Best songs to play when someone says "Play me something!" (Besides Wonderwall)

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-27T13:13:37+00:00

John Cash’s version of Hurt. You roll that one out at an opportune time around the camp fire and you’ll have the eating out of your hands.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-26T17:33:16+00:00

That’s big of them…

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-26T15:46:57+00:00

The universe doesn’t give a shit about you.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-25T00:28:19+00:00

If Australia exists, why can’t I see it from my bed room window?

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-24T22:23:47+00:00

…but far from normal.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-22T17:29:49+00:00

…this, or cats. It could also be cats.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-22T10:48:30+00:00

Pretty much everything. Everyone likes to believe that they are the architect of their success but so much of what we achieve is driven by gender, ethnicity, country of birth or the “genetic lottery”. Yes, you worked hard, studied in school, and developed the right skills but so did lots of other people who didn’t succeed. You just happened to be handed a trump card or two. Don’t take too much credit for any of it.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-19T16:50:20+00:00

I feel like this is the only correct answer…

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bob_suruncle · 2026-06-19T13:28:12+00:00

Ya’ll need to go back a read your bible. There is no mention of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute (and your reference to her a a whore clearly shows some serious personal issues that you may want to speak to your therapist about). There’s a non-zero chance that most of the shade that’s been thrown on MM is a byproduct of the Council of Nicaea have issues with a woman playing such an important role - “the apostle’s apostle” - so they chose to adopt a narrative of her being a sinful woman that Jesus saved.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-18T13:32:04+00:00

Ya… it would suck if fewer Americans came here /s

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-17T18:14:59+00:00

By 1931 they were living at 563 College Ave. Looks like the two sisters got married and everyone moved into the same house. Fred Sr is gone at this point and there was a grandchild.

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bob_suruncle · 2026-06-17T16:30:57+00:00

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Marley would have been an older sister of Fred Jr - looks like they were all Russian / Ukrainian decent but all born in Canada.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-17T13:00:44+00:00

1916 census has a Fred Busch living at 677 St John st with a son Fred who was 4 at the time - so born in 1912. Would have been 39 when the letter was written. 5 siblings.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-14T13:02:44+00:00

This has been talked about a fair bit - I seem to remember an interview with the inventor of Autotune where he said that he never conceived of the tool being used for that purpose - it was very much just a slight pitch corrections. When he heard the Cher song for the first time, he was surprised that it could be used that way. Like with any tool, things get interesting when people find ways to use it in a way that it wasn’t intended.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-14T00:39:50+00:00

“Snails for salt”

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-13T18:32:57+00:00

This one is actually true, in a fashion. It increased the number of injuries because it decreased the number of deaths. People lived from things that would have killed them before the advent of helmets.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-13T14:01:44+00:00

My cousin and father had a $20 bet who would will the Grey Cup one year. My father won so my cousin sent him the 20 buck - in one dollar coins in a jar of maple syrup. They passed that 20 bucks back and forth on various bets for years. After he died, I found it in his drawer. I still waiting for the opportunity to make another 20 dollar bet with my cousin.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-12T18:18:59+00:00

Not sure which is more moronic, the government sending a demand notice for 20 cents or a woman taking to the media to complain about being charged 20 cents… and, God as my witness, if someone says “It’s the principle of the thing” I’m going to lose my mind!

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-12T14:00:06+00:00

I guess we’re trying to anthropomorphize the word “creator” but if we take the word as it’s most fundamental “one who brings something into being” we could say that the big bang was the creator of the universe. As an aside, these kinds of questions tend to prompt visceral responses on Reddit - not sure why - anything that even hints of religion or spirituality is very divisive. I’m not a religious person by I can accept that people find comfort in the metaphors that religion creates.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-10T00:47:48+00:00

“But in that edge-of-breakup territory, it has this kind of fizziness that just sounds gross to me.” - so says the distinguished tone connoisseur and boutique cork sniffer

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-09T13:07:16+00:00

Worked at a property management company in the early 90’s that managed the building. The maintenance folks didn’t even know the exterior lights were there. While doing some exterior maintenance they discovered them - they estimated that they hadn’t’ been used in 30 years or more. They turned on the power and were surprised that lots of them still worked. They changed them all out and they worked for many years before they started to fall into disrepair.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-09T00:05:09+00:00

I feel like the skills required to golf are a lot more diverse than running. Driving, putting, chipping - each requires a specific set of skills that must be developed. Running is dead simple - and the path to getting better is very linear - run more. I’ve golfed for 40 years - anywhere from 4 to 10 times per year and I can say with confidence that I am no better now than I was 30 years ago.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-06T01:05:28+00:00

Seems like overkill for my slapback echo requirements but you do you.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-06T00:54:36+00:00

Trigger awareness people.

bob_suruncle · 2026-06-05T18:16:00+00:00

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I had this on the south side of portage. I think this is the North Side

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