I guess I should stop telling the pharmacist, “Wait…no…no…let’s go with the anti-flu shot.”
I was once in a meeting with someone called Eileen Quinn, which is close enough to Aileen Quinn.
We were supposed to be visiting a building site to check on progress, but it was a mud bath due to rain. I suggested we reschedule, as hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow. She smiled, but nobody else got the reference.
Years ago I worked with a guy who’s last name was “Batman”. I tried to avoid making any obvious jokes when he was first hired and introduced. I couldn’t imagine going through life with a name like that. I’m sure he’d heard every stupid joke imaginable, multiple times.
Being a Dave, people have said to me “Dave’s not here, man!” more times than I can count over the last 50 years. It got old after, oh, I’d say after about the fifth time…which would’ve been early in 1972.
Any 2001 references?
Strangely enough, no. I guess quoting HAL isn’t nearly as funny to people as Cheech and Chong.
I’m seeing two sorts here … the ones we can’t stand hearing, and the ones we can’t stop ourselves from saying!
We know better… Dave.
HAL is probably why there’s no male operating system personas, at least not on Siri’s level.
Well it’s probably because women are viewed as more pleasant and accommodating than men, in general.
Doesn’t HAL just prove it?
I prefer the passive aggressive AI lady from Portal.
I’ve never actually seen 2001 so I didn’t get the reference.
Since I’m sick of “livin’ the dream,” I quote the immortal Spinal Tap from their song, “Hell Hole”: I’m ridin’ the jet stream. (The actual lyric is “I rode the jet stream”). It’s close enough to be relatable, but obscure and different enough to be entertaining.
I can’t help it. When the clerk asks if I want a receipt, I want to (and used to) say ‘In case I don’t win, I can get a refund?’
Someone please tell Mrs. Cad to stop joking about refueling when we are driving her Tesla past a gas station.
I’ll bet that 90% of those people have been in at least one discussion with somebody who didn’t understand that.
(The other 10% just have a better deadpan than you do.)
Our friends with an apple orchard dropped off apples for xmas for me and my employees. One young woman (25 with two kids) told me she had no idea what to do with all the apples. They never ate apples.
I started telling her all the things we do; baked apples, applesauce, sliced dehydrated apples, apple crumble, apple pie, and when I said “apple pie” she laughed. She thought I was joking. She thought to make apple pie you bought canned sliced apples (that’s her only experience with making apple pie).
I managed to inflict a bucket handle tear in the medial meniscus of my right knee that required surgery. At the close of the pre-op visit, the Doctor asked if I had any other questions, so naturally I asked “Will I be able to play the violin after the operation.” He didn’t appear to get the reference, however the younger intern who was present did crack a smile.
One time I was visiting London, and I wanted to see a church for which the best transportation was to go to the Wimbledon tube stop. An employee saw me looking at the Tube map, and afterward, my stairway wit realized that I should have said “How do I get to Wimbledon?” and see if he took the bait.
Years ago Mrs. J. and I were passing down the weatherstripping aisle at Lowe’s and I remarked to her that I needed some caulk.
She shushed me. 
These “caulk” jokes are a little puzzling to me because I don’t pronounce “caulk” like “cock”. At first I thought that it was just because having grown up in Chicago, I don’t have the COT/CAUGHT merger, and the people who are making these jokes do (so they pronounce “cot” and “caught” the same). But I wonder if there’s more to it than that. Does anyone pronounce “cot” and “caught” differently, but pronounce “cock” and “caulk” the same?
ETA Actually I’m going to make a poll about this in the Polls Only thread.
Your conversation was recorded. Almost NSFW