# Old bits that come into your head **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [June 29, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149 "2022-06-29T22:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/1 "2022-06-29T22:08:55Z")
I thought of a line from a stand-up routine. I had to look it up to remember where it was from. There’s the line: > Richard Pryor: [whispering] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. And I’m very happy that you came here. I would like to make you laugh, I would like to make you cry, I would like to make you. And reading that reminded me of another thing that comes to mind occasionally, though I didn’t remember it was from the same bit until I read it. > ‘Life’s a bowl of cherries.’ That’s what some pervert wrote. [laughs] Some guy hangin’ around a girl’s school, right? Y’know… In an old Ford coupe, [laughs] right? With a newspaper over his lap. [Mimicking] ‘Life is just a bowl of cherries!’ Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/2 "2022-06-30T01:00:28Z")
“voo-bah, voo-bah, voo-bah” –Disgraced old comedian ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/3 "2022-06-30T01:06:13Z")
Someone says, “That’s not true!” I bite my tongue before, “It IS true, you… pompous ass!” pops outta my mouth. – Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman) from, “The Poseidon Adventure.” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/4 "2022-06-30T01:11:18Z")
Man lives in the sunlit world… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mioevxb2CfA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHSBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWihKMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBzTwra-2EsBSvaVFRls_gO_F3npA "Tales from the Darkside Intro 80's") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mioevxb2CfA) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/5 "2022-06-30T01:14:52Z")
I have the DVD set. Haven’t gotten round to watching it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/6 "2022-06-30T04:11:58Z")
Ding! Noah! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/7 "2022-06-30T04:13:14Z")
For me, whenever someone says, “I don’t know” I just have to reply, “third base!” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/8 "2022-06-30T04:21:37Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > “voo-bah, voo-bah, voo-bah” > –Disgraced old comedian Whenever I hear “chocolate cake,” my brain adds, “…and grapefruit juice,” thanks to that same disgraced old comedian. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/9 "2022-06-30T07:42:21Z")
Years ago, before cellphones, I worked at a place where our department was next to Customer Service. All the customer service reps had beepers, which sounded much like the fry machines at McDonald’s, when the fries were ready. The reps didn’t wear their beepers all the time, and often their beepers were left on their desks while they were getting coffee or were in the washroom. So if one of their unattended beepers went off, and wasn’t stopped, we’d all holler, “The fries are ready.” I still think “the fries are ready” when I hear the beeping of trucks or heavy equipment reversing. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/10 "2022-06-30T14:02:50Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Whenever I hear “chocolate cake,” my brain adds, “…and grapefruit juice,” thanks to that same disgraced old comedian. Oh yeah? Well, who told you that you was the big Jello Sheriff of the house? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/11 "2022-06-30T15:07:55Z")
“Glorioski!” - Little Annie Rooney ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/12 "2022-06-30T15:14:00Z")
I was out driving my stick-shift car yesterday and thought of Cosby’s routine about driving stick, where he hated first gear, second was not his best friend in the world, but third was fine - he’d run over someone rather than have to brake and start all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/13 "2022-06-30T15:23:08Z")
That man was the funniest sexual predator I ever knew. And I’ve known a few . . . I retire tomorrow. My release from prison is imminent! I’ll relax and listen to my old Cosby LPs ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/14 "2022-06-30T15:24:48Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I retire tomorrow. My release from prison is imminent! Outstanding! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/15 "2022-06-30T15:27:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I retire tomorrow. My release from prison is imminent! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/16 "2022-06-30T15:31:47Z")
Thanks. But I should open a thread on the topic instead of causing a hijack here. Sounds like a plan for tomorrow or so. “How long can you tread water” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/17 "2022-06-30T15:32:35Z")
Pregnant elephant. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/18 "2022-06-30T15:33:10Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > “How long can you tread water” Riiiiiiiiight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/19 "2022-06-30T15:35:26Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Pregnant elephant. “Barawwwwm!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149/20 "2022-06-30T15:53:42Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > “voo-bah, voo-bah, voo-bah” > –Disgraced old comedian [Steve Rogers Voice]I understood that reference![/SRV] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149.md?page=2)