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I recently received a £2 voucher from a supermarket after complaining vociferously about the poor quality of their own-brand Rich Tea biscuits, which I spent on more tasty, tasty biscuits. Tell us about your trivial victories that have made life a tiny bit better.

(, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 12:07)
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A-Level Music Tech
Was taught in a cupboard with a few computers and mics in it, a kettle, and the music teacher's fridge. Since we were pretty much stuck in there while the music class was being taught in the "real" room, we used to buy food in the morning and use the fridge, staying there all day.

One afternoon, last session, music teacher storms in from his already rowdy class, roots through the fridge for a desperate last minute sugar rush. There is no chocolate there. In the confusion of snacking goods that ends up in there, it probably got eaten.

He turns around and his eye lights on one of the quieter techies, a guy with the wonderful surname "Fish". And in a bellow which shuts up his music class, our group and probably the entire wing of the school, he bellows, "FIIIIIIISH! WHERE'S MY FLAKE?!!?!"

Cue a very cowed lot of students, a hasty whip around to get the approximate cost of a flaky chocolate bar, and an utterly crushed Fish. It wasn't so much getting yelled at for one of us eating a chocolate bar, it was the fact he took his anger at the music class out on the shyest member of the group. Anyway...

The small victory came the next day, after the humiliation had faded, when we found out that our techie teacher had managed to record the scream of chocolate withdrawal. It found its way, subtly or not so subtly, into nearly every remix we did that year. A few moderators must have been confused to have disks sent to them with titles like "Scarborough Fair [Flakey Fish Mix]

EDIT: Remix in the replies
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 0:43, 4 replies)
Good story but would be better with an example of the work.

(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 1:52, closed)
Theres no Christian bolt and ski
WHAT THA FAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKKKK!!!!
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 3:36, closed)
I only kept one, which was the silliest one
A couple of guys in the class recorded themselves doing impressions; the real recording is at about 0.23. It became the example we all used when we were playing with pitch correction etc. (This isn't my remix, for the record. :P )

soundcloud.com/sivvus_leanne/flake-fish-mix/s-s1Owj
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 13:33, closed)
Soundcloud
http://soundcloud.com/
It'll do full wav quality with almost no buffering time. I don't know how they manage it, but I'm guessing witchcraft.
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 20:24, closed)
Cheers :D
Changed it over.
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 21:53, closed)
Genius.
I'd like to hear some too.
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 7:40, closed)

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