I made tapes of CDs in the 80s...
Also of LPs (yes, I remember vinyl very fondly), so that I could have music at work. I spent many hours taping things so I could drown out the other office noises while I was drafting.

The only problem was that my kids had a Fisher-Price Sing-A-Long tape player that they loved to play with, and my wife would give them one of my tapes to put in it. And when they used the microphone on it, the sounds got recorded right over the music.

So here I am at work, listening to Clapton, when suddenly I hear infantile belming roar from the speakers, with my wife in the background gossiping with a friend on the phone. Then Clapton comes back on for a few seconds, then more belming. Furious, I pop out the tape and put in another one- and find that it too has been recorded over.

On arriving home that night I told my wife that I would appreciate it if she didn't give the kids my tapes. I said this in a reasonable but irritated voice, which I thought was appropriate- and she blew up at me, saying "Well, I guess none of the rest of us are allowed to use anything around here!"

So that weekend I gave the kids some of her tapes to play with, and put the rest of mine in my car to take to work.

I like to think that the kids actually improved Billy Joel's music, but she didn't think so.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 7 Feb 2008, 15:34, 5 replies)

Haha..
some women have no sense of humour do they!
(Lurkaloid awarded wanking black belt on, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 16:05, closed)

Loon my friend, you are a true genius...

To actually be able to make a worthwhile, funny post out of this chronic shite-arse of a QOTW.

*Bows*

*Buggers off until next week*

*Starts to get used to not lurking*
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 7 Feb 2008, 16:53, closed)

"infantile belming"
Love it :) *click*
( Maladicta, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:11, closed)

*clicks*
Agree with what the flake said... :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 20:33, closed)

"infantile belming roar"
This is the post that finally inspired me to look up the term "belming". That'll be good for 2 weeks of random chuckling at work, cheers!

Also, revenge is sweeeet.

*click*
(substatic, Sat 9 Feb 2008, 12:05, closed)