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Anyone else out of Whamageddon already?

127 replies

Thorilicious · 01/12/2021 19:45

Didn't even make it to Midday! Grin

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Delphinna · 03/12/2021 15:19

Don't listen to the radio! Rookie mistake.
But if you normally listen to the radio isn’t it cheating to avoid it? I thought you were supposed to go around as normal and fate will decide whether you hear it or not.

DidgeDoolittle · 03/12/2021 15:25

I'm still in, but heard bloody Band Aid yesterday.

spiderlight · 03/12/2021 15:44

I was out on Day 1 thanks to a certain devious friend on FB posting it as the soundtrack to a video of his puppy with the caption 'sound up'.

FinallyFluid · 03/12/2021 15:51

I switched to Classic FM a few days ago, I ride shotgun with DS and drop him to work, he does not have Classic FM in his preset stations, so I drive home in silence.

I need to find my headphones for nipping into JS, thank God for Tesco delivery.

tigger1001 · 03/12/2021 15:58

Out now! Thanks to my teenager! One teenager free to a good home....

PassingByAndThoughtIdDropIn · 03/12/2021 16:03

Does it count if you read a set of parody lyrics in a satirical tweet and then accidentally find yourself singing it? Or is that covered in the cover version exemption?

Radio 6 has been fine so far, and Radio 3, which I listen to at work, is my special safe place.

PassingByAndThoughtIdDropIn · 03/12/2021 16:04

With Classic FM you're always vulnerable to the adverts.

GTAlogic · 03/12/2021 16:54

JorisBonson I know but they always seem to use the real version to sing along to when practising. That's how I got Whammed last year! Still in it so far though... Xmas Smile

TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder · 03/12/2021 16:58

I’m still in (I do genuinely only really listen to radio 4 though…..Desert Island Discs might be risky I suppose Grin)

TheOneWithTwoParties · 03/12/2021 17:07

I watched a BBC radio Christmas advert that bloody well had it in. I wouldn’t mind but it was linked from the Radio 4 Facebook page so I didn’t expect it. Also it’s a really shit ad and I was about to turn it off when it happened.

I do love the song though so now I can just listen to it freely.

user1471517095 · 03/12/2021 17:25

I got caught last year in M & S. Thought I was safe because they were playing Back to Black by Amy Winehouse. Followed that up with Last Christmas. I mean, who does that?!

alloalloallo · 03/12/2021 17:30

I have so far stayed Wham-free

Have heard Mariah Carey and a new one by Ed Sheeran and Elton John (which I actually quite liked Blush)

Thorilicious · 03/12/2021 21:53

DH is now out. He's now determined to catch out ds, despite me reminding him about the don't be a dick rule...

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sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea · 03/12/2021 21:58

I'm still in. DD has got all of her friends to play as well this year, having had a VERY serious chat about the 'don't be a dick' rule.

dubyalass · 03/12/2021 23:28

I got done in mid-November (FFS!) so I'm delighted to find out it only starts on 1st Dec. It'll be a shop or the telly that gets me - I don't listen to R2 or the commercial stations.

EvilRingahBitch · 04/12/2021 07:43

I read the Guardian article last night and accidentally clicked on the embedded YouTube video at the end!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/03/whamageddon-is-this-the-worlds-most-difficult-christmas-game

RufustheFloralmissingreindeer · 04/12/2021 09:35

After roping in my children in and making a very strong statement on our whatsapp group that they were….and i quote ‘going down’

I lost on Thursday, in my dads car, it was on the radio

Cheeseontoastforlunch · 04/12/2021 18:54

I’m out! Got by flicking through tv channels and the holiday was on! Humbug

SpindlesWinterWhorl · 04/12/2021 19:20

Unbelievably, I'm still in. Shock

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WhoWants2Know · 04/12/2021 20:52

Not yet, but it's only a matter of time. Work tends to have a radio station playing that's been nothing but Christmas songs for weeks

Namechangesagain · 04/12/2021 20:54

Was got today as dh had the Christmas radio station in his car. Would have missed it if lidl queue had been 2 people longer so i blame short queues for losing 😂

ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy · 04/12/2021 20:56

@tiredanddangerous

Don't listen to the radio! Rookie mistake.
I listen to either Kerrang or Classic FM, as both of those are safe! It's the bloody TV that could be my downfall...you never know when it could pop up. Xmas Hmm
FinallyFluid · 06/12/2021 13:52

I am still in.

SSOYS · 06/12/2021 13:54

I was standing in the street when rickshaw went by blasting it out. Hit and run.

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