Jeffwxyz 0 #1 June 24, 2009 In 1992 at CERN, where physicists have been working for decades to build stronger particle accelerators and study the collisions, apparently the physicists were not getting the hints from the female staff. One night at a party, one of the female staff had enough of her boyfriend spending too much time with his collider. She climbed up on stage and sang this song: You say you love me but you never beep me You always promise but you never date me I try to fax but it's busy, always I try the network but you crash the gateways You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You only love your collider I fill you screen with hearts and roses I fill your mail file with lovely phrases They all come back: "invalid user" You never let me into your computer You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You prefer your collider I gave you a golden ring to show you my love You went to stick it in a printed circuit To fix a voltage leak in your collector You plug my feelings into your detector You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You prefer your collider You only love your collider Your collider. So from there a band was formed using vocals from the CERN staff. They were named "Les Horribles Cernettes" (LHC). Well, the female language was not completely over the head of one of the physicists. One of them asked the band for their photo so he could scan it. He wanted "to publish them on some sort of information system he had just invented, called the "World Wide Web"". This photo became the first photo on the internet. They also became the first band to have a website. The band went on to record several songs and some music videos. The video "Collider" can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1L2xODZSI4 While watching the video, because of the lighting and grainy image, I thought they may be performing in front of a projected image of the LHC and tunnel. But it was 1992 and video was not as good as today. They really were in the tunnel filming this video next to a bazillion dollar piece of machinery. The band, over the years has lost and added new members as they moved on to new companies/careers. Lynn Veronneau was the lead singer in the video. So guys, the moral is: if you are spending too much time with whatever machine you have and a girl like Lynn is hanging around you, calling you, e-mailing you, then sings a song like that, WAKE YOUR DEAD ASS UP! Now, if somebody catches me being oblivious (like this --> ) in a situation like this, then I give you all permission to, Poke me in my ribs, flick my ear, slap my face or even hit me in my head if that is what it takes to wake me up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 June 24, 2009 A mostly true story. I'm not convinced about the first couple of sentences in the story. Sounds a bit too much like a manufactured creation myth, but unquestionably the group does exist. Here's their YouTube channel and the song in the above post is featured on it (same as in the link above). http://www.youtube.com/cernettesquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #3 June 24, 2009 am i not lucky living next to a possible black hole.. they're hot! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #4 June 24, 2009 Quote am i not lucky living next to a possible black hole.. I am sitting on the Large HAdron Collider. Hope they never try it (while I'm at work)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffwxyz 0 #5 June 24, 2009 I know this is not proof that it is not a fabricated story, but here is some more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernettes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #6 June 24, 2009 arent you even luckier then!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffwxyz 0 #7 June 24, 2009 If you know anything about black holes then you know that if one formed there: 1. You could not escape from it. 2. Women also could not escape. 3. You would be one of the first pulled in. So maybe a black hole could be a good thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffwxyz 0 #8 June 24, 2009 If you ever have a girl around that you just can't figure out how to go to bed with, maybe you can use your location to an advantage. First, you set up some strong speakers and have a sound track that plays a rumbling sound, enough to shake the building. Next, you have to set up a way for the lights to flicker and go out. When the time comes and she is there, you trigger the sound and then the lights. Then you have to say, "Oh my god! The black hole has started! We don't have much time left!" She needs to ask "what should we do!" Well you should get the idea from hereThen when you are done, stop the noise and say "I think we are safe. They must have stopped the black hole!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #9 June 24, 2009 Quote If you know anything about black holes then you know that if one formed there: 1. You could not escape from it. 2. Women also could not escape. 3. You would be one of the first pulled in. So maybe a black hole could be a good thing. CERN, bring on the black hole! NOW!!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #10 June 24, 2009 QuoteI know this is not proof that it is not a fabricated story, but here is some more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernettes The part of the story I doubt is the physicists not paying attention to the girls and them spontaneously hopping up on a stage to sing.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #11 June 24, 2009 [reply they're hot! +1, especially the little brunette back up singer in the red dress. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #12 June 24, 2009 QuoteQuoteI know this is not proof that it is not a fabricated story, but here is some more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernettes The part of the story I doubt is the physicists not paying attention to the girls and them spontaneously hopping up on a stage to sing. the part that i doubt is that physicists are dating girls that look like that. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #13 June 24, 2009 dont they earn loads of cash!? usually gets a lot of panties down.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #14 June 25, 2009 Yeah but a physicist wouldn't know how to say. "grease ya skids an drop ya rocks" makes em swoon every time. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
