THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

The karaoke machine has been named in a government survey as the most irritating invention.

(Thanks to Baron vonKlyff)

Comments

[Siouxie]

I disagree. Having one of my own, it's perfect for parties and get-together. After the consumption of much alcohol, of course.

[padraig]

Cell phones and boom boxes couldn't have been too far down the list.

(p.s. Am I carrying the blog by myself today? WAKE UP PEOPLE!)

[padraig]

Mornin' Siouxz! Give Diva and Punkin a nudge, wouldja?

[Meanie the Blue]

They obviously redacted the real top-most irritating invention: government itself.

[Siouxie]

Mornin' pad!!

They're still having squirrel for breakfast.

[mesmo]

Shouldn't Robocalling be on the list?

[O the U(manity)]

What'll the gummint do?

They'll create a study committee, which will prepare an environmental impact statement, which lobbyists will use as an excuse to shower gifts of dinners and wine and pretty girls, which will lead to special granting of a 404 permit exemption, which will then contribute to global warming (or the personal wealth of algore), which will cause further melting of the polar icecaps, which will raise the level of the oceans, which will bring on the next ice age, which will keep us indoors more, where we will be forced to entertain our ownselfs, which will lead to increased consumption of alcoholic beverages, which will cause an increase in the use of karaoke machines, which will lead to an investigation of the increased use of karaoke machines ...

repeat, as needed ...

[Porno Guy]

*sings*
At the Copa
Copa Cabana!
The hottest spot north of Havana!

[Siouxie]

OtheU?? there has to be a government bailout at some point.

[Boogzy]

Key Quote should have read:

Joanne said: "It might be irritating in the pub, but it's also given millions of people who didn't know they could sing the opportunity to discover they can't."

[Siouxie]

Boogzy, the way I look at it...the more you drink, the better I sound.

[Kibby F5™]

Karaoke, the fore-runner of Teen Idol and all THOSE shows.

.... if we'd known then what we know now, we'd have killed that machine.

Fortunately one can change channels...

[ron]

Nothing I've ever heard accompanying a karaoke machine can be called singing.

[Boogzy]

Well then Siouxie, you sound incredible.....(yeah! I know it's 10:30am. SO!?)

[O the U(manity)]

Siouxie ... nah, no bailout needed, as long as the gummint keeps funding the program ...

[klezmerphan]

I disagree with these findings... cell phones are much more annoying!

No one walks around in public with a Karaoke machine stuck to their ear, wailing singing as loud as possible so everyone in the vicinity can hear their business.

[crossgirl]

your right klez, thats what i-pods are for.

[Siouxie]

You took the words right outta my wailing singing mouth, cg.

[marfie]

Funny, I always thought karoake was Japanese for "b@stard machine", not empty orchestra.

Boogzy, I had the exact same reaction to that quote.

[mudstuffin]

"...where we will be forced to entertain our ownselfs..."

i never had to be forced, o.

[O the U(manity)]

I gnu that, mud' ... and as a side benefit, y'all entertain us as well ... at the same time, even ... frum the privacy of yer ownself's home ... um ... not always tho ... sumtimes y'all pull the shades, don't'cha?

[padraig]

marf, karaoke actually translates to "tone-deaf drunk." Glad to clarify.

[marfie]

Now, THAT makes total sense. Thanks, pad!

[monsoon]

FYI for the non-karaoke participants; anyone can sing Bob Dylan. From there it is all downhill...