(From the same site that contains the wonderful
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Thanks to whoever posted that link)
A list of
“Sounds to hear before you die. Because afterwards it’ll be too late. Obviously.”
His list:-[ul]
The auto-wind on expensive cameras.
Something going up the hoover.
A still glowing dog-end thrown into a toilet bowl.
The ‘woooof’ when a gas fire finally lights.
Stiletto heels clickity-clicking across a hard surface.
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So, my attempts:- [ul]
1 That plaintiff, whistling whine that dogs make
2 The moment a V8’s lumpy purr opens up into a full-on thrash
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Sadly, as always, the Devil has the best tunes:- [ul]
3 The metal snick of a Zippo lighter opening
4 The single “crack!” of a lone ice cube dropped in a whisky glass
5 The crackling “bush fire” of a breath drawn through a joint
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It occurred to me that, due to the quantum nature of the universe, every “Good” sound has an opposite twin (like the Evil Kirk in Star trek, or the Candy-assed Cartman in Southpark) entangled with it.
Thus the “Sounds of Purest Eeevil”:- [ul]
1e The YAP-YAP-YAP-YAP of a small dog (no good can come from any canine that will comfortably fit through a length of sewer pipe)
2e Any two-stroke engine - a sound like a wasp on heat (or a bee fart - B. Phart!, geddit? oh well, please yerself)
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For the Devil’s music (Evil squared?):- [ul]
3e The “dawn chorus” of stagnant coughs as a smoker’s lungs try to kick-start themselves in the morning
4e The wretched retching of some poor soul who’s hit the sauce too hard
5e The splat of a “lung oyster” spat against a hard surface
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Any other Jekyll/Hyde sounds?