__________ is/are overrated.

[kkt]

If nobody mentions "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" again maybe in a few years everybody will forget it ever existed and it will fade into well-deserved obscurity.

[kphoger]

If nobody mentions "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" again maybe in a few years everybody will forget it ever existed and it will fade into well-deserved obscurity.

The next generation will listen to it, just to be ironic.

[Max Rockatansky]

If nobody mentions "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" again maybe in a few years everybody will forget it ever existed and it will fade into well-deserved obscurity.

The next generation will listen to it, just to be ironic.

Wasn't there a cartoon where Santa ended up abducting Grandma rather than reporting the collision to the proper authorities?

[Rothman]

I like Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.

Somehow managed to avoid Whamageddon.  I usually hear it every year.

But yeah, sick of Mariah Carey.

[hbelkins]

I feel like at this point I need to post this song, given some of the music discussion upthread:

[kphoger]

What gets me is over half the Christmas songs are not about Christmas, but about attributes of the Winter Season.

Let It Snow Let It Snow
Winter Wonderland
Sleigh Ride
Jingle Bells
I Saw Three Ships
Baby It's Cold Outside

None of these are about the virtues of Christmas. They're all about cold weather things. ... Oh yes, and what does The Sound of Music have to do with Christmas? One of its tracks is used as a Christmas song.

I assume you're talking about My Favorite Things.  I've always assumed it gets lumped in with Christmas songs because of the phrase 'brown paper packages tied up with strings'.  That could either be something you receive in the mail, or it could be a Christmas present, I suppose.

The one that always makes me scratch my head is Albert Hay Malotte's musical adaptation of The Lord's Prayer.  Other than the fact that the prayer itself is attributed to Jesus, I can't for the life of me figure out what it has to do with Christmas.

[JoePCool14]

The one that always makes me scratch my head is Albert Hay Malotte's musical adaptation of The Lord's Prayer.  Other than the fact that the prayer itself is attributed to Jesus, I can't for the life of me figure out what it has to do with Christmas.

There's no other time of year with such a selection of seasonal music. If there's any time to slot that in there, it might as well be Christmas.

[MultiMillionMiler]

This is another good one from 95.5 I heard recently.

[Scott5114]

I assume you're talking about My Favorite Things.  I've always assumed it gets lumped in with Christmas songs because of the phrase 'brown paper packages tied up with strings'.  That could either be something you receive in the mail, or it could be a Christmas present, I suppose.

Likewise, Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy", the Peanuts theme. Sure, it was in the Peanuts Christmas special...as well as every other Peanuts special for every other holiday. It's not Christmas music and shouldn't be played as such.

[skluth]

I feel like at this point I need to post this song, given some of the music discussion upthread:

I don't mind the song but I can't stand most of that album. Paradise by the Dashboard Light is both too long and annoying. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth is just annoying. And Two Out of Three Ain't Bad ranks as one of the dumbest songs I've ever heard.

[roadman65]

I assume you're talking about My Favorite Things.  I've always assumed it gets lumped in with Christmas songs because of the phrase 'brown paper packages tied up with strings'.  That could either be something you receive in the mail, or it could be a Christmas present, I suppose.

Likewise, Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy", the Peanuts theme. Sure, it was in the Peanuts Christmas special...as well as every other Peanuts special for every other holiday. It's not Christmas music and shouldn't be played as such.

Ave Maria, which is a song Catholics sing year round is lumped-in as a Christmas song.

In reality Ave Maria is The Hail Mary prayer Catholics say 53 times in a single rosary and in other instances. It’s just sung in Latin.


It’s also used in Funerals and sung on August 15 when the Assumption is celebrated.  It’s as Christmas as the Lords Prayer.

Also Let There Be Peace On Earth is a year round song about world peace but gets sometimes into the Christmas mix. 

[roadman65]

How about car alarms? Not so much being forced upon us consumers, but the fact 98 percent of all alarms going off are accidental by its owner. Only 2 percent are the real deal.

In fact when someone does steal a car for the alarm to go off, we would think instead it's another careless person who set off that alarm.  Plus if we did pay attention to a person around an alarmed car, the thief might even say to us " Sorry my alarm went off, I'm having issues with it,"   and we would believe that person to be the owner.

Car alarms are not a working commodity IMO.

[Rothman]

I assume you're talking about My Favorite Things.  I've always assumed it gets lumped in with Christmas songs because of the phrase 'brown paper packages tied up with strings'.  That could either be something you receive in the mail, or it could be a Christmas present, I suppose.

Likewise, Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy", the Peanuts theme. Sure, it was in the Peanuts Christmas special...as well as every other Peanuts special for every other holiday. It's not Christmas music and shouldn't be played as such.

But, Charlie Brown Christmas was the first Peanuts holiday special, which is why it gets associated with Christmas.

[MultiMillionMiler]

How about car alarms? Not so much being forced upon us consumers, but the fact 98 percent of all alarms going off are accidental by its owner. Only 2 percent are the real deal.

In fact when someone does steal a car for the alarm to go off, we would think instead it's another careless person who set off that alarm.  Plus if we did pay attention to a person around an alarmed car, the thief might even say to us " Sorry my alarm went off, I'm having issues with it,"   and we would believe that person to be the owner.

Car alarms are not a working commodity IMO.

My car alarm goes off when I open the door manually instead of with the remote control on my key. Why does it do this?

[thenetwork]

How about car alarms? Not so much being forced upon us consumers, but the fact 98 percent of all alarms going off are accidental by its owner. Only 2 percent are the real deal.

In fact when someone does steal a car for the alarm to go off, we would think instead it's another careless person who set off that alarm.  Plus if we did pay attention to a person around an alarmed car, the thief might even say to us " Sorry my alarm went off, I'm having issues with it,"   and we would believe that person to be the owner.

Car alarms are not a working commodity IMO.

And what good is a car alarm if you are out of earshot  of it anyway?  With the exception of having the car in your driveway at home, the majority of the time you are deep inside a sound-insulated building, or at a trailhead and you are 1-2 miles away on your hike, for example.

Even with today's smartphones, how many car alarm systems can alert you on your phone?  That would be a good feature as you can check it out yourselft or alert someone of authority to check it out and make car alarms a little more practical.

It seems every time I go to a Walmart, there's always a car alarm going off as a false alarm.  That almost seems like a requirement at each store, along with someone cranking up loud bass-intensive music in their cars.

[Rothman]

And what good is a car alarm if you are out of earshot  of it anyway?  With the exception of having the car in your driveway at home, the majority of the time you are deep inside a sound-insulated building, or at a trailhead and you are 1-2 miles away on your hike, for example.

Wut.

[hbelkins]

How about car alarms? Not so much being forced upon us consumers, but the fact 98 percent of all alarms going off are accidental by its owner. Only 2 percent are the real deal.

In fact when someone does steal a car for the alarm to go off, we would think instead it's another careless person who set off that alarm.  Plus if we did pay attention to a person around an alarmed car, the thief might even say to us " Sorry my alarm went off, I'm having issues with it,"   and we would believe that person to be the owner.

Car alarms are not a working commodity IMO.

My car alarm goes off when I open the door manually instead of with the remote control on my key. Why does it do this?

Because the remote activates/deactivates the alarm.

[J N Winkler]

My car alarm goes off when I open the door manually instead of with the remote control on my key. Why does it do this?

It shouldn't when the door is unlocked.

[MultiMillionMiler]

But still, is there any way to turn that off since the battery is getting low on the key?

[Max Rockatansky]

And what good is a car alarm if you are out of earshot  of it anyway?  With the exception of having the car in your driveway at home, the majority of the time you are deep inside a sound-insulated building, or at a trailhead and you are 1-2 miles away on your hike, for example.

Wut.

Speaking from personal experience there is a good percentage of trailheads I've returned to that have had a car alarm going off.

[J N Winkler]

But still, is there any way to turn that off since the battery is getting low on the key?

I have personally never encountered a car alarm system that sounds when an unlocked door is opened or when a door is unlocked using the key.  So the behavior you describe just sounds strange to me, though I don't claim to be fully up to date on current design (the youngest vehicle in the family fleet turns 14 this coming year).

You could look in the owner's manual and see if it outlines options for changing door lock and alarm system behavior.  You should certainly be able to unlock at least the driver's door using the key--I do this all the time with a key that has RKE controls built into the bow but whose battery has died.

[MultiMillionMiler]

No, the doors were locked. I was unlocking them manually because the battery was dying. The alarm itself though doesn't go off until the door is opened (after being unlocked manually).

[J N Winkler]

No, the doors were locked. I was unlocking them manually because the battery was dying. The alarm itself though doesn't go off until the door is opened (after being unlocked manually).

Yup.  This shouldn't be happening.  It doesn't when I unlock any of our vehicles manually.

[kkt]

How about car alarms? Not so much being forced upon us consumers, but the fact 98 percent of all alarms going off are accidental by its owner. Only 2 percent are the real deal.

In fact when someone does steal a car for the alarm to go off, we would think instead it's another careless person who set off that alarm.  Plus if we did pay attention to a person around an alarmed car, the thief might even say to us " Sorry my alarm went off, I'm having issues with it,"   and we would believe that person to be the owner.

Car alarms are not a working commodity IMO.

My car alarm goes off when I open the door manually instead of with the remote control on my key. Why does it do this?

My car alarm goes off when the car is frosty, icy, or snowy.  I start the engine so the windows can start defrosting.  Then I wish to go outside and scrape it off with the scraper.  If I put the fob in my pocket, it sounds the alarm because I've obviously forgetten to turn the engine off and am walking away with it left on.  If I leave the fob on the dash, it sounds the alarm because I have obviously forgetten to take it with me.

[Scott5114]

But still, is there any way to turn that off since the battery is getting low on the key?

I've been having the same issue with my car (although I think it's just the unlock button wearing out, because it locks perfectly fine). My solution has just been to try to remember to lock it manually with the door lock button on the inside (I have to press it twice, because the first time it just dings instead of doing anything useful, which is annoying) so I can unlock it with the key without getting honked at.