@psneeze I saw this literally as the clock hit 5 minutes to midnight so I better take it literally. I just need my server administrator to put up the test card and then I'll be off to the leaba.

@timtfj @the_wub I absolutely believe they tested for hoovering pitch. And that the big tune gets drowned out

@timtfj @martinkubler @afewbugs Yes, poetic too

@zipkid Oh they'll play the national anthem at full volume, so it'll wake you up.

@Tock @Janet_52square Ha ha

@Heliograph

@jwcph That's when Feditips and LisaMelton come in and ask us nicely to stop, ah now, go on home, and because we would never want to disappoint them, we do.

@martinkubler @afewbugs @timtfj Oh yes, the shipping forecast. Great idea. So soothing. Kind of hypnotic.

@kinkkong I have assumed that it's based on your own local midnight. And either your own national anthem or some Fedi-anthem alternative.

@timtfj @the_wub That's the one. Cool that you've actually played it!

@iamdavidobrien @Janet_52square @psneeze It's Mor in Danish. Mammy or Mam or Mum or Ma or Mamaí in Hiberno-English and Irish.

@Janet_52square @Tock Haha, versions of that scenario probably do play out sometimes when moderators give someone a warning after some unacceptable tooting.

@timtfj @the_wub That's ideal. With a real foghorn, yes. Either this or that Arnold Overture which starred David Attenborough playing the hoover with the orchestra at Last Night of the Proms.

@Janet_52square @psneeze Worse than putting the fear of God in is, the fear of our mammies

@jlperuyero The older we get, the more radical we get, I think. In the best way!

@CommonSparrow The deeply cultural, deeply nostalgic, often deeply patriotic sounds and styles of closing time in different countries and in different situations - at the pub, at the theatre, on the telly, on the radio.

@celesteh @afewbugs @timtfj At a guess, it was a trendy pub.

@afewbugs @timtfj I like this idea. An alternative Fedi-anthem for each country. Decided by Fedi-poll.

@jlperuyero A rather radical way to expand the Fediverse

@Tock Haha - this being the community-minded Fediverse, there'll be no cops, just an instance moderator passing on their bike who stops to ask kindly if you need any help finding your way home.