On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:09:40 -0800 (PST), Food Snob® wrote:

> On Feb 25, 7:36*am, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Food Snob® wrote:
>>> On Feb 25, 6:35 am, Omelet > wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> *"Steve B" > wrote:
>>
>>>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>>>>>> Your spouse or SO is in the other room practicing their singing lesson
>>>>>> which they recorded.
>>>>>> You run in and offer to take the ailing cat to the vet.
>>>>>> This action can be especially dangerous if you do not have a cat.
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> Just sing the damn thing the way it was written.
>>>>> Steve
>>>> I have to agree with that one. Why they feel the need to wander all over
>>>> the scale is beyond me. It sounds horrible.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Sure. *Start booing during the Star Spangled Banner. *Let us know how
>> that works out for you.
>
> At the end, silly. If you don't think I'd do it, you don't know me
> very well.

we know you only too well, bobo. maybe you should change you name to
boorishbo.

blake