# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/21 "2011-11-11T19:06:52Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Nigel certainly has one of these amps. It goes to 12!! That’s one more. Why don’t you just make 11 be the top number and make _that_ a little louder? ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/22 "2011-11-11T19:11:31Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > Why don’t you just make 11 be the top number and make _that_ a little louder? But…but…but…_argh!_ ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/23 "2011-11-11T19:11:58Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > Why don’t you just make 11 be the top number and make _that_ a little louder? _chews gum_ _chews gum_ _chews gum_ These go to eleven… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/24 "2011-11-11T19:12:32Z")
> [@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. Word of advice. Avoid the eggplant. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/25 "2011-11-11T19:20:23Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Perhaps I could be the haberdasher. What are the hours? ---
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/26 "2011-11-11T19:39:31Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My Peavey Vypyr amp actually goes to 13. That’s another one more! 😃 Damn you!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/27 "2011-11-11T20:29:25Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > That’s pretty funny. I have never seen this movie. If you have VH1 Classic they’re airing it tonight. \m/ ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/28 "2011-11-11T20:42:18Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > If you have VH1 Classic they’re airing it tonight. > > \m/ Oh thank you! I do have that channel, but I don’t see it on the guide. Do you know what time? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/29 "2011-11-11T20:51:50Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Oh thank you! I do have that channel, but I don’t see it on the guide. Do you know what time? I just checked [their website](http://www.vh1.com/shows/schedule/vh1classic/daily.jhtml?channels=none&day=11%2F11%2F11)… sorry, it was on at 11am. ☹ I really thought it was on later… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/30 "2011-11-11T22:06:17Z")
I actually have a piece of lab equipment somewhere (I think it’s a pump, been awhile since I’ve seen it) that goes to 11. If I can ever find it again I’ll take a picture. ---
**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 12, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/31 "2011-11-12T01:16:23Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > I just checked [their website](http://www.vh1.com/shows/schedule/vh1classic/daily.jhtml?channels=none&day=11%2F11%2F11)… sorry, it was on at 11am. ☹ I really thought it was on later… Oh rats. Missed it again by this much. Thanks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/32 "2011-11-12T01:22:10Z")
Certainly one of the things that made Spinal Tap timeless was their punctionality. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/33 "2011-11-12T01:30:23Z")
“He died in a bizarre gardening accident. One of those things the authorities said best left unsolved really.” This of course led to one of the great rock truisms… You can’t really dust for vomit. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/34 "2011-11-12T01:45:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > And, as an encore, we’ll have the first live performance of “Lick My Love Pump”. In Doubly! ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/35 "2011-11-12T10:24:53Z")
My boss is Spinal Tap mad. Our company (a music management company and record label) is called One Louder. Our motto is “We go to 11”. All our phone numbers have the number 11 in them. He has a shrine to Spinal Tap behind his desk. It was the company’s 11th birthday this month, so we decided to have a birthday party on 11/11/11. [This was the cake.](http://yfrog.com/obh09jtj) (And [this](http://twitpic.com/5pq91x) was the cake from a Spinal Tap viewing party we had a couple of months ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587/36 "2011-11-12T10:56:51Z")
I wacky-parsed the title as Phil Tufnell Day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nigel-tufnel-day-this-one-goes-to-11/602587.md?page=1)