Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for March 10, 2024

I used to be able to sing a note only audible to dogs. Maybe. My dog seemed to act like he could hear it.

I was expecting a whole bunch of dogs to show up with the joke being that Marigold was singing at a note humans can’t hear but dogs can.

You could probably write a song about this.

Do garage door remotes really use ultrasound?

I remember a 70s comedy show, I think it was called “Holmes and Yo-yo”, where the titular Yo-yo was a human looking robot working as a cop. A running gag was that he kept reacting to nearby remotes, like revolving along with a garage door.

“““Most remotes use a specific (radio) frequency in the range of 300-400MHz“““

Although there seem to be newer ones who are “smart“ and use WiFi.

Or, it could be a ship at the local navy base running an equipment test that accidentally opened everyone’s garage doors.

Marigold, simply magical!

Nikola Tesla once said that if you want to understand the universe, study vibration and energy. So I have!

She’s a savvy one, that Phoebe.

Oh, LA!

Noone would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century…

The ear can′t hear as high as that!

Still I ought to please any passing bat!

—Swann & Flanders, “Song of Reproduction”

I remember hearing once about how the US military were experimenting with a new communications system (or something to that end, I don’t remember the exact details off-hand) in California by making various test transmissions, only to discover a very critical flaw when they learned that every time they broadcasted something, several automatic garage doors in the nearby towns would open simultaneously, confusing a lot of the residents.

I guess Phoebe lives in a house with an old garage door opener that has an ultrasonic remote.

Not me, but I can get there. https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=xmnmffDcCN8

is that a blue prius? i used to have a blue prius named “wooley blue curl”*

*regular quotes

i have a theory that every red prius is actually “phoebe bridgers”^

^finger quotes

shes sorta like a transformer, but she can be, and is any and every red prius at any moment.

..Hey, Why are my ears ringing and wheres Icicle going?