Date: 27 Feb 1997 13:20:56 GMT



In article ,
Glenn Simser  wrote:
>
>Mark Bivens (mbivens@perth.DIALix.oz.au) writes:
>> Listening to the radio before Xmas, someone had the complete lack of 
>> taste to play "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". It sparked ... something.
>
>	That reminds me... I've wanted to ask for a show of hands on this
>for a while. Ever get caught in a K-mart, Sears, or an elevator, wonder
>why everybody was staring at you strange, and then realize you've been
>singing the FILK version of the Muzak?

That sounds alot like what I call "Demento Syndrome," where you first hear
or learn a parody of a tune before you hear the original, then burst out
laughing hysterically in a very mundane situation when someone DOES play
the original.

--Lynn

-- 
Lynn Gold                   "net.fogey"           figmo@rahul.net,
  Senior Technical Writer, TCSI (weekdays)           l.gold1@genie.geis.com,
  News Anchor, KLIV & KARA News (weekends)            or lgold@tcsi.com


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