Dear Agony Auntie/Uncle

[louisiana]

Dear EDF Agony Auntie

Every time I read a headline, EDF thread title, or anything else, the first thing that comes into my head is the title or lyrics of a related song, and I blurt it out. The same thing happens whenever somebody says something to me. About anything at all.

People don't take me seriously any more. What can I do?

[Brendan]

I strongly recommend you do not take yourself or anyone else seriously.

[????]

Go in the drawing room and listen to some Leonard Cohen

[daizie]

very dangerous to take anything seriously

[Moos]

Ha ha, is it 'I heard the news today, oh booooyyyyyyyy' that does it for you?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

louisiana Wrote:

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> Dear EDF Agony Auntie

>

> Every time I read a headline, EDF thread title, or

> anything else, the first thing that comes into my

> head is the title or lyrics of a related song, and

> I blurt it out. The same thing happens whenever

> somebody says something to me. About anything at

> all.

>

> People don't take me seriously any more. What can

> I do?

Wouldn't it have been better to have placed the eventual plea of "What can I do" on a final, seperate line?

For empthasis,like.

[Starmix]

Hello OP. It's possible that you could be suffering slight attention span disorders, these are quite common and often enduced by stress. My advice is to consult the problem directly, tackle it with the fist and the fury of the North Star, and then you'll find your focus slowly returning.

sources: my ass.

[Brendan]

That?s one intuitive mule.

[Starmix]

I see wut u did thar. :D

[louisiana]

Moos Wrote:

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> Ha ha, is it 'I heard the news today, oh

> booooyyyyyyyy' that does it for you?

Nah, it's more like I see the words Assisted Suicide, and I immediately think of all songs about suicide, or indeed any toon by the band Suicide. Then I see the thread about clowns, and immediately Send In The Clowns goes through my head. Which I hate. And then someone mentions the word 'holiday' and...

You get my drift.

My most frequent response to anything is 'There's a song..."

Does this make me OC/dork/geek/Asperger's? Or is there a more appropriate moniker?

[daizie]

oh god, its caught on. HOLIDAY!!!!!

[louisiana]

That's it.

You can take your pick...

For example, If we took a holiday

Took some time to celebrate...

or Cliff (argh!!)

These are songs I do not want in my head. But my entire brain seems to be indexed by song lyric.

[Alabama]

nope, i do that all the time, too. For example, I find it impossible to update a website without Wayne's World style "Dre-eamweaver" in my head all day. Thought it was just me :-)

[louisiana]

So what's our condition, JoJo?

Do the doctors have a name for it?

Will it entitle us to invalidity benefit?

Can we be cured?

Or will it just continue to worsen as the years pass, leading ultimately to an inability to utter any expressions that are not composed entirely of song lyrics?

[Alabama]

It's not just song lyrics neither... *starts over-excitedly sharing too much*

Advert jingles, they're the worst. Have been known to sub-consciously sing them out loud when confronted by said product in the supermarket. It's either the power of advertising or one too many late nights in my youth.

[louisiana]

"mild

green...

fairy-li-quid"

gotcha, non? the tune went through your head B)

unless you're to young for that one

[SteveT]

Gin and Lime

Mild, green, fairly wicked.

[HonaloochieB]

I have the same habit, wouldn't call it a problem.

Some years ago I had a boss named Ray, any time I was in his vicinity I could not help but hum 'it's A Shame About Ray' by The Lemonheads or even actually singing it. He never caught on though.

'Gotta See Jane' by R Dean Taylor, 'Judy Says She's Gonna Knock You In The Head' by The Vibrators 'Hurry Up Harry' by Sham 69 and 'Pamela Pamela' by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders make regular appearances on my mental jukebox through out the working day.

Helps me stay awake.

[louisiana]

HB, you have a particular form of the condition, the proper nouns variation. This is a clearly less extreme version, as there are fewer proper nouns than nouns in general.

I think we can call the general condition Lyrical Contamination Syndrome, or LCS.

[HonaloochieB]

louisiana Wrote:

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> HB, you have a particular form of the condition,

> the proper nouns variation. This is a clearly less

> extreme version, as there are fewer proper nouns

> than nouns in general.

>

> I think we can call the general condition Lyrical

> Contamination Syndrome, or LCS.

I've been told there's a threapist who can offer help.

I haven't got his contact details but his name is Dr Robert.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

I haven't got his contact details but his name is Dr Robert.

Good Day Sunshine! How are you M8?