South Africa’s Greatest Trick
was convincing everyone that the Vuvuzela is actually a horn …
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hic–cup!
It’s been time since I had the hiccups, but this morning just after I got to work, it started. They’re gone now, and I’m pretty sure its because I drank 7 sips of water without taking a breath inbetween. Or was it that I just held my breath long enough? Maybe I just forced my breathing pattern to change enough to get my diaphragm muscle to stop jerking…
Naturally, this got me thinking and also gives me something great to think and read about. I got to thinking about all the different cultures and supposed remedies that each of us have to cure the hiccups. I got to thinkign why would any one of these quirky actions really help and it seems to me that the simple answer is really that all of these things just attempt to take your mind off of the hiccup or they make you concentrate on it so intensely that your body resolves the issue on its own.
I recall a Bevis and Butthead episode from my childhood, one of the main reasons for me actually watching MTV during my youth. The episode was called “Nose Bleed” and as a matter of fact I just checked and you can watch it on youtube, so I’ll embed that here just below. The funny thing about this episode really is that it pokes fun at all the supposed remedies for casual, no-brainer, life issues. What I’m talking about is things like loose teeth, hiccups, belly aches, and nose bleeds… the things that people get a bit worried about for no reason, and also that everyone in the room seems to have a different way to fix.
Watch the short episode:
It’s jokes that one person in a room can have such a banal experience as the hiccups but it will almost capture the attention of all the other people in the room and each one will offer some generation-to-generation passed on remedy that their grandmother used to do for their mother and their mother taught them etc. Things like this are ridiculous but at the same time are amazing, its whats facinating about humans… animals don’t do this kind of shit, you don’t see bears trying to scare each other or tying strings to loose claws, animals are patient, they let nature run its course.
Anyway, I’ll get back to what started me off on this and drop this one on you. I tried to think about the many ways that people have tried to help me to rid myself of the hiccups and then when I reached about 7 I thought I’d check the ever-mighty google for more. Well… I thought there were quite a few but I didn’t expect there to be over 250 supposed cures!! Check out this ridiculous list!
Now how retarded is that!? I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that (at least for regular hiccups, not chronic ones) they resolve themselves it’s just a matter of time and patience… It’s also jokes to think about the fact that people are looking to the stars and outer space and worlds beyond our own but we still don’t really know if these cures are effective or not…
I guess I’m just in a thinking mood this morning. Enjoy your Sunday!
“Happy Thursday” Photodump
hey hey hey!
So today I don’t have much to say … what do they always say? no news is good news ? yeah well I mean, knowing me I’d most likely find something to rant about if I felt like it but I’m in a good mood right now so why spoil the fun? It’s Thursday which to anyone outside of Dubai might not mean too much but for us the weekend is just about to begin … which is a definite explanation and direct cause of my good mood! I was just looking thru some folders and found old pictures that I’ve saved randomly as one does and well what I did is I chose a few to share with you…
I think i’ll try and make this a regular thing but as you might or might not have noticed I’m a pretty irregular person… schedules aren’t really for me but we’ll see how it goes 
In the mean time, enjoy the images (all of whom I would credit to their rightful owners but who are we kidding… the internet has fucked that whole tip in so many holes its not fathomable to know the source of everything) [The cat photo is the 8 on 8 post for the word "Bambizzle"]
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- The Gopher meets The Vuvuzela
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- they call this guy “Girl God”
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- They’re out to get us! (Terminator Reference)
ONE LAST THING :
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the latest BP oil spill solution proposal
this oughtta do it !
Benga makes it look like a piece of piss
I’ll admit I was a bit let down by his latest “Phaze One” release but the earlier “Newstep” and “Diary of An Afro Warrior” are through and through bangers. If you guys follow me a bit on the Shitledger as well you might remebmer the D.Selection post I did on this breh, (click here to check that out if you want).
Now, since I’m gettin properly into the production side now I’ve been checking out some more videos and teng so I can learn from the best and figured some of you out there might be interested in this as well. So, here’s a little video dump that will allow you to see just what goes into the making of floor fillers like 26 Basslines, Crunked Up, Emotions, and one of the dubstep anthems that people are hating on now for no apparent reason, Night.
He makes Logic (Apple’s premium production software) seem like a joke… ah, one day!
on a side note… have you upgraded to iOS 4.0 yet ?
yes thats right, I like apple products, sorry if I enjoy functionality and style
Spontaneous Slewing Match
So Kofo came out guns blazing today claiming that he drives 2 Benz’s …
But then Jamie comes out and says that HE drives 2 Benz’s …
this then evolved into a spontaneous Slewing match that came out of left field and took place between Kofo, Jamie and Myself (cameo’s by Max Power and Ben Cockram).
Since there is obvious bias, the 3 of us haven’t been able to pick a winner … Kofo believes that I lost but only because he took the time to make some crappy photoshop image of me being parred …
but that’s obviously not the case …
who do you think won ? CLICK THE THUMBNAIL TO READ >>
Think about it …
(C)
“If you ever had enough,
would you recognize it?”
Worlds First Bald Bear | via Mother Trip
Worlds First Bald Bear | Mother Trip – Nature Pictures, Travel Destinations and Photos.
Thanks to Mike D. for this one
selections from a “D. Party”
Obviously, the Magic Numbers aren’t the kind of artists that feel they have to put new music out all the time for the sake of selling records. In fact, it’s taken them 4 years to follow up their second album “Those The Brokes” with this…
The Runaway released June 7th, 2010. So far, I’ve given it 1 listen through and I’ve got to be honest I’m glad its really just more of the same. No trying to experiment with new vocoders or something awful as such … no. Romeo and co have crafted another emotive yet accessible album which I’m sure to rinse out as much as I did their first releases.
Not a group you might typically associate my taste with, The Magic Numbers were a random purchase of mine upon my first visit to Holland back in 2005 and well… something about them clicked with me… I’m not sure how many people feel about em and its difficult to say because they’re not pop but at the same time they’re not exactly underground. This to me is a group that’s just, real.
These guys just are music, they’re not conventionally good looking, not conventionally trendy, no just straight classic sounding, melodic and I guess it’s gotta be said romantic. If you ever catch me in a bad moment, when I’m tired, or when I just wanna have myself a “D party” (aka wallow on my own for a bit – a kind of party popularized by Pete and adopted by myself) these guys most definitely make it on my soundtrack everytime.
Here are 2 tracks off the new record for a taster …
Enjoy,
D.
America’s players go to England and learn Football…
In return they teach English keepers how to play American Football.
This is called a “Fumble” a.k.a “A complete COCK-UP”
