BlogNovember 9, 2011

Celebrate Nigel Tufnel Day

By Patrick Maurer

So my friend Derek posted this great link encouraging people to make 11/11/11 Nigel Tufnel Day. I recognize that many if not most my readers are unfamiliar with Tufnel as featured in the brilliant mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. The film is awesome. Watch it.

The famous scene:

Nigel Tufnel: “The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and…”
Marty DiBergi: “Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?”
Nigel Tufnel: “Exactly.”
Marty DiBergi: “Does that mean it’s louder? Is it any louder?”
Nigel Tufnel: “Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?”
Marty DiBergi: “I don’t know.”
Nigel Tufnel: “Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?”
Marty DiBergi: “Put it up to eleven.”
Nigel Tufnel: “Eleven. Exactly. One louder.”
Marty DiBergi: “Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?”
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] “These go to eleven.”

So on November 11, 2011, a bunch of people want it to be “Nigel Tufnel Day.”

While I LOVE the joke, I’m wondering if we can actually try to do this. No, not just celebrate Spinal Tap, but celebrate the idea of going above the limit.

Let’s not be those “blokes” who only live life at 10.
Let’s do more this Friday.
Let’s purposefully connect with the important people in our life.
Let’s purposefully serve those around us.
Let’s take on that one task we’ve been putting off.

Let’s live at 11.

Please do it, and share the awesome results.

“STONEHENGE!”

Oh yeah, and go watch This is Spinal Tap.

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