Monday, November 10, 2008
#6 Enough of That!
An intricately decorated, vanilla frosted, chocolate cake sits in front of you. The candles are flickering and you prepare to wish for those Legos or that Barbie you've been dying for. Your friends surround the table in anticipation of their slice of the cake. One brave voice leads the others in unison. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy bir-" and a squeal of twenty seperate pitches burst through the air and the flames waver in front of you. The song is finished, uncertain of where it began and you don't even remember what you meant to wish for so you switch your wish. You wish that singing off-key was illegal. That's the law I would love to put into effect. The reason this should be a law is that most people who sing poorly don't even realize it. They constantly embarrass themselves without knowledge of it and call attention to the unattractive quality. Those of us who are able to sing well and know the difference between a B flat and a D sharp are the ones who realize it. We are also constantly annoyed by it. Just one voice can throw off an entire group of singers. This tends to anger the on-key singers of the group. Singing off key can cause pain in other people and that makes it worthy of being a law. The word would be a happier place if everyone could hit the right notes, especially in the singing of joyful tune such as Happy Birthday.
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I would definately not vote for this law! I love to sing, but i'm not very good at it! Just because you aren't good at something, doesn't mean you aren't "allowed" to do it. That violates our freedom. If some people are so bothered by people singing poorly, then they need some freakin help. Be proud that you know the fucken difference between a D sharp and a B flat, but don't take away my freedom of singing! What kind of pain does it put people through, the pain of knowing they are assholes? I'm pretty sure if someone was singing me happy birthday, I wouldn't bitch and moan about how they sang off-key I would just be grateful they even did it at all. I would definately break this law! I would break it on purpose too! I'm not about to follow something that absurd! How are people even going to enforce it! This is total bogus!
damn... change in a pocket you need to settle down dude, its not even a real law too pass, tomorrow is just gettin something out you dont have to go psycho over it. I like the way you wrote your anti-offkey singing. You used a very good intro the cake part drew me in. But i would agree to what Changeinapoket said, i love singing off key it is fun, but i will tell you in a more pleasent way haha.
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