On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:43:45 -0800 (PST), Food Snob® wrote:

> On Feb 25, 6:35*am, Omelet > wrote:
>> In article >,
>> *"Steve B" > wrote:
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>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
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>>> > Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
>>> > which they recorded.
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>>> > You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
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>>> > This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
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>>> I have to admit that I have a great urge to run up to one of those black
>>> female singers who sing the National Anthem, and sound like they're either
>>> looking endlessly for the right note, or someone is twisting her nipple with
>>> a pair of Klein pliers.
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>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
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>>> Steve
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>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
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> Since almost everyone agrees about that, and we're probable not a
> terribly unrepresentative sample, might I suggest that we all commit
> ourselves to at least *trying* to muster up the nerve to "boo" such
> renditions? I will.

i suggest that you also call the police.

blake