Person who harmonizes during a rendition of "Happy Birthday"

Undertoad · 01-06-2013, 08:16 PM

Your vote in this poll please

Clodfobble · 01-06-2013, 08:55 PM

It depends on if they do it well.

And please note that it is impossible to harmonize well if the rest of the room is off-key.

IamSam · 01-06-2013, 08:55 PM

We need more choices. I wouldn't call them a douche bag, I'd call them a wierdo. Who is it? An escapee from a barbershop quartet?

wolf · 01-06-2013, 10:17 PM

Said person is only a douchebag if they can't carry a tune in a bucket.

ZenGum · 01-06-2013, 10:38 PM

A showoff ... which I guess is closer to douchebag.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2013, 01:21 AM

Always willing... make that grateful, to have someone else draw the attention during the sing.

Pete Zicato · 01-07-2013, 07:39 AM

Doesn't faze me one way or the other. I'm used to being around musical people.

glatt · 01-07-2013, 08:17 AM

A bit full of themselves. But not necessarily a bad person. I can picture Bill Murray doing this in a funny sort of way, and he's a good guy.

Happy Monkey · 01-07-2013, 10:44 AM

Douchebag test: Can you picture Bill Murray doing it? If so, then no.

limey · 01-07-2013, 10:46 AM

Sorry folks! That person is likely to be me ...

Sent by thought transference

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2013, 10:48 AM

If so, then thank you, limey.

Undertoad · 01-07-2013, 10:57 AM

This is why I asked, because I generally do that, but I don't want to be a douchbag!! I had no idea some people don't like it.

Clodfobble · 01-07-2013, 11:34 AM

I have a followup question: how often do you, as an adult with no children, have the opportunity to sing Happy Birthday to someone? I have to do it at kids' parties all the time, but other than that, I cannot think of a time since high school that I've sung it. I used to work at one place that was small enough to celebrate employees' birthdays, but they had this weird tradition where this little windup toy would play the song and everyone would just shout the person's name at the appropriate moment.

Undertoad · 01-07-2013, 11:52 AM

Maybe like once every three years. People get big deal birthdays sometimes, like ages that end in a zero.

Clodfobble · 01-07-2013, 11:58 AM

Ah! I take it back. We sang at Mr. Clod's grandmother's 100th birthday. And harmonizing would have been perfectly fine then, because they're big on singing in their family. On the other hand, at a kids' party, most parents are only half-heartedly singing because they have to, in which case harmonizing would probably be frowned upon.

View Poll Results: The person who harmonizes during "Happy Birthday" is a...
Douchebag	8	44.44%
Person who just enjoys singing and wants to lend a sense of musical joy to the event	10	55.56%
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01-06-2013, 08:16 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Person who harmonizes during a rendition of "Happy Birthday" Your vote in this poll please

01-06-2013, 08:55 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It depends on if they do it well. And please note that it is impossible to harmonize well if the rest of the room is off-key. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-06-2013, 08:55 PM	#3
IamSam Now living the life of a POW Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: The Lost Corners of Colorado Posts: 202	We need more choices. I wouldn't call them a douche bag, I'd call them a wierdo. Who is it? An escapee from a barbershop quartet? __________________ This space left intentionally blank.

01-06-2013, 10:17 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Said person is only a douchebag if they can't carry a tune in a bucket. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-06-2013, 10:38 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	A showoff ... which I guess is closer to douchebag. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-07-2013, 01:21 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Always willing... make that grateful, to have someone else draw the attention during the sing. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-07-2013, 07:39 AM	#7
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Doesn't faze me one way or the other. I'm used to being around musical people. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-07-2013, 08:17 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A bit full of themselves. But not necessarily a bad person. I can picture Bill Murray doing this in a funny sort of way, and he's a good guy.

01-07-2013, 10:44 AM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Douchebag test: Can you picture Bill Murray doing it? If so, then no. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-07-2013, 10:46 AM	#10
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sorry folks! That person is likely to be me ... Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-07-2013, 10:48 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If so, then thank you, limey. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-07-2013, 10:57 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This is why I asked, because I generally do that, but I don't want to be a douchbag!! I had no idea some people don't like it.

01-07-2013, 11:34 AM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have a followup question: how often do you, as an adult with no children, have the opportunity to sing Happy Birthday to someone? I have to do it at kids' parties all the time, but other than that, I cannot think of a time since high school that I've sung it. I used to work at one place that was small enough to celebrate employees' birthdays, but they had this weird tradition where this little windup toy would play the song and everyone would just shout the person's name at the appropriate moment. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-07-2013, 11:52 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Maybe like once every three years. People get big deal birthdays sometimes, like ages that end in a zero.

01-07-2013, 11:58 AM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ah! I take it back. We sang at Mr. Clod's grandmother's 100th birthday. And harmonizing would have been perfectly fine then, because they're big on singing in their family. On the other hand, at a kids' party, most parents are only half-heartedly singing because they have to, in which case harmonizing would probably be frowned upon. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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