnel would play a Fender amp 😉 Fenders are capable of subtlety. I don’t think Nigel knows what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/13 "2011-11-11T16:16:29Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Dude, you’re suggesting that Nigel Tufnel would play a Fender amp 😉 > Fenders are capable of subtlety. I don’t think Nigel knows what that means. But it goes to 12! Think of that. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/14 "2011-11-11T16:35:48Z")
Well it certainly puts things in perspective… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/15 "2011-11-11T17:00:23Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > About seven years ago, I was in the market for an inexpensive tube amp to use in my band. I looked at a few brands, but when I saw the control panel on the [Fender Hot Rod Deluxe](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/6334937236/in/photostream) I pulled the trigger. Nigel certainly has one of these amps. It goes to 12!! That’s one more. My Peavey Vypyr amp actually goes to 13. That’s another one more! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/16 "2011-11-11T17:42:27Z")
The volume for BBC’s online iPlayer goes to 11 as well. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/17 "2011-11-11T18:06:43Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Well it certainly puts things in perspective… Too much perspective! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/18 "2011-11-11T18:11:29Z")
Such a fine line between clever and stupid. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/19 "2011-11-11T18:44:05Z")
[Nigel Tufnel Designed My Air Conditioner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377003) (However, the link in that OP is now dead – [here’s a mirror](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/tufnel-ac.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/20 "2011-11-11T18:52:14Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Such a fine line between clever and stupid. And that line has been thoroughly tromped upon. Good show all! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587.md?page=2)