Comments on: Meet Lyle

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:23:51 +0000

OK Guys I’m working on this. I need to get an unbiased opinion on the vomit sound. After all this hype I really don’t want to make an ass of myself. It’s 8pm here and I’ve been drinking so I’m figuring this will only add to the experience.

Oh my what have I agreed to do – Timmy forgive me.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:14:20 +0000

It’s the antiquarian in Phil makes him want to put himself to extra trouble, I suspect.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:01:41 +0000

Oh, and uploading it from a digital recording is piss simpler than a wax cone. We are all waiting, Phil.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:00:31 +0000

Phil, there is actually freeware available to download, that will probably be adequate for capturing your talents, at least a forgiveably rough version. Check ‘audio recording freeware’ or something like that, on google. Audacity is the first one that comes up I think, and I downloaded that myself a couple of years ago, didn’t use it much, Apple makes much more user-friendly interfaces. But don’t let that put you off, it’s free, and it is better than a wax cone. You will need a microphone. If you have one built into your computer, that would probably do, but an external mic would be better.

By: Kathy Hilen-Smith

Kathy Hilen-Smith — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:53:47 +0000

Sheila, that’s the kind of doggie-style vomiting I’d expect you to perform. Atta girl!!

Phil, I’ve got a disc waiting in the CD burner. Poor Timmy is hiding under the bed by now.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:41:10 +0000

I will attempt to construct some sort of tread mill contraption and utilise Timmy as a power source. I think I need wax although I’m not quite sure what for. You know like boiling water at a birth.

OK, I have to go and perfect this if I am to broadcast it.

Gulpingly yours

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:38:04 +0000

I vomit primarily to gain attention, Kathy, though often to a good end such as distracting participants in a fistfight. So I do go for as much drama as I can inject into the thing. Sometimes I opt for a protracted build-up. Very suspenseful. Cooper Renner could tell you about that. At least an hour of threatening and of failed attempts before the final request to pull the car off to the shoulder of the road there by Mountain Creek Lake.

Phil, I wonder whether amongst the lures to trap tourists there in Bath you might find one of those old make-your-own recording booths. You’d still have to upload the recording, but at least you’d have an archival record.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:27:55 +0000

Kathy I am laughing so loud – perhaps I will record my attempts at a vomit sound – do I have the means to do that? I have no idea.

Looking for a piece of acetate and a pin…oh yes, a cone of card – how do I convert that to digital? Will a prayer help?

By: Kathy Hilen-Smith

Kathy Hilen-Smith — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:21:45 +0000

Sheila, no, Gracie has not. But I suspect she’s considered it. About doggie-style vomiting, do you make a big dramatic show of it? Hunch over wheezing in every corner while someone tries to place a newspaper in front of your face? Then finally, after several minutes of wheezing and changing corners, eject a tiny teaspoon of white bubbly spittle? Or do you hork it all up in one giant puddle?

Lucy, that video was PERFECT! Reminds me our last staff meeting at work.

Phil, I’ve never tried to reproduce the sound of Bob or Gracie vomiting, but when I hear it, I know exactly which cat is gifting the carpet.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:08:44 +0000

Phil, it never occurred to me to ask why.

And since you asked, my trick for inducing vomiting is actually one I copied from dogs. I gulp a great deal of cold water as rapidly as I possibly can. That often does the trick. Of course, it helps if one is stinking drunk to begin with.