*hums to herself*

[conuly]

The comments to this post by priyatelka got me to thinking about annoying songs people sing as kids. I eventually came to the conclusion that the most annoying song isn't one of the traditionally annoying ones, like "The Song that Never Ends" or "Infinite Bottles of Beer on the Wall", but one that's annoying to the singer as well. Which led me to this:

...And in this seed (and in this seed)
There was a tree! (there was a tree)
The prettiest tree (the prettiest tree)
That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

With the tree in the seed and the seed in the hole and the hole in the ground
And the green grass grows all around and around and the green grass grows all around.

You keep adding things as the song goes on. Eventually you end up with something like this:

With the germ on the flea and the flea on the feather and the feather on the wing and the wing on the bird and the bird in the egg and the egg in the nest and the nest on the branch and the branch on the tree and the tree in the seed and the seed in the hole and the hole in the ground
And the green grass grows all around and around, and the green grass grows all around.

Now what? What's on the germ? Air? Made up of molecules? Made up of atoms? Made up of subatomic bonds? Which cause a huge-ass nuclear explosion when broken? And destroy the planet (the prettiest planet that you ever did see...)?

Or maybe inside the germ is a disease. Which enters a lung. Which causes a plague. Which kills off the people. Even the ugly ones.

See what I mean? VERY annoying song, that.

Comments

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Annoying songs are the ones that get stuck in your head. Like the theme from Sanford & Son. Or the Girl from Ipanema.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

Hey! I like the theme to Sanford and Son.

Don't be hatin'!