You do it... EVEN when you know better

In My Humble Opinion
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For weeks I have been wanting to share something with you all; but, I was a little afraid of starting a thread that might get me into trouble.

A little back story is required here.

I recently had a friend give me a mixed cd. It has all kinds of fun songs on it. One of those fun songs being “Kung Fu Fightin” which has absolutely nothing to do with my post.

After “Kung Fu Fightin” played another song that I had not heard in years started playing and I immediately started singing along…

“Oh, give me the big boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your Rock and Roll and drift away.”

I had so much fun singing that song. After listening to it for a while, I started questioning what the big boys had to do with anything. I then discovered that the lyrics were actually…

“Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock and roll
and drift away” :smack:

Yes, I was embarrassed since I had someone in the car with me when I realized the error of my ways. Especially since the only reason I questioned those “big boys” was because my friend questioned me.

Each time I listen to it now, I make the conscience decision to sing it the way I enjoy singing it! It’s so much more fun to sing “Oh, give me the big boys…”

Don’t worry, I’m not starting another thread about mondegreens since there are plenty out there. Yes, that is the reason I was afraid to start the thread…mondegreens. I didn’t want to get fussed at.

I’m curious though, what do you do…even when you know better??

This is not a thread about mondegreens.

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Well, for most of my life, it was eating really unhealthy food knowing how bad it was for me. It didn’t seem to matter that diabetes runs in my family - I’d still eat the food and gain the weight.

I could never understand why the threat of diabetes never wavered me, I still don’t. However, It has recently been brought to my attention that I have Celiac Disease, and now I watch my diet like a hawk. I don’t know why this has made me change my ways, and possibly getting diabetes didn’t.

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Along the same lines, I used to think the chorus to one of my favorite songs was:

The words never quite fit with the rest of the song, but who can understand ACDC? To this day, even though I know the words are actually “Dirty deeds and they’re done dirt cheap” I can’t help myself and sing about a bunch of thieves led by Thunderchief. :smiley:

As to non-mondegreens, my worst one is eating bread and pasta. I know it’s going to hurt me later, but I do it anyway. Fortunately, I do have enough self-control that I limit it somewhat.

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Keeping with the food themes, I am lactose intolerant. I can handle most cheese (I love cheese) without falling apart. But really milky products will put me in a really bad way. Particularly ice cream.

Now, I don’t have ice creams and shakes very often. I mean, I know that when I do, I’ll have a “reaction” within minutes, and in a few hours, I will become close personal friends with the toilet. But sometimes, you just gotta have a treat, you know? And I always know what’s coming when I decide to indulge, but I do it anyway.

Yeah, it would be great if I bought the pills that help with the intolerance, but I don’t indulge often enough to really think much about it. And so I suffer. But it’s always worth it.

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I keep a supply of Lactaid on hand, and try to remember to carry a few whenever I go out with any expectation of eating just in case the opportunity to indulge in dairy arises.

However, the thing I do, even though I know better, is to stay up ridiculously late, sometimes all night, doing things on the computer. It may be playing games, online or not, or surfing the web. I used to spend a lot of time in chat rooms, but stopped doing that a few months ago for various reasons.

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This.

I’m currently trying to figure out how to hide the laptop from myself. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Whenever I go to an Indian restaurant–which is often–I eat the fennel candy in the little bowl at the register. I hate the fennel candy. Yet, as I’m standing there, I’m inevitably drawn to it. I eat it, then turn to my wife and say, “this isn’t very good.” She just shakes her head at me.

Come to think of it, I also always eat the red chutney, even though it’s too hot for my taste. I eat it, then announce to my wife, “Jesus this is hot.” She generally ignores me

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Every once in awhile I have an iced latte at lunch, even though I know it will make for a very uncomfortable afternoon back in the office.

Except, at the point of purchase, I somehow forget this. I think, “Hey, I haven’t had an iced latte in a long time! I think I’ll have one now!” I only remember when I start actually drinking it: “Oh–now I remember why I haven’t had one in awhile.”

I commit this stupidity about twice a year.

ETA: Oh, and I keep saying to myself, “No time to read the Straight Dope. Nope, not today. Maybe someday when I have time. No time right now.” And guess what?

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I LOVE this thirty thieves bit. Just had to say that.

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McDonald’s. Enough said.

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Salt and vinegar chips contain enough MSG to make me tired, irritable, headachy and itchy… but God help me, I love them so. Instead of eating a whole pack, I try to have just a few to avoid setting off that MSG reaction. Sometimes I succeed. Sometimes.

When singing the word “destiny” in any song, I sing “density”. Curse you, Back To The Future!

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Get involved with the wrong guys.

When you find yourself repeating the exact same relationship with two different guys in the space of a year, there’s something wrong here. Especially when you knew what it was going into it.

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I had long hair during my teens and the majority of my twenties. At some point I wanted to be taken seriously so I went completely clean-cut for several years. It worked too, I advanced quickly professionally.

Then I let a beautiful (married) woman persuade me to grow my hair long again. Being weak, I did just that. It’s down to my shoulders now. I grew a beard too. Nobody takes me seriously anymore, but I don’t care.

I look forward to cutting it again someday. Taking care of it is a pain in the ass. I have thick, curly hair so it needs attention.

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Mass consumption of sugary treats, despite the fact that they are destroying my teeth.

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I wonder if you aren’t sensitive to whey, instead of lactose intolerant. For years, I thought I was lactose intolerant, but couldn’t figure out why I could eat cheese (by the pound – I lurve the stuff) and use milk in cooking, but certain “milky” things, like milk itself, ice cream, etc will send me to the bathroom with cramping, puking, pooping and the whole nine.

I finally figured it out after my gastric bypass – the best absorbed protein is whey protein, so that is what most surgeons/nutritionists recommend living off of the first few months. I found that no matter what protein I got, it made me crampy, tired, sick, all the same symptoms of drinking milk – even if there was absolutely no lactose in the protein drink.

When I discussed the issue with my PCP, he explained that this is a common mistake. People assume they are LI, when it is simply a whey sensitivity. Apparenly, some huge percentage of people have a whey allergy/sensitivity (cite, cite) Usually, people with whey sensitivities can eat cheese without problem, not exactly sure why, but there it is.

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Up until I read your post, I thought the lyrics were, “give me the Beach Boys and free my soul…”

Apparently I have been singing it wrong for years.

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On topic, my biggest thing I do that I know I should not do is shooting off at the mouth and just telling some idiot at work exactly what I think, even though I know that no good can come of it and it is likely to hurt me professionally. It’s just that when some moron mid-level manager starts talking like he knows what he is talking about, I cannot help but want to tell him how dumb what he is saying is, and why his suggestion has no chance in hell of ever working.

So far, it hasnt killed me yet. But I know a few people have it out for me now. But whatever. It probably won’t stop me from opening my mouth the next time.

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TripleTee, thank you for posting. There is something really comforting in knowing that I am not the only one singing it wrong.

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I had to google it to make sure you weren’t wrong about “beat, boys” though. I was SURE you were wrong!!! Pretty embarrassing.

Really, I think I am gonna keep singing “gimme the beach boys.” Fuck it. So add that to my list of things I do even though I know they are wrong. You only go around this crazy merry-go-round once, right?

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Eating at fast food joints.

Good god, you could fill a book with things I do even though I know better… but this has to be up there. Every time I bite into a McDonald’s filet-o-fish, I can feel my cells screaming out in pain. Why do you do this? they cry.

And inevitably, I must reply: Because I’m hungry.

Small consolation that will be to their families.