Poetic Curse

[GoddessOfGuinness]

A Curse

For he who invented the subwoofer
there is a special throne in hell.
It will not merely rattle his windows
and shift his home from its foundation.
Nor will it simply invoke migraines
which stab at his psyche and pierce his very sanity.
Nay, it shall pound its way to his bowels
with such intensity as to require their incessant purging
(Perdition being bereft of Immodium)
And there he will sit for
all
fucking
eternity.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Someone must despise those things as much as I do...

[Tobin S.]

2. It was pretty fuckin rad when I was 18

Two 12" Kickers with a 600 watt amp pushing them. I also had two 6" 2-ways and some tweeters. I got what the cop called a "boom boom violation" one time. After I noticed that my sense of hearing was starting to deteriorate I got rid of the system. It was in a Volkswagen Rabbit that I had paid $750 for. I had over $800 in the stereo. :7

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. I should have "boom boom violations" in the house.

Mr GoG and Son of GoG were watching King Kong on TV last night. :rofl:

[Orsino]

3. I'm not sure it's possible...

...to despise those things as much as you seem to do. :scared:

But I can at least sympathize.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. LOL

Sorry...I didn't mean to scare you! :hug:

[Orsino]

6. .

But you scared me poetically, so it's kinda cool. :thumbsup:

[formercia]

7. I had a neighbor who bought a huge console stereo

It took two delivery guys to carry it into his trailer. He then proceeded to blast country western at MAX volume.I put up with it rattling my windows for a couple of days.

Time to have some fun. I built a wireless mike on the same frequency as his favorite CW station and set the phase so that, whenever he tuned it in, it would retransmit the audio that it picked up, causing horrendous feedback. As long as he kept the audio level down, no problem. The minute he turned it up, it would howl.

It only took a few days until the delivery van showed up again and they carted the stereo off.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. YOU are freaking brilliant!

:rofl:

[Kali]

11. ...

:rofl: :toast:

[arbusto_baboso]

9. I had a neighbor whose kids would blast mariachi music all day long...

These neighbors were older, and would frequently go home to Mexico for a few weeks at a time. When they did, their kids would stay at their place.

The neighbors themselves were fine. Ideal neighbors actually, and really nice people. Their kids were obnoxious assholes, and would blast mariachi music during the daytime hours when I'd go home on my lunch hour.

I put up with that for about 3 days before deciding on my course of action. At that point, I thought to myself, "Okay, Dickweed, you want a battle of loud, barely tolerable ethnic music, it's so on..." Then I faced my speakers directly to their wall, put on a bagpipe cd and let 'er blast at about 8....

I never had any more trouble with loud mariachi music from the neighbors after that.

[Kali]

10. yikes!

bagpipes vs. mariachi:rofl:

[arbusto_baboso]

12. And bagpipes always win.

Plus, my bagpipes go to 11.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. LOL!

Maybe I need to play bagpipes while Mr GoG watches action flicks. :evilgrin:

[formercia]

15. In an apartment where I lived, I had neighbors that would Party until 3 AM.

One Night, I got up in frustration because it was impossible to sleep with the party going on next door.

So, I take the remains of a Ham Hock and toss it into the garbage disposal, turn on the tap and let her rip.

I thought the sink was going to come off the wall.

End of problem.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. But could you use the disposal after that?

:rofl:

[formercia]

17. It was fine.

It didn't take long to chew up that bone. I didn't check the foundation for cracks, though. :rofl:

[tigereye]

18. you almost have CIA-level skills!

You should hire yourself out at a consultant to those with obnoxious and noisy neighbors!


:rofl:

[formercia]

22. I think it's one of the reasons the CIA hired me in the first place.

One of my fellow Officers made the comment that I was "already trained" when I arrived.

I learned dirty tricks from my father. I grew up listening to his 'War Stories'. He was a demolition specialist with the 82nd Airborne, assigned to the OSS. He parachuted into France before D-Day and fought with the French Underground.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. I'll bet he had some amazing stories to tell...

Ever think of writing a book about them?

[formercia]

24. No, never considered it.

I have written about some here. He was tormented all his life about it. He was one of the first US troops to reach Dachau.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. My god...

How heartbreaking...

[tigereye]

26. cool!

An old friend of mine from high school, desperately wanted to be in the CIA (or was it the FBI) and he was devastated when he realized that his pot-smoking would keep him out of there. (He was a Rep., too - a sweet guy - but a bit naive, I think.)


The only CIA guy I had any fondness for was Milt (forget his last name) - the Station Chief in Afghanistan, who used to be on Charlie Rose all the time..

[Kali]

13. that squirrel is PERFECT

with your anteater

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. MadInMaryland made it for me...

I love it! :-)

[tigereye]

19. you are great!

:D Well-put. My kid isn't at the "giant loud stereo" point yet - maybe Ipods are good things!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. My older kid started out with headphones...

but graduated to giant loud stereo. I guess the experience wasn't the same for him unless he could feel the vibrations in his gut.

I tried everything...explained about hearing loss, etc. He didn't change his ways until he moved out. He turned his stereo down because he didn't want to annoy the neighbors.

Talk about feeling like chopped liver...