Ear Worms & Ear Wax

Saturday, Nov. 01, 2003 - 9:00 a.m.

My new year was exactly what it needed to be.

I have come to November feeling like a different person, stronger and more at peace.

And happy because we didn't get any trick or treaters so I got to eat the candy.

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We went ahead and got the Looney Tunes collection. I'm almost ready to forgive Warner Brothers, because they did in fact include "Feed The Kitty" -- which, if you've seen "Monsters, Inc" was the inspiration for the sequence involving Boo and the trash compactor. More treasures await rediscovery.

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Candy Alert: John finally got brave enough to open the box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, which is the candy mentioned in the Harry Potter series. Jelly Belly got the contract to produce these in the United States -- and gods help us all, they've done a stunning job. Here are the flavors: Banana, Black Pepper, Blueberry, Booger, Bubblegum, Cherry, Cinnamon, Dirt, Ear Wax, Grape Jelly, Grass, Green Apple, Lemon Drop, Toasted Marshmallow, Buttered Popcorn, Sardine, Spinach, Vomit, and Watermelon.

I didn't have the nerve to try Booger or Vomit or Ear Wax... But I did try the Sardine, and it is dreadful in a manner that is unparalleled in the entire spectrum of the candy flavor world. I also tried Dirt, which reminded me of the smell the vacuum cleaner gives off when it's being used. The Spinach one was true to its name, and the Grass one wasn't too terrible. But Sardine? -- truly ghastly. Jelly Belly is to be commended.

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Yesterday I was listening to KGO, to my favorite talk show host, Ronn Owens. He tends to stick to lighter subject matter on a Friday, and the topic of conversation was Ear Worms.

An Ear Worm is a song that gets stuck in your head. The definition probably can be expanded to cover really really really bad songs that charted when they had no right to, probably due in part to their Earwormish tendencies.

As my all time worst Ear Worm -- I nominate the song "Pop Muzik" by the group M. "New York, London, Paris, Munich -- Everybody talk about -- Pop Muzik."

I would now like to hear from you folks on this subject.

Tell me a terrible song that got stuck in your head, or that had no business being on the charts.

Please leave your suggestion in the comments section.

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