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Can you hear the drums?

2y 6mon ago by lemmy.ml/u/Facelikeapotato in lemmyshitpost from lemmy.ml

Tangentially related- My name is the same as that of a 1970s song title and chorus and I worked in a place where a co-worker spoke that line to me every time he saw me every single day. I wanted to kill him by the time I left. I also hate that song. And no, I won't tell you what song.

It's gotta be Roxanne.

Damn it, you figured it out!

It's a cute name too, but yeah it would pop into my head every time I hear your name

Roxanne!

🎶🎶 You don't have to put on the red light 🎶🎶

Or Jolene!

My favourite version of that song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0xXo1gwGY

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I feel you. I was in junior high when the matrix came out. My last name is Anderson. I fucking hated that shit. Misteeer Anderson... Inevitably they would wait for me to say My name is neo but they didn't get it.

Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown?

Bohemian Rhapsody /s

pretty please :>

I'll just say that it was not Mandy by Barry Manilow. Because they didn't name boys Mandy back then.

EDIT: No wait, there's Mandy Patinkin. Anyway, my name isn't Mandy.

Gotcha, Sue.

Rasputin?

Similarly, I dated a woman named Annie a few years back. Everyone of my geekier friends, when I introduced her, asked, "are you ok? Are you ok Annie?"!

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1053/

I like this, wholesome XKCD

What's a Manc?

It's an American mystery comedy-drama television series about a former detective with OCD and lots of phobias

No, that's "Monk"

A manc is a place where you can go to deposit your money and get home loans and stuff.

Nah, that's a "bank"

A manc is how they measure your stature in the military and determine who can give orders to who.

No, that's "rank"

A manc is an adult male human.

No, that's a "man"

A manc is a practical joke or a mischievous act.

No, that's a "prank".

A manc is where the fishes live in your house.

No, that’s a (fish)tank

A mank is a heavily armoured vehicle used in warfare.

No, that's a "Mank".

A manc is an American mystery comedy-drama television series about a former detective with OCD and lots of phobias.

No that’s “Monk”

A manc is what happened when the titanic hit an iceberg.

Manchester

Manc is slang used to refer to someone from Manchester

Manchester being a English city in the North West. The "Second City" of the UK. Birthplace of New Order, Oasis and Happy Mondays.

I like to humbly suggest Manchester is the greatest city in the world.

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New Order

Oasis

Happy Mondays

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Explanation?

Oh, yeah 🤦...

I'm like a neon light sometimes, take me a while to light up.

I was 99% sure this was a rick roll

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It's the very first line in this ABBA song.

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It's a lyric from an Abba song, "Can you hear the drums, Fernando?".

Yeah, yeah, the other person explained it as well 🤦... just didn't put 2 and 2 together.

It equals 4 in case you're still working on it since nobody is nice enough to just tell you.

lol 🤣... thanks 🤣

It’s ok. I am also somewhat familiar with the song but didn’t realize that was the first lyric.