Mic not Mike

[alexwittscheck]

It's kind of along the lines of "the genie's out of the bottle."

True, but you usually think of a genie as in a bottle. I don't usually keep a ferret in my pants. haha.

 

[Munjibunga]

True, but you usually think of a genie as in a bottle. I don't usually keep a ferret in my pants. haha.

But I didn't know that, did I?

 

[alexwittscheck]

Touche. haha.

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

I spell it "mic", but if I mic something, I say I'm "miking" it. Or past tense, "miked." I can only envision mice when I see "micing." You know, like diced mice.

+1

Even sillier is "mic'ing."

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

By your wife's logic, since the plural of mouse is mice, the plural of house should be "hice."

Invalid Link Removed = "Centre Hice"

 

[MatticusMania]

By your wife's logic, since the plural of mouse is mice, the plural of house should be "hice."

Now that burns by britches... something my dad always instilled in me growing up, "take care of your cables and they'll take care of you." I've never had a cable go bad on me, because I wind them following it's natural curl.

I try to preach this to others as well...

Its possible to wind a cable around your arm while still following its 'natural curl'. I do it all the time.

 

[MatticusMania]

Yeah, but their aren't too many guys named "Bike" that you might confused with "Bic".

Nope, never confused a bicycle for a lighter...

 

[Munjibunga]

Its possible to wind a cable around your arm while still following its 'natural curl'. I do it all the time.

That is a major sin that would get you kicked out of my band. I personally train each member of the band how to wind cables properly. Nobody goes home until all the cables are in their cases.

 

[Pilgrim]

That is a major sin that would get you kicked out of my band. I personally train each member of the band how to wind cables properly. Nobody goes home until all the cables are in their cases.

A-FREAKIN'MEN!!!

I haven't coiled a cable any way but the proper over/under coil in 35 years. I don't like cables that get twisted and try to eat me when I try to use them. And there's a velcro tie on every cable to keep the end from dropping through and creating knots.

 

[MatticusMania]

That is a major sin that would get you kicked out of my band. I personally train each member of the band how to wind cables properly. Nobody goes home until all the cables are in their cases.

Well I certainly wont be trying out for your band anytime soon!

But seriously, why does it matter so much? As I wrap the cable (my cable) around my elbow/hand I undo any tangles and wrap the cable to its natural curl. Ive been using the same cables for the last 5 years without incident. IMO, it sounds a little anal retentive...

 

[alexwittscheck]

Well I certainly wont be trying out for your band anytime soon!

But seriously, why does it matter so much? As I wrap the cable (my cable) around my elbow/hand I undo any tangles and wrap the cable to its natural curl. Ive been using the same cables for the last 5 years without incident. IMO, it sounds a little anal retentive...

As long as it is your cable and no one else's, who cares what you do to it. Just don't try it on my cables.

 

[alexwittscheck]

I revisited this thread due to a van convo I was having with guys I am tm'ing. It was good for chuckles.

 

[MatticusMania]

t-m-ing?

 

[Horny Toad]

Now, gratuitous quotation marks, that's something else. I used to live in an apartment that had a sign in a parking space that said: "NO PARKING". So what do the quotes mean? I always took it to mean that there was ostensibly no parking in that space, but "those in the know" knew it was just a figure of speech, and you actually could park there.

"+1" The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

 

[Munjibunga]

Perfect. This makes my skin crawl. What is "wash hands" code for? (Please excuse the hanging preposition.)

 

[iamlowsound]

Well I certainly wont be trying out for your band anytime soon!

But seriously, why does it matter so much? As I wrap the cable (my cable) around my elbow/hand I undo any tangles and wrap the cable to its natural curl. Ive been using the same cables for the last 5 years without incident. IMO, it sounds a little anal retentive...

He is an engineer, that should explain everything. I am the same way, except I always do the "over-over" method with a Velcro tie.

lowsound

 

[GregC]

Get on the mic, just get on the mic
Get on the mic, get on the mic Mike
Let's be real and don't cloud the issue
The rhymes are rope an M.C. you must listen to
People say that they been missin' me and missin' you
Get on the mic and let's show them like we used to
You say **** that, yo holmes, **** this
I'm the king Ad-Whammy you're Dick Butkus
One half science and the other half soul
His name's Mike D. not Fat Morton Jelly Roll
M.C. Busy Le Disco fooled around in Fresno
Got over on your girl cause you know she never says no
Well Mike D. is a special individual
Pulling out knots pulling in residuals
Go to the movies get the Rolos
the cholos riding slow and low
Mike on the mic and bust with the solo
Mike my stromy don't be so selfish
Get on the mic cause you know you eat shellfish

 

[SJLee]

Microphone

 

[alexwittscheck]

t-m-ing?

I'm their tour manager. Sorry for the abbreviation.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Get on the mic, just get on the mic
Get on the mic, get on the mic Mike
Let's be real and don't cloud the issue
The rhymes are rope an M.C. you must listen to
People say that they been missin' me and missin' you
Get on the mic and let's show them like we used to
You say **** that, yo holmes, **** this
I'm the king Ad-Whammy you're Dick Butkus
One half science and the other half soul
His name's Mike D. not Fat Morton Jelly Roll
M.C. Busy Le Disco fooled around in Fresno
Got over on your girl cause you know she never says no
Well Mike D. is a special individual
Pulling out knots pulling in residuals
Go to the movies get the Rolos
the cholos riding slow and low
Mike on the mic and bust with the solo
Mike my stromy don't be so selfish
Get on the mic cause you know you eat shellfish

Fareeking hilarious. I just heard this song again a couple of days ago and I remember thinking about the play on Mic and Mike and this exact thread. Great minds and all.