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Little Drummer Boy Challenge...2020 EDITION

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    SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    I am keenly aware of Christmas Music this year, it's kind of annoying. Any time I'm out in public and I hear one, I all but stop whatever I'm thinking about to process exactly what song it is and if I've now failed the challenge.

    LDB haunts me; I need this torture to end already.

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    MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    Sorce wrote: »
    I am keenly aware of Christmas Music this year, it's kind of annoying. Any time I'm out in public and I hear one, I all but stop whatever I'm thinking about to process exactly what song it is and if I've now failed the challenge.

    LDB haunts me; I need this torture to end already.

    Just be like me, completely fearless, for you can NEVER hear Little Drummer Boy. It is simply an impossibility to hear before Christmas Day is done.

    Be confident in that, and like me, be free.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Sorce wrote: »
    I am keenly aware of Christmas Music this year, it's kind of annoying. Any time I'm out in public and I hear one, I all but stop whatever I'm thinking about to process exactly what song it is and if I've now failed the challenge.

    LDB haunts me; I need this torture to end already.

    Just be like me, completely fearless, for you can NEVER hear Little Drummer Boy. It is simply an impossibility to hear before Christmas Day is done.

    Be confident in that, and like me, be free.

    “MechMantis was eliminated from the competition 3 minutes later by absentmindedly humming the forbidden tune as he performed a regular, menial task.”

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    god dammit I'm out

    same stupid family guy episode as last year

    "Up my bum bum" claims another one

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    SLyMSLyM Registered User regular
    My mom took me to try on some show boots as an early Christmas present, and I was caught by a truly atrocious jazzy pa-rum-pa-pa-rum from the speakers

    My friend is working on a roguelike game you can play if you want to. (It has free demo)
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    MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Sorce wrote: »
    I am keenly aware of Christmas Music this year, it's kind of annoying. Any time I'm out in public and I hear one, I all but stop whatever I'm thinking about to process exactly what song it is and if I've now failed the challenge.

    LDB haunts me; I need this torture to end already.

    Just be like me, completely fearless, for you can NEVER hear Little Drummer Boy. It is simply an impossibility to hear before Christmas Day is done.

    Be confident in that, and like me, be free.

    “MechMantis was eliminated from the competition 3 minutes later by absentmindedly humming the forbidden tune as he performed a regular, menial task.”

    That would imply that I somehow lose my invincibility and I can assure you, sir

    such will not happen

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited December 2020
    MechMantis wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Sorce wrote: »
    I am keenly aware of Christmas Music this year, it's kind of annoying. Any time I'm out in public and I hear one, I all but stop whatever I'm thinking about to process exactly what song it is and if I've now failed the challenge.

    LDB haunts me; I need this torture to end already.

    Just be like me, completely fearless, for you can NEVER hear Little Drummer Boy. It is simply an impossibility to hear before Christmas Day is done.

    Be confident in that, and like me, be free.

    “MechMantis was eliminated from the competition 3 minutes later by absentmindedly humming the forbidden tune as he performed a regular, menial task.”

    That would imply that I somehow lose my invincibility and I can assure you, sir

    such will not happen

    “MechMantis was summarily doused in liquid nitrogen in a manner reminiscent of beloved character actor Alan Cumming’s portrayal of Boris Grishenko in the classic Pierce Brosnan vehicle, Golden Eye, similarly in ironic response to the erstwhile Russian communications engineer’s well-established catch-phrase, ‘Yes! I am invincible!’”

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    MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    But if I am subjected to liquid nitrogen, that is not hearing The Forbidden Song!

    I am like an immortal in that I will die if I am killed, I will lose if I hear that song.

    But I will not

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    MechMantis wrote: »
    But if I am subjected to liquid nitrogen, that is not hearing The Forbidden Song!

    I am like an immortal in that I will die if I am killed, I will lose if I hear that song.

    But I will not

    Liquid nitrogen famously makes a “pa rum pa plum pun” sound as it hits human skin.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    That uh


    That complicates things somewhat. So no liquid nitrogen baths for the remainder of the week, got it.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited December 2020
    MechMantis wrote: »
    But if I am subjected to liquid nitrogen, that is not hearing The Forbidden Song!

    I am like an immortal in that I will die if I am killed, I will lose if I hear that song.

    But I will not

    “As his senses faded into oblivion, MechMantis’ dying mind mused, not a little bitterly, ‘At least I went out without hearing the accursed, forbidden tune...,’ when, as if across a vast distance, a nearby radio crackled improbably to life, and the unmistakeable drum beats and melody began to play, as if on the other side of veritable mountain of hoarfrost.

    ‘Really, motherfucker....?’ fired the last of his frost-bitten synapses.”

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    MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    You are attempting to instill fear in me.


    It totally absolutely won't work at all in any way shape or form! Seriously!

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I really wanted to put the "Last Temptation of the Broodwich" bit from Aqua Tenn Hunger Force here but it's not on youtube, so just pretend I did that and it was really clever and topical.

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    MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    Yeah I'm not gonna listen to some soggy ass rumpas. I picked those off.

    Edit: I basically have been channeling Master Shake haven't I

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    OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    Well I got rum-pa-pum-pummed watching some stupid Youtube video. MOTHERFUCKER.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Yeah I'm not gonna listen to some soggy ass rumpas. I picked those off.

    Edit: I basically have been channeling Master Shake haven't I

    In a good way!

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Good lord! It was a bloodbath yesterday

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I am dead, another victim of the Pentatonix as we were baking Christmas cookies.

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2020
    Xaquin wrote: »
    god dammit I'm out

    same stupid family guy episode as last year

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    Raijin Quickfoot on
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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    SLyM wrote: »
    My mom took me to try on some show boots as an early Christmas present, and I was caught by a truly atrocious jazzy pa-rum-pa-pa-rum from the speakers

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Orca wrote: »
    Well I got rum-pa-pum-pummed watching some stupid Youtube video. MOTHERFUCKER.

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    Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Almost half the contestants have been eliminated. Wish we could check stats from previous years to see how this compares.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    god dammit I'm out

    same stupid family guy episode as last year

    "Up my bum bum" claims another one

    it was the one where stewie tries to kill santa and they do a 'little drummer boy likes Neil Peart' gag

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Almost half the contestants have been eliminated. Wish we could check stats from previous years to see how this compares.

    It feels like more than usual actually

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    astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    sarukun wrote: »
    SLyM wrote: »
    My mom took me to try on some show boots as an early Christmas present, and I was caught by a truly atrocious jazzy pa-rum-pa-pa-rum from the speakers

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    This one feels like Jill is watching this art be rendered in real time.

    astrobstrd on
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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Also the electrical impulses from the gravity defying brassiere

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    It’s all very wholesome

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    CellorifficCelloriffic Registered User regular
    I’m out.

    Got in the car this morning to discover that the station I normally have on switched to all holiday music for the rest of the week. Immediately ra-pa-pa-pummed, a version by Mark Waldoch. It was followed by the Jimi Hendrix version.

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    OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    All you people and your fancy radios getting properly ra-papa-pummed. I got nailed by some jackass just saying the words!

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    milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    I am still in it, baby! As long as I can survive Christmas Eve in an uncontrolled environment, I think I’ve got this

    I ate an engineer
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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I’m out.

    Got in the car this morning to discover that the station I normally have on switched to all holiday music for the rest of the week. Immediately ra-pa-pa-pummed, a version by Mark Waldoch. It was followed by the Jimi Hendrix version.

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    Very scandalous
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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    OH MY

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    ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    oh my god, Raijin

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    ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    Both friends that I roped into doing this on the side are out, as well. :D

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Zonugal wrote: »
    oh my god, Raijin
    It’s all very wholesome

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    It’s all very wholesome

    yes that is definitely his whole sum i agree

    excuse me it's very warm in here

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Jingle bells indeed

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    CellorifficCelloriffic Registered User regular

    Zonugal wrote: »
    oh my god, Raijin

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Boy you can almost see the whole candy cane there

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    ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    The rigging on that model is mortifying.

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