#899

I heard the other day that when Cedric wrote the lyrics to Mars Volta songs he would originally just sing sounds to the music and then would try and find words that sounded like the noises. Sometimes he couldn’t find anything and just sang the noises instead.

#900

Say what?

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#901

Found out yesterday that it’s tenterhooks, not tenderhooks

Always thought it was tender hooks

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#902

Just read this article?

#903

Always thought the low quality swooshing sound on telephone hold music was a deliberate attempt at making people hang up rather than the result of reduced audio bandwidth

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#904

If you hit the pause/play button on my wireless headphones twice quickly, if it’s connected to your phone it redials the last number you called.

Guess who just direct dialled his GP while on the toilet.

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#906

Yes but I had loosened my tie.

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#909

I went TO THE DEATH with the bf.
“it’s fucking tenderhooks you div!!”

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#910

I knew it was tenter but I never bothered to find out what it actually meant before… still not sure it makes sense (though neither does tender tbf)

#911

I thought it was tenderhooks. I’m going to stick with it. I’ve got this far with it!

#912

‘Tell you what, Graham, how about I sing this bit?’

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#913

I know they aren’t to be talked about but is Lost Prophets a pun on lost profits?

Aaaarrggghhhhh

#914

I’d never really dissected the phrase “scared the shit out of me” and just dismissed it as a way to emphasise how terrifying something is with a bit of swearing, but it’s saying something is so frightening it’s made feaces actually leave your body. Makes a lot of sense tbh

#915

Wait till you get “pissed myself laughing”.

#916

That’s the thing, “shat myself” is very self explanatory but for some reason I didn’t think about it like that with the other phrase.

#917

Also Non-Prophets is a pun on non-profits. Took me years to get that (realised the prophet/profit thing but didn’t connect ‘non-profit’ and thought it was about how they weren’t profitable?).

And there is literally a skit on the album about this

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#918

Nah, I’m not going to put that definition on a pedal stall, will stick with tenderhooks

#919

Don’t be such a damp squid, Jizz

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#922

*peddle stool

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#923

Waiting with baited breath for these gags to stop.