Whamageddon 2022 - Wham! Harder

[Acmegamer]

I start working again on Sunday evening ... Bear with me, guys.

 

[Lofgeornost]

I've bitten the dust--my wife and I went to Target yesterday to purchase a Christmas gift and, bam! (or should that be, wham!?).

 

[bleys21]

I've bitten the dust--my wife and I went to Target yesterday to purchase a Christmas gift and, bam! (or should that be, wham!?).

Its definitely the latter! Lol.

And I'm still alive, suckers! I'm taking this thing all the way to Da House!

 

[Bunch]

Its definitely the latter! Lol.

And I'm still alive, suckers! I'm taking this thing all the way to Da House!

Someone find where he lives stat!

 

[Tulpa Girl]

Retail Employee Requests Workers’ Comp After Hearing Wham!’s “Last Christmas” 11 Times in One Day

Local sales associate Alice Thompson recently filed for workers’ compensation after claiming her retail store made her perform under “‘vigorous conditions” due to having to hear “Last Christmas” by the English pop duo Wham! almost a dozen times in a single shift.

thehardtimes.net

 

[spittingimage]

Got sniped at the Fancy Continental Food store yesterday. I heard several of the employees groan, so either they hear it way too often or they're playing Whamageddon too.

Those of you who are still in - win this thing. Win it for us.

 

[bleys21]

Someone find where he lives stat!

No, no, nope, not necessary, just stay where you are!

 

[Acmegamer]

No, no, nope, not necessary, just stay where you are!

 

[soltakss]

I have heard several of apologies for playing Last Christmas recently, once from the DJ at Northampton Town FC mentioned above and, apparently, one on Channel Four.

Now, I get that it is a game that a lot of people play and gratuitously playing the song just to get people out of the game is a nasty thing to do, but it's Christmas and Last Christmas is a very popular Christmas song and deserves to be played often. Every time I go into a shopping centre or supermarket I feel that I am dicing with death but I don't feel hard done by when I hear it. Instead, I feel relieved when I don't, as I have dodged another bullet.

So, don't apologise for playing a Christmas hit at Christmas.

 

[bleys21]

Close call at the supermarket. While buying beer (and only beer, as that gives me the weirdest looks lol) a cover version of The Song That Shall Not Be Mentioned was played. Thankfully, it was a cover version, so I was spared the indignity of getting Wham'd 8 days before Christmas.

I'm not leaving the house again.

In it to win it!

 

[spittingimage]

So, don't apologise for playing a Christmas hit at Christmas.

If people change their public-music-playing habits as a result of the game, it would spoil the game. Taking a risk is the point.

 

[Giganotosaurus]

Got whammed today while getting floss. That's 2 years in a row now that I've lost the game.

 

[bleys21]

T-minus (depending on where you are...) 5 days and counting! Who's still in?

I'm not going anywhere, for any reason... lol.

 

[PolarBlues]

I'm not going anywhere, for any reason... lol.

That is not going to save you. I got taken out this morning in the safety of my own house, just watching the news at breakdfast.

Warning to all UK Pubbers! Beware of Sky News this morning. Beware!

 

[Godfather Punk]

That is not going to save you. I got taken out this morning in the safety of my own house, just watching the news at breakdfast.

Warning to all UK Pubbers! Beware of Sky News this morning. Beware!

Was it a news item about Whamageddon, perchance?

 

[Mankcam]

A warning for any Aussies still standing - ABC National played WHAM Last Christmas this morning !!!
We are not safe down here

 

[PolarBlues]

Was it a news item about Whamageddon, perchance?

That's the worst of it, I don't know. I wasn't even paying attention to the TV until they started playing that song. Then something in the back of my mind registered the threat, but by then it was too late.

 

[Lofgeornost]

Got whammed today while getting floss. That's 2 years in a row now that I've lost the game.

But at least you've got good dental hygiene!

Whamageddon aside, the Christmas song that makes me want to smash speakers is "Santa Baby." It makes nails on a chalkboard sound like the "Ode to Joy."

 

[PolarBlues]

But at least you've got good dental hygiene!

Whamageddon aside, the Christmas song that makes me want to smash speakers is "Santa Baby." It makes nails on a chalkboard sound like the "Ode to Joy."

 

[Lofgeornost]

One of the major clues to the godawfulness of "Santa Baby" is that even Eartha Kitt couldn't save the song.

 

[Godfather Punk]

Today a local dj asked her co-host if he had heard about Whamageddon. She went on to explain a bit because she loved 'Last Christmas' and was going to play it next. So any listeners who were still in the race could switch channels, but "please come back to us in 5 minutes".
Now that's what I call considerate.

 

[MoonHunter]

I got caught yesterday. Well half caught. It was someone else's version of Last Christmas when I was listening to a holiday mix.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

I got caught yesterday. Well half caught. It was someone else's version of Last Christmas when I was listening to a holiday mix.

Covers don't count! You're still in it!

 

[MoonHunter]

Covers don't count! You're still in it!

WOOHOO!!!!

 

[bleys21]

One day of work left! Just gotta stay in my office, and keep my head down, then stay home over the weekend, threaten the wife and family with horrible punishments if they turn on the radio...

 

[thebigh]

Whamageddon aside, the Christmas song that makes me want to smash speakers is "Santa Baby."

It doesn't just sound terrible, the sentiment behind it is loathsome too.

 

[Rich H]

The end times are nigh...

Last Christmas scores Christmas number one, beating Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey

Wham's festive classic tops the Christmas chart for the first time, 39 years after its release.

www.bbc.co.uk

... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. AVOID ALL TV CHANNELS.

 

[Giganotosaurus]

 

[Bunch]

I've always loved Santa Baby. I understand why some object to it but I put it in the context of the 1950-60's and think they are both flirting.

 

[3rik]

Today a local dj asked her co-host if he had heard about Whamageddon. She went on to explain a bit because she loved 'Last Christmas' and was going to play it next. So any listeners who were still in the race could switch channels, but "please come back to us in 5 minutes".
Now that's what I call considerate.

A DJ here did something similar by playing a loud air alarm on top of giving the listeners a warning. Saved my ass twice already this week.

 

[3rik]

I just went down. I made it through the work week but this morning they featured the song on the news ... I'm out.

 

[PolarBlues]

I just went down. I made it through the work week but this morning they featured the song on the news ... I'm out.

So close yet so far away. The news is what got me too this year. It's been a brutal Whamageddon season. The usual survival strategies aren't working any longer.

 

[Godfather Punk]

I'm sure the recent public awareness of the Whamageddon has nothing to do with it, but:

Last Christmas scores Christmas number one, beating Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey

Wham's festive classic tops the Christmas chart for the first time, 39 years after its release.

www.google.com

It's a Saturnalia miracle!

 

[Tulpa Girl]

Barring any emergencies, I shouldn't have to go out any tomorrow, so I may actually make it this year.

 

[Bunch]

Barring any emergencies, I shouldn't have to go out any tomorrow, so I may actually make it this year.

Knock knock.. candygram
Knock knock.. landshark
Knock knock.. man with phone playing Wham! 's Last Christmas

 

[spittingimage]

Knock knock.. candygram
Knock knock.. landshark
Knock knock.. man with phone playing Wham! 's Last Christmas

Having it as a ring tone would be a mean trick. Must remember that for next year.

 

[Mankcam]

Bloody WHAM was the third song on a random Spotify christmas playlist this morning!
My entire family was take out during breakfast, just like a Mafia hit, heh heh

 

[PolarBlues]

The end times are nigh...

Last Christmas scores Christmas number one, beating Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey

Wham's festive classic tops the Christmas chart for the first time, 39 years after its release.

www.bbc.co.uk

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... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. AVOID ALL TV CHANNELS.

I am almost positive next years' Christmas #1 will be Gaudete Christus Est Natus. I mean if a 40 year old song and still make #1, why not a 600 year one?

 

[3rik]

Having it as a ring tone would be a mean trick. Must remember that for next year.

Found a drum cover by Thomas Lang of Last Christmas among my Youtube suggestions ...

 

[bleys21]

Bloody WHAM was the third song on a random Spotify christmas playlist this morning!
My entire family was take out during breakfast, just like a Mafia hit, heh heh

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