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Chaaarrrrge… It!

Evan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:03:27 +0000

Once when I was withdrawing money from the only ATM on my college campus, I could swear I heard the machinery inside play a little song as it dispensed its sweet currency. This song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb19d08Lnec

Well, at least the end of it. As I’ve wondered through life these subsequent years, I often listen for that tiny tune from the bowels of the ATM — with its little trill of excitement announcing the inevitable prize. Occasionally I’ll find an ATM that still does it.

It just so happens that tonight was one such occasion. Thanks to the iPhone Recorder application, I was able to record it.

charge

Am I crazy? It totally plays that song, right? I like to think the engineers designing this ATMachine added the jingle as a tribute to Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble’s shopping sprees whose call to arms culminated in the exclamation, “CHARGE IT!”

Don’t Tread On Me

Evan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:31:55 +0000

I saw this water stain guy in the sidewalk on Sheffield today. He looks like he belongs in Loco Roco. It’s no Virgin Mary, but I like him. I hope he’s still there tomorrow.

Giving Me The Bird

Evan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:08:52 +0000

I got a new phone a year or two ago and I eventually set my ringtone to be the song Tex Avery’s down-on-his-luck wolf character used to whistle while he was walking… usually into an inevitably painful situation.

It’s a mighty catchy song and often after my phone rings, I hear people around the office whistling it. More than once I’ve reached for my phone only to realize it’s just a spaced-out co-worker.

This morning I tried to answer my phone, but it wasn’t ringing at all. The bird outside of my window was whistling the wolf’s tune!