Tim Minchin - You Grew On Me

Tim Minchin sings about love that just creeps up on you unawares!
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• you grew on me
• carcinoma
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[atreyurockmysocks]

It makes me sad that he said meningococcal meningitis is caused by a virus

:/

its caused by a bacterium.

[BestOfTimMinchin]

@atreyurockmysocks NO! Meningococcus is a bacterium. Meningococcal Meningitis can have many hypervirulent strains. There is a Meningococcal Virus strain causing havoc in many parts of China right now. Meningitis in general can be either Viral or Bacterial. If you're being pedantic, you can't get Malignant Melanoma in your heart either! Tim is the son of a surgeon. I'm sure he knows this.

[rgerigsijg]

@BestOfTimMinchin Nope meningococcal meningitis is caused by a bacteria called Neisseria meningitis which initially causes a meningicoccal infection which can then spread to the meninges causes meningococcal meningitis. Viral meningitis is different, and is caused by a number of different viruses, but is actually separate from meningicoccal meningitis as a disease

[BestOfTimMinchin]

@rgerigsijg You are 90% correct. Well Wikipedia'd. However Neisseria Meningitidis (note the correct spelling), is often erroneously referred to as Meningococcus. It is a bacterium that CAN cause meningitis, and is one of the many non-virulent strains I was referring to in my previous post. This is not a pissing contest to show how ignorant you are. May I also point out that I am a Doctor and Scientist.

[Skeew1]

"successful removal of you would probably kill me too"

that line sums up Tim's songs for me: they can be silly, but they are also heartfelt and beautiful

[KrumpingKatie]

@hyperbeanify Pianos have always been cool you urchin >:I

[dictationer]

tim minchin...writing a love song??? bitch please

[ruleofwrist20]

anyone care that he is an amazing musician as well as a brilliant comedian? Stop being so damn pedantic and laugh.....it's funny, remember what that is?

[ThePauldoughty]

can we stop being picky about exactly what he says and just enjoy the genius that he is

[hyperbeanify]

tim made piano playing cool

[andrewjfarrington]

@BestOfTimMinchin You are both mostly correct. Meningococcal meningitis is a form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, also known as the meningococcus. A coccus is a round bacterium, so it is a contradiction to say you can have a strain of viral menigococcal meningitis, although you can have viral meningitis. Also, the word virulent can refer to both bacteria and viruses, so perhaps this is where your confusion lies. But refer to sams2471992's comment. I agree with him.

[sbagg88]

@bectaaa No.

[bectaaa]

Is it wrong to find this song ridiculously sweet and want to cry everytime I hear it?

[sams2471992]

@atreyurockmysocks

To be fair, he didn't actually say that meningococcal meningitis is caused by a virus, the actual line is 'I picked you up like a virus // Like meningococcal meningitis'. They're two separate lines of the song, it doesn't mean that he's saying that it's caused by a virus. He's just giving two separate kinds of illness (that handily rhyme) that you can catch.