Speaking of "Rocky Top", in addition to being the world's most overplayed bluegrass song, it is, as many of you are doubtlessly aware, the "fight song" for the athletic teams of the University of Tennessee. As such, it played a major role in one of the most outrageous practical jokes I have ever had the pleasure of being a party to. I guess this thread is as good a place as any to tell the story.

For several years, I worked for a fellow who had graduated from Florida State University and was a serious football supporter and season-ticket holder. For those of you who live outside the US (or just don't give a shit), FSU is a perennial contender for the national championship of US college football. A few years ago, FSU played Tennessee for the national championship and lost. My boss had attended the game which was played at, I believe, the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona. Anyway, the office staff decided that the humiliation of having his team lose was not quite enough. So, our office alpha-geek went online, found a really obnoxious MIDI of "Rocky Top", downloaded it onto the boss's computer and set it to play when a new window was opened. Boss arrived back home, took the requisite number of jibes for being a supporter of a losing team and sat down to get some work done on his computer only to have it play the other team's fight song as soon as he opened a window. How sweet it was.

After about a dozen plays we were told to remove it or find other jobs. So it goes.

Bruce