Lazy harp seal has no job

Good luck getting this song out of your head.

Maggie Koerth-Baker is the science editor at BoingBoing.net. She writes a monthly column for The New York Times Magazine and is the author of Before the Lights Go Out, a book about electricity, infrastructure, and the future of energy. You can find Maggie on Twitter and Facebook.

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Steve Taylor

This makes me improbably cheerful.
TheKaz1969

Great, another catchy Parry Gripp song. Well, at least I’ll get Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute out of my head now…
vytautasmalesh

Why would I *want* this song out of my head?!?

LAZY HARP SEAL 2012!!!
- http://deansli.st/ Dean Putney
  
  The lazy harp seal campaign doesn’t stand a chance against Putney/Koerth-Baker 2012. Especially not with that work ethic!
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  I was hoping that it would push He’s A Cat – Flushing The Toilet! out of my head, but no luck.
millie fink

Arrgghh, I’m hooked! Damn you, Maggie!
OldBrownSquirrel

Harp seal is popular with the ladies. Do I detect some resentment from Parry Gripp?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Nell-Anvoid/100002383626402 Nell Anvoid

Fine. But what does Lazy Harp Seal think of his life when he lies awake in the morning staring at the snow? Does he have regrets? Does he think of what might have been if he wasn’t so lazy? Sure there are the girls, the glamour…but what does it all mean?
- http://twitter.com/blindeschildpad Blinde Schildpad
  
  That’s why Harp Seals go clubbing. It’s the only time they feel real. It’s the only time they feel anything!
  - jimh
    
    Yup, that’s not lazy, that’s hung over. The night before was all glow sticks and techno.
  - http://twitter.com/Jesse_Hirsch Jesse Hirsch
    
    clubbing and seals aren’t words that go together
Just_Ok

Yah, it’s been replaced by Frantics: Boot to the Head. Nyah Nyah
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=1118134806 Doc_S
  
  Kids in the Hall – no. The Frantics.
  
  Patience, Ed Gruberman.
  - Just_Ok
    
    ;) Nyah Nyah
crwatson21

I love Parry Gripp.
Terry Fairbrother

no earworm for me, but “back it up, my daddy taught me good” keeps popping into my head.
jaysonelliot

Here’s the original show that the footage is from, if you’d like more majestic vistas and harp seal cuteness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPbjEejNktg
Editz

TMBG is not amused.
rtresco

I love how one of the videos to watch at the end is Azealia Banks – 212, maybe the exact opposite of this video.
- http://twitter.com/Jesse_Hirsch Jesse Hirsch
  
  Not opposites, exactly. Very different videos, yet both are crazy addictive.
travtastic

WANT
Paul Renault

Hmm, video evidence that these people are breaking the law (if they’re in Canada).

There are minimum distances that you have to keep from harp seals. Even if your name is Paul McCartney.
OriGuy

Harp seal sashimi, anyone?
- Paul Renault
  
  You can make sashimi from mammals?
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_meat#Japan
gullevek

What have you don?
Really?

I can’t stop listening to this song.

Cross posting around the universe …
Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet

Damn you, damn you to hell Maggie K-B! How am I going to get rid of that without resorting to Conjunction Junction?
Culturedropout

That gives me an idea. Asian chicks are hot. I’m already shaped basically like a harp seal and I lay around a lot. 1) Steal a white fursuit, 2) ???, 3) Profit. XD
DevinC

The REAL issue isn’t whether these harp seals are lazy or not, but whether or not they have opportunities and a real social safety net.