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(Some Guy)   Astrophysicists searching for planets in other galaxies are no longer blinded by the light. Also presumably not racked up like a douche in the middle of the night   (eurekalert.org) divider line
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I_C_Weener [TotalFark]
2010-10-15 11:22:27 AM  
Racked? Douche?
 
doublesecretprobation
2010-10-15 11:27:53 AM  
that's a relief, i was afraid they'd be revved up like a deuce.

/probably missing a joke
 
ZAZ [TotalFark]
2010-10-15 11:31:08 AM  
doublesecretprobation

Manfred Mann's cover of the song is commonly heard with lyrics like those in the headline.

TFA: Apodizing

The great thing about having a PhD is you can make up nonsense words and nobody calls you on it.
 
PainInTheASP [OhFark]
2010-10-15 11:33:08 AM  
So....the silicon sinner did not have a Massengill mister?
 
The Bad Astronomer
2010-10-15 11:48:18 AM  
Pssst, subby: not to be pedantic, but to be pedantic: those stars are in our galaxy.

Still, great find. I'll have to write this up. It's an exciting development, seriously!
 
nekom [TotalFark]
2010-10-15 11:59:33 AM  
so they're not riled up like a duke?
 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2010-10-15 12:00:48 PM  
Wrapped up like a douche, subby.

Wrapped.

I mean, come on. "Racked"? What the hell kind of sense does that make?

Moran.
 
impaler
2010-10-15 12:45:12 PM  
Friday Fun Fact: The Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Billboard's Hot 100.
 
PainInTheASP [OhFark]
2010-10-15 1:16:48 PM  

impaler: Friday Fun Fact: The Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Billboard's Hot 100.


Yeah, his rendition of it certainly wasn't going to win any awards.

/I really hope that the one that I heard wasan't his best because he sounded drunk
//...er than usual.
 
Reverend Otis
2010-10-15 1:43:55 PM  
Ramped up like a deuce, another roller in the night. SUNDAY!
 
VonAether
2010-10-15 1:47:19 PM  
Held up like a loofah by the foreman of the night?
 
leftymcrighty
2010-10-15 1:49:49 PM  
Not hilarious, but pertinent and will kill 4 minutes if you're bored

Held up like a luffa by the foreman of the night (new window)
 
leftymcrighty
2010-10-15 1:51:09 PM  

VonAether: Held up like a loofah by the foreman of the night?


whoa - I spent five minutes looking for the card game one (saw it live on Just For Laughs) and took the prisoner one instead
 
syrynxx [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2010-10-15 1:51:21 PM  
In other words, if alien astronomers in another solar system were studying our solar system using the technology previously available for direct imaging detection, all they would see would be Uranus and Neptune. The inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn, simply wouldn't show up in their telescope images.

This must be after the monoliths have turned Jupiter into a second star.
 
SweetSilverBlues
2010-10-15 1:55:45 PM  
It is "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night".

A small sampling of misheard bits of the song:

Misheard Lyrics:
A little early birdy gave my a*** curl a whirly.
Original Lyrics:
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-whirly.

Misheard Lyrics:
And adults and the monks and the adolescent punks
Original Lyrics:
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps

Misheard Lyrics:
And she was blinded by the light
Dressed up like a Doosle in the middle of the night.
Original Lyrics:
And she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

I love amiright.com.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2010-10-15 1:57:04 PM  
Fark user image: PHilosopher claims that stars are blind (new window)
 
Grither
2010-10-15 2:04:48 PM  
One of the most baffling mondegreens of all time, nice work subby!

And what the hell does "revved up like a deuce" mean, anyhow?

(Is it a reference to the Vegas bus that goes up and down the strip?)
 
no icon tact
2010-10-15 2:07:43 PM  

ZAZ: doublesecretprobation

Manfred Mann's cover of the song is commonly heard with lyrics like those in the headline.

TFA: Apodizing

The great thing about having a PhD is you can make up nonsense words and nobody calls you on it.


Or a parked domain with a testicular squirrel image
 
Donnchadha
2010-10-15 2:09:00 PM  

doublesecretprobation: that's a relief, i was afraid they'd be revved up like a deuce.

/probably missing a joke


Somebody's a little hot under the collander....

/It's already been posted, so it's not obscure
 
Syphilis_Smile
2010-10-15 2:10:49 PM  
This is one of the sexiest nerdgasm articles I've seen in a while. Imagine if they toss one of these filter thingies onto the next space-based optical telescope.


/moan
 
The All-Powerful Atheismo
2010-10-15 2:14:14 PM  

ZAZ:
TFA: Apodizing

The great thing about having a PhD is you can make up nonsense words and nobody calls you on it.


It's a perfectly cromulent word.
 
maxheck
2010-10-15 2:14:59 PM  
Or as a friend would have it, "snatched up by Venusians in the middle of the night."

Made perfect sense to her.
 
rhymeswithorange
2010-10-15 2:27:01 PM  

The All-Powerful Atheismo: ZAZ:
TFA: Apodizing

The great thing about having a PhD is you can make up nonsense words and nobody calls you on it.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.


You're obviously using cromulent in the wrong form. Duh. You really should be using "cromulentable".
 
Big_Fat_Liar
2010-10-15 2:32:57 PM  

Grither: One of the most baffling mondegreens of all time, nice work subby!

And what the hell does "revved up like a deuce" mean, anyhow?

(Is it a reference to the Vegas bus that goes up and down the strip?)


I found the following at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/48893/#73014553363 from a user named misDKfits


"No, you are mistaken sorry. The song is about partying too hard with coke. 1.Blinded by the light = Pupils dilated 2.Runner = staying up through the night 3.Revved up like a duece = Wired 4. Tripped the merry - go round=Felt so wild 5. Told me I've got what it takes=meaning he's or she's so wild he can do the stuff without dying because it's so strong 6."I'll turn you on..."= Give you something (it's a slang i.e.Turn me on to a joint) 7.,Play the song with the funky break." = Play a song to groove too while they are wired. 8. checkin' out the weather charts to see if it was safe outside = Make sure there are no cops around 9. Early Burly asked me if I needed a ride = Someone early in the morning that wanted to pick him up because he was hitch hiking. 10. She got down but she never got tired = She's not wired anymore but she's not downed either 11. She's gonna make it through the night = She didn't O.D. The lyrics plainly state it, if you know slang. "
 
Mayhem of the Black Underclass
2010-10-15 2:35:44 PM  
subby: I thought I knew what you were talking about, but then you lost me.
 
TripSixes
2010-10-15 2:50:09 PM  
around its parent star, Beta Pictoris, 63 light years away


Subby fails ASTR 100.
 
Bondith
2010-10-15 2:54:28 PM  
Pocket Ninja
Wrapped up like a douche, subby.

Wrapped.

I mean, come on. "Racked"? What the hell kind of sense does that make?

Moran.

Someone's hot under the colander.
 
rufus-t-firefly
2010-10-15 3:13:42 PM  

TripSixes: around its parent star, Beta Pictoris, 63 light years away

Subby fails ASTR 100.


Hey, he was looking for Alpha Clitoris, which doesn't even exist. Oh, sure, women say it does, but we know they're lying.
 
Flt209er
2010-10-15 3:18:42 PM  

ZAZ: The great thing about having a PhD is you can make up nonsense words and nobody calls you on it.


Eh, cromulentabilitizationality aside, you really have two choices. Completely make up a name for something, or name it after yourself; a.k.a. the ZAZ filter. Since "apodizing" at least gives a general mathematical clue as to how the filter works, I prefer the former choice over the latter. Fark-up-your-image-in-a-specialized-useful-way phase plate just doesn't roll off the tongue as easily.
 
Seit_N_Zounde
2010-10-15 3:37:44 PM  

Grither: One of the most baffling mondegreens of all time, nice work subby!

And what the hell does "revved up like a deuce" mean, anyhow?

(Is it a reference to the Vegas bus that goes up and down the strip?)


Could be referencing a Deuce Coupe:

jamb.caView Full Size
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2010-10-15 4:11:59 PM  

ZAZ: TFA: Apodizing

The great thing about having a PhD is you can make up nonsense words and nobody calls you on it.


Apodization (new window).

Lrn2dsp, you bunch of n00bs.

/now 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy...
 
No_One_Special
2010-10-15 4:39:46 PM  
I know the actual lyric is "revved up like a deuce", but I cannot hear the song and not hear "wrapped up like a douche".

On the other hand, I thought "In the garden of Eden" was perfectly clear to anyone.
 
Bacontastesgood
2010-10-15 5:19:19 PM  
Bingo Jed had a light on.
 
mtylerjr
2010-10-15 5:38:11 PM  
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
Amaretto, I'm a dino, I'm a skier, Finding Nemo!
 
punka55
2010-10-15 5:45:17 PM  
I thought the Springsteen lyrics were "cut loose like a deuce..."

That's why I like to think Manfred Mann really did sing "wrapped up like a douche" and it's not just a misunderstood line. The structure of the song uses repeating rhymes: "In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps." Cut loose continues this pattern, Revved up doesn't and I don't see a reason to change it.

/yeah I know they sing "Revved up"
/I'll go back to sleep now
 
BlazeTrailer
2010-10-15 5:52:37 PM  

SweetSilverBlues: It is "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night".

A small sampling of misheard bits of the song:

Misheard Lyrics:
A little early birdy gave my a*** curl a whirly.
Original Lyrics:
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-whirly.

Misheard Lyrics:
And adults and the monks and the adolescent punks
Original Lyrics:
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps

Misheard Lyrics:
And she was blinded by the light
Dressed up like a Doosle in the middle of the night.
Original Lyrics:
And she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

I love amiright.com.


How do you leave out "Big ol' jet airliner"
 
Bacontastesgood
2010-10-15 6:05:50 PM  

BlazeTrailer: How do you leave out "Big ol' jet airliner"


Because it was a totally different song?
 
Opposite
2010-10-15 6:24:17 PM  
The Vacant Lot (new window)

held up like a loufa by the foreman of the night

ripped up like a douche your gonna throw away the night
 
Opposite
2010-10-15 6:25:33 PM  
RACKED UP LIKE A DUECE, ANOTHER ROLLER IN THE NIGHT.
 
Hiro Nakamura
2010-10-15 7:51:59 PM  

Bacontastesgood: BlazeTrailer: How do you leave out "Big ol' jet airliner"

Because it was a totally different song?


What is that one misheard as?
 
igosplat
2010-10-15 11:23:46 PM  
+1 subby!

I always sang DOUCHE in that song as a kid in the 70's!

/still a good song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI
//I miss guitar solos!
 
plamadude30k
2010-10-16 4:15:25 AM  
TFA mentions Matt Kenworthy and Phil Hinz as the developers. Matt was my research advisor for two years, while he was working on the phase plate. I worked on a completely unrelated project with him, but I do remember when he delivered the final product to Gemini South and flew down to Chile to test it. They screwed up and put it in backwards the first time, and he had to fly back on really short notice. In any case, Matt's a really cool guy, and I'm excited by the new developments they're making, especially since my primary research is in exoplanets. Hell, I'm at a telescope right now, and if it wasn't cloudy, I'd be observing the transit of HAT-P-15b. Blast those clouds.
 
plamadude30k
2010-10-16 4:19:24 AM  
I'm sorry, it's not Gemini South, it's the VLT. For some reason, I always make that mistake.
 
dready zim
2010-10-16 11:44:57 AM  
I think there is a now dated reference to the fastest cult vehicle widely known at the time, the deuce coupe. Many songs mention the coupe, some specifically the deuce coupe. The theme of runners in the night has also been explored in other songs of the era and beyond. people who run at nighttime might be chemically boosted like a hotrod car is boosted with no2.

'revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night' seems on examination to have the correct qualities to have validity.
 
Hill_Lord
2010-10-16 1:26:35 PM  
Madman drummers bummers indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round
With a very unpleasin' sneezin' and wheezin' the caliope crashed to the ground

/from memory
 
Benni K Rok
2010-10-16 1:44:41 PM  

Seit_N_Zounde: Grither: One of the most baffling mondegreens of all time, nice work subby!

And what the hell does "revved up like a deuce" mean, anyhow?

(Is it a reference to the Vegas bus that goes up and down the strip?)

Could be referencing a Deuce Coupe:


I know it was written as part of the local vernacular, but I do believe that was the vehicle referenced in the song.
 
jpinksto
2010-10-17 12:10:48 PM  
Love the losers posting the actual lyrics.

We know the lyrics dumbasses, we're just having our fun with an old joke. Loosen up.
 
Kickstart UF
2010-10-17 3:29:46 PM  
I thought it was "wrapped up like a douche another rubber in the night".
 
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