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Lenny and the Squigtones is a fictional musical group headed by Michael McKean and David Lander, the two actors who played the characters Lenny and Squiggy on the television series Laverne & Shirley. Recorded live at the Roxy in Hollywood, they perform parodies of 50′s rock ballads (“Night After Night,” “Creature Without A Head”). In between, there’s plenty of schtick and patter (“So’s Your Old Testament,” “Babyland”). The group’s eponymous debut album, Lenny & Squiggy sing Lenny and the Squigtones, was released on the Casablanca label in 1979. The album is now a collector’s item because of credited guitar work by future Spinal Tap member Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). A photo on the inside cover also includes two band members who look a lot like Derek Smalls and David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap. Also includes ‘Murph’, the keyboard player from The Blues Brothers, and “Ming the Merciless,” actually Kiss drummer Peter Criss without his famous “cat” costume and make-up.
Lies. All lies.
No, no, no, Lenny and the Squiqtones didn’t perform “Lies”; that was the Rolling Stones.
Did they do, “Asthma Guitar Gently Weeps”?
Or “sigh can’t we do it in the road”?
Or “please breathe me oh yeah like I breathe you”?
She was a daaaaaay sniffer…
‘cuz baby, achoo (sha na na na na na na na) …
Tomorrow Never Nose…
(a stretch? Maybe a little)
Baby you can drive my cough …
(there: that was even worse)
Sinus, sinus
Everywhere sinus
Breakin’ up the scenery
breakin my….um…minus…
Isn’t it good? Nor wheezin’ wood?
I thought you meant “Lies, Lies, Lies” by the Thompson Twins. Sorry.
Does anyone remember “Lies” by the Knickerbockers?
But were Lenny and the Squigtones Belgian?! THAT’S what we need to know!!!!!
Hasn’t it already been established that this is a respirator fit test? *yawns*
Wrong! It’s funny because… um….
Nevermind. I got nuthin’.
Yes, yes it is. Or training for such an emergency.
I live not five minutes from the Bluegrass Army Depot here in KY and they have these disaster kits they handed out for all the residents w/in 30 mile radius. Now in class they explain to use the execution of the kits and evacuation plan. My favorite teacher showed us the BS and said, “If that place blows up, basically you’re fvcked.”
I can has optimism?
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PS it’s on the list of places mostly likely to be targeted in a terrorist attack.
and by use I me us.
*facepalm*
When I was a teen in NJ, a friend and I figured that we were 1/2 way between NYC and Washington, D.C., so we were in the maximum fallout zone, either way. We figured it was probably better to head right for the blast site, and get it over with!
I’m screwed if they decide to attack here, I’m surrounded by bases, go two miles in almost any direction and you’ll find a base. My house may just be ground zero *Paints large red target on the roof just to be helpful*
I knows how that goes. I live 20 minutes from an old nuclear plant and 20 minutes from an arsenal. We were high on that list too.
I used to work at an Air Force base where they store nukes. 9/11 made things very interesting for us. It was always interesting when they were transporting them, the base would just about come to a stand still. I will say though, it would take quite a bit of work for any terrorist to even get close to the storage facility, plus they were kept inside the mountain.
Aw, but most people don’t even remember that NM is part of the US, so how would they find us?
LOL! That’s true.. I remember once that I was trying to get something returned and the company was in Florida. When I told the girl that I lived in New Mexico, she kept insisting that they can’t ship international. I finally gave up and asked for a stupidvisor, who I’m sure smacked that girl in the head when we hung up.
What is it with people? I just tried to ship a package to my brother in NM and the lady at the UPS store said she couldn’t ship international packages without a zip code. Are people really that dumb?!
Yes. Idiocracy will prevail eventually.
Which is why we need your services so desperately!
Idiocracy already has prevailed. Chavs, Neds, Rednecks, “Gangsters”…..
Igor? Where did you come from?
I’m back from the FUTURE!
I need to borrow a flux capacitor, do you have one I could use in your car?
true dat.
THIS ONE’S BELGIAN!!!!!111!!!!!
Umm, we’re on PK. It’s your comment equal to saying “Haven’t we determined the cat was actually jumping in the air, not riding an invisible bike?” on lolcats?
No, because it was in reference to “What’s going on in this picture? Tell us in the comments.”
Dammit Foo! You know we agreed not to tell Charro about the invisible bicycle. *hugs Charro* There there, at least there’s still the invisible sandwich, that’s still real, I promise!
*whimpers* Pwomise?
Of course! See? I’m eating one now! *picks up invisible sandwich from plate and starts eating*
Yes. N95s don’t necessarily “work” unless you find a model that fits you correctly, which is why I find the boatloads of people stocking up on surgical masks amusing.
On the other hand, when I see someone with a surgical mask PULL IT DOWN to sneeze or cough, then I just want to smack them.
Shouldn’t that be ‘affects’ not ‘effects’?
Yes. However, we’ve given up correcting the grammatical mistakes and just make fun of them.
This should help:
effects vs. effects
I mean with the ‘making fun.’
Heehee.
What a jackass! Effects…. Hah!
Not our own MHU Slater???
Oh, sure. Make fun. Your clearly a jerk who’s head is up there ass. Sadly, only half who read this will get the joke. So long, English. We hardly knew ye.
Whats’ wrong with theyre grammer? I dont get it!?
ayup. “affects,” not “effects”
Depends what was meant. If this syndrome causes lots of people to have sex and therefore create new children, then it would indeed “effect millions”
I never use “effect” as a verb as I’m too scared someone like me will correct my usage.
It’s actually mandatory TB mask fitting training, which is required by every hospital and most clinics in the US. You have to go through it every year. If the mask is fitted properly, when they spray this atomized sickly-sweet scent into the hood, you shouldn’t be able to detect it at all. Oh – and they make you sing “Happy Birthday” while you’re doing it, so that your jaws can move and maintain the seal. I know – I was among the first to test it, with 3M reps performing the procedure. Later I was certified as an instructor myself.
ya and when i was training we thought the sugar spray was not strong enough so i put a dab of it on my finger and dabbed it on my tongue… i regained my sense of taste about 3 days later and my eyes watered for a good 2 hours… dont mess with the sweet spray!
Ok, I’ve just gotta ask.. what happens then if the seal isn’t tight? Does the spray make you hallucinate or something?
And if it does make you hallucinate, where do you sign up?
Do we have to start working in a hospital to partake?
FYL you totally deserved it.
Oh wrong site?
ok im not entirely sure how this works, but im ASSUMINg, that by the picture, there is no air feed into those masks, and also im ASSUMING that a TB outbreak is something you’ll need to protect yourself from for more than a few minuites. so umm…. what happens when the air runs out?
Well, the good news is that when the air runs out you don’t die of TB…
Someone showing a massive amount of logic in the comments? Wow! I also got to get fitted for one of these when I worked in the RT dept of our local hospital. Fun.
getting fitted for a n-95 mask
Affects, not effects.
If it kills your rich uncle, his effects might be worth millions.
BEHOLD! How the average American is reacting to the Swine Flu vaccine!
to the vaccine? or to the flu?
Both
No, you don’t hallucinate, you cough until you puke, then the instructor blames the “bad fitting of the mask” on you, and you get to do it all over again. If you don’t comply, immediately, they’ll contact HR and have you written up. If you don’t make a follow-up visit, you can and will be terminated.
I think I’d rather hallucinate personally.
Yeah, that’s my take as well! Who wants to be cough and throw up when you can have a blissful hallicinagenic experience?
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why
‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky
There’s a bathroom on the right.
Rando, you’re not supposed to HELP her cheat on BT… unless he joins.
Scratch that.
when you work in health care you need to wear respirators. the respirators need to be fitted to you so there are no air leaks. they are fit testing the people in the picture. they put that hood over your head and spray a chemical into it. if you taste the chemical, there is a leak in your mask…if you don’t it fits properly
Definitely N-95 fit testing. We use spray saccharin when doing our fit tests and as someone above said, it’s mandatory for all direct caregivers.
So if my respirator has a good ‘seal’ do I still have to crawl under my desk in case of emergency?
If you get a leak in your mask TB then stands for “Too Bad”.
Soooooooo…are they fit testing the masks?
What happened to the scrooge?
I think they’re testing the fit masks!
I wasn’t fit to be Scrooge. That “wow” guy from a couple LOLs back was far scroogier than me. And the minor discussion of hockey, plus the fact that my Blues won tonight made me celebrate my team!
Ah. I did not catch the significance of “Blues.” (I went immediately to the musical genre.) Congrats on their win.
Yes, wow was a bit frightening. I was proud of myself for helping start what apparently was a sh*tfest, then going to work.
I’m a bad person.
And we love you for it!
It’s okay, only about 10% of the population give a crap about hockey anyway, and that might be a little generous.
I should get some slack since the very few bodies of water here don’t exactly freeze over.
Pfft. Like that stops the NHL. There’s a hockey team in Phoenix. An ice hockey team in the fvcking desert. That’s something else.
I concede your point. It’s a lot hotter in AZ than here. Besides, my husband’s colleague’s daughter was a top high school hockey player. HOwever, she went out of state up north somewhere to find a high school team.
But it was worth it — full ride hockey scholarship to some fancy school (I forget which one). Maybe you should get your kids to take up hockey?
I GAVE a crap about hockey.
I left it on the Bruins’ stadium ice.
As well you should.
N95 mask fit-testing. Meh.
Don’t want to be a pedant but shouldn’t it be Affects rather than Effects?
OMG PARANOIA FLU!!11!!11!!!
My daughter had the ebil flu. No big whoop. The paranoia is pretty silly.
Is she still contagious? Did she give it to you? Are you contagious? *runs off screaming* Randos sick and trying to kill us all!
Grammar FAIL
I had the full fledged swine flu. Sadly, I died….
But I somehow survived! Aren’t I lucky?
Can I borrow your antibodies? I’m high risk and still haven’t been able to get the darned vaccine!
I had to do this when I started working at a hospital as a CNA. They’re getting fitted for tuberculosis masks. What they do is they put a mask on your face that they think should fit you, then they place the plastic helmet over your head. They then spray a fine sugar-water mist into the plastic helmet, and ask you to inhale deeply. If you can taste the sugar through the mask, then the mask isn’t tight enough and you need to be refitted, because if you can taste sugar, then TB molecules can get through as well.
N95 respirator fit test. The chemical they spray in the hood taste bad. REAL bad.
learning grammar before posting on the internet – priceless
it would be affect not effect
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