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Singing bus horns in West Sumatra

by Kaibeezy17612924573 comments
The modern evolution of this lives long on the bus around Indonesia, in the form of telolet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_Telolet_Om

by wejick1762305413
Sing me a song, Mr. Kalason man. Sing me a song on a bus. We'll miss all of those pure-ish tone melodies. Driving your competitors nuts.

That was an interesting read. There is a movie called RV, and in that movie there is an RV with a kalason type select-a-melody horn installed. I'm glad we don't have these distractions in our vehicles, but they would surely be a fun diversion while stuck in traffic. Can you imagine the cacophony of a congested California freeway, with each vehicle belting out their own melodies on their own kalason? I can. No thank you. But, to dream...

by imchillyb1762300528
was disappointed there was no bus. and he only knows one song and it's really long.
by fsckboy1762300264