# The fat guy singing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932 "2005-03-04T18:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/1 "2005-03-04T18:09:56Z")
What song is this guy singing? [http://eol.init1.nl/content/view/66/57/](http://eol.init1.nl/content/view/66/57/) šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/2 "2005-03-04T18:23:41Z")
Ahhh praise my speaker-less work computer! I donā€™t know what the song is, but I believe itā€™s popular in France. I could quite easily be wrong. I am afterall very good at being wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/3 "2005-03-04T19:37:24Z")
The song is _Dragostea Din Tei_, by a Romanian pop group called O-Zone. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/4 "2005-03-04T20:14:56Z")
Iā€™d rather listen to a room full of students scratching a chalk board then to watch that video ever again. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/5 "2005-03-04T20:21:52Z")
Oh, I think itā€™s kinda catchy, and Iā€™m not into singing fat guys. I wish it didnā€™t have those flashing pictures meshed in with itā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/6 "2005-03-04T20:48:55Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > I wish it didnā€™t have those flashing pictures meshed in with itā€¦ ask and yee shall [receive](http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/206373) (after clicking ā€œwatch this movieā€, play the version with or without subtitles, not the original). My lab has gotten completely addicted to this guy. The song gets stuck in your head so easily that all it takes is a mention of the Numa Numa song (thatā€™s what he calls it). After watching the subtitled version, we even know some of the words. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/7 "2005-03-04T22:04:25Z")
I love this song šŸ˜ƒ And thanks for the link to the original website, I like the subtitles! ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/8 "2005-03-04T22:06:58Z")
Not worth itā€™s own thread but from the same site as the one linked in the OP. [http://eol.init1.nl/content/view/67/57/](http://eol.init1.nl/content/view/67/57/) Any way that guy could have survived that? ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/9 "2005-03-05T00:08:36Z")
SP2263 - A little digging on Google discovered he is alive and well, but lost 5 teeth and went through a couple reconstructive surgeries over a couple of months. The brown car the kid smacked his face on was actually parked, so it wasnā€™t QUITE as bad as it looked. Iā€™ve already lost the link, but I found an interview with the guy who filmed it. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/10 "2005-03-05T01:14:40Z")
**wasson** , why on earth did he do that?!? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/11 "2005-03-05T01:24:26Z")
Moving this thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/12 "2005-03-05T01:44:44Z")
The Star Wars kid has a successor. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/13 "2005-03-05T03:02:00Z")
Oh dear. Iā€™m hooked. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/14 "2005-03-05T03:20:12Z")
There was a thread about this video a few weeks ago. BTW: Dragostea Din Tei is my favorite song of all time. Anyone who hears me playing it in my car and sees me spasmotically dancing and convulsing thinks I am insane. ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/15 "2005-03-05T14:47:46Z")
C3 - From what I gather, they were trying to smack kids on bikes as they drove by, but he had to hang out the door a little to reach him as he swerved. He lost his balance. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/16 "2005-03-05T14:55:03Z")
> [@wasson](#): > > C3 - From what I gather, they were trying to smack kids on bikes as they drove by, but he had to hang out the door a little to reach him as he swerved. He lost his balance. I bet the kid they knocked of the bike was doing a little gloat dance over his stupid ass :wally ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/17 "2005-03-05T15:00:46Z")
I want to go out with that fat guy. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/18 "2005-03-05T20:40:51Z")
> [@wasson](#): > > C3 - From what I gather, they were trying to smack kids on bikes as they drove by, but he had to hang out the door a little to reach him as he swerved. He lost his balance. Well, I guess he learned his lesson. For some reason, I like this fat guy video. The first time I saw it I almost pissed myself. I can definitely see how a song like that would become all the rage in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/19 "2005-03-06T04:31:31Z")
The guy who made this video apparently hates the fact that heā€™s famous for it now. The [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com) recently had an article on it, and heā€™s gone into hiding at his parentā€™s house and now wonā€™t take any more calls or interviews on the subject. His friends and family members say they donā€™t know whatā€™s wrong with him, and that he should be grabbing his 15 minutes while it lasts. All I know is that the some of the popstars today could learn a lot about lip synching and dancing from him. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932/20 "2005-03-06T05:44:50Z")
Itā€™s available on iTunes. ooh, choices , choices. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-guy-singing/292932.md?page=2)