Tubthumping?

I wake up this morning and the song "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba is stuck in my head. It makes me shudder just to think of that annoying tune (you know the one: "I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down. I get knocked down...") but for some seemingly inexplicable reason, out of absolutely NOWHERE, it's lodged like a splinter in my brain while I manage to pull back the covers and force my body upright in the early morning of my Monday off from work.

Over and over again with that chorus as I get dressed. Ugh. Nice.

I head out into the sunny morning to grab a coffee; I can already tell it's going to be a warm day later this afternoon. Perfect for my men's league round of golf.

After I return from my stroll, I sit down to surf the 'net as I often like to do in the morning silence (well, aside from that garbage truck I can hear hard at work). In my completely random surfings, I find myself directed to an article on Cracked.com entitled: 6 Brainwashing Techniques Their Using on You Right Now. I'd encourage you to read it even though I immediately had to stop reading to type this out because of what happened as I read it myself...

Apparently we're counting down so the article starts at #6 on the list, probably the most basic and obvious of brainwashing techniques: #6 Chanting Slogans. What I read next blew me away:

Why It Works:

The "Analytical" part of your brain and the "Repetitive Task" part tend to operate in separate rooms. But you didn't need an expert to tell you that. You know you can't solve a complex logic puzzle if I force you to scream the chorus to that Chumbawamba song over and over again while you're doing it. Try it.

Are you serious?? Like... WTF??

I'm off to finish reading that article now. I just had to capture this really odd synchronicity in writing.

Man I hate that song...