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   From: ralph@nomeking.kahm   
      
   On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:55:41 -0500, Warren Oates   
    wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > rsk@gsp.org (Rich Kulawiec) wrote:   
   >   
   >> Archive-name: music/american-pie   
   >> Version: $Id: american.pie,v 1.21 2009/02/03 01:12:52 rsk Exp $   
   >   
   >Every time you post this I wander around for the next two days with that   
   >tune in my head. I don't even have to read the article, just see the   
   >title and I'm all "the good ol' boys were drinkin' ..." until I clear it   
   >out.   
   >   
   >Here's my trick to get a tune out of my head: I hum "Jesus Loves Me" for   
   >a while and for some reason, the stuck tune goes away, but the old hymn   
   >doesn't get stuck. I have no idea how I stumbled on this, but I've been   
   >doing it for many years.   
      
   When I hear people complain about a tune running through their heads,   
   I just say "OK, let me help. It's a small world, after all..It's a   
   small, small world...." and I never hear that complaint again.   
      
   rj   
      
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