# "Tai Chi Practice makes me stabby." Misheard lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783 "2008-02-22T22:42:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/1 "2008-02-22T22:42:08Z")
So I have been fully immersed into the teen phenom that is Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. One of the CD’s is in my truck and I have listened to at least 50 times ( number 4 song four times that amount, as it is my daughter’s favorite song.) and there is a lyric that I could never parse out. [chorus]I’m unusual Not so typical Way too smart to be waiting around Tai chi **practice makes me stabby.** I could fix the flat on your car I might even be a rock star [/chorus] So, after sharing this with my mom friends, they all agreed it was slightly incomprehensible and could not decide it the lyric should be **Tai Chi practice makes me crabby** or **Tai Chi practice makes me flabby.** I still think it is **makes me stabby** But the real lyric is\*\* Tai Chi practicing …Snow Board Champion.\*\* Blech. I like the stabby part better. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/2 "2008-02-25T14:11:04Z")
How do you get from ‘Snow board champion’ to ‘makes me stabby’? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/3 "2008-02-25T14:37:57Z")
[QUOTE=bluecanary] How do you get from ‘Snow board champion’ to ‘makes me stabby’? [/QUOTE] I was going to ask the same question. I find a way in which to say either that makes it sound remotely like the the other. On the subject of misheard lyrics: She has a chicken to ride. She has a chicken to ri-i-ide. She has a chicken to ride. And she don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/4 "2008-02-25T18:58:16Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] I was going to ask the same question. I find a way in which to say either that makes it sound remotely like the the other. On the subject of misheard lyrics: She has a chicken to ride. She has a chicken to ri-i-ide. She has a chicken to ride. And she don’t care. [/QUOTE] Obviously, the correct lyric is: She’s got a chicken to ride. She’s got a chicken to ri-i-ide. She’s got a chicken to ride. And she don’t care. 😃 :d&r: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/5 "2008-02-25T19:06:17Z")
You say “Celli” And I say “Cellos” Cellos, Cellos I don’t know why you say “Celli” I say “Cellos” Cellos, Cellos I don’t know why you say “Celli” I say “Cellos” I say “Who?” You say “What?” I say “Who” You say “I Don’t Know” (Third base!) Wha-oo-oh! You say “Celli” And I say “Cellos” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/6 "2008-02-25T19:26:53Z")
On [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZxWj5ZYws&feature=related) it’s clearly “Tai Chi practicing snow board champion.” Does your recording sound different? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/7 "2008-02-25T21:03:30Z")
[The loony bun is fine Benny Lava!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-practice-makes-me-stabby-misheard-lyrics/438783/8 "2008-02-25T22:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] You say “Celli” And I say “Cellos” [/QUOTE] Oh, let’s call the whole thing off.