# Phrases that must be repeated in a funny voice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044 "2006-02-11T23:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/1 "2006-02-11T23:37:40Z")
Yesterday, as I was getting dressed for my son’s play, I said to myself, but aloud, “I wonder if I still have that cardigan sweater.” I immediately repeated it, doing a John F Kennedy impression. I didn’t even realize I was doing it until I got to “sweatah.” What phrases or sentences have found need repeating in a voice other than your own? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/2 "2006-02-11T23:45:00Z")
**The fen is ring-ging** (in a Clouseau French accent). **Sons-a-_bitches_!** With a nod to Darren McGavin in Christmas Story. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/3 "2006-02-11T23:59:09Z")
“I’d like to report a burglary.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/4 "2006-02-12T00:00:55Z")
When someone says “thank you,” I’ll often respond with a Grouchoesque “thank _you_!” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/5 "2006-02-12T00:04:42Z")
**Cap’n! I canna gie her anny more poower!** –James Doohan, _Star Trek_ **Verrrrrry interrrrrrresting.** –Arte Johnson, _Laugh-In_ **What’s all this then?** –Terry Jones, _MPFC_ ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/6 "2006-02-12T00:29:40Z")
you’ll be swimmin, with the fishes, see? mmeeaaahhh…see? seriously, nobody in the history of the friggin planet could have talked that way naturally. i just don’t think it’s possible. maybe that’s why the chicagoland gangsters resorted to violence…they had to make cement shoes for all the kids that picked on them through childhood…see? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/7 "2006-02-12T00:43:19Z")
All be bock. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/8 "2006-02-12T00:48:31Z")
All be bock. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/9 "2006-02-12T00:49:53Z")
Uh, I only hit Enter once. The hampsters stuttered. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/10 "2006-02-12T00:54:05Z")
“Ex-cellent!” ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/11 "2006-02-12T01:02:36Z")
“Ve haf ways ov making you talk.” StG ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/12 "2006-02-12T01:08:31Z")
ET phone home ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/13 "2006-02-12T02:14:30Z")
[singsong falsetto] My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. [/singsong falsetto] ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/14 "2006-02-12T02:19:45Z")
“Never mind!” Must be said in a high, nasal voice like, um, Lily Tomlin? Gilda Radner? One of them, from early SNL. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/15 "2006-02-12T02:21:54Z")
Tengo el gato in mis pantalones. My favorite student says this in his grandfather’s heavy Indian accent. Always funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/16 "2006-02-12T02:24:36Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > “Never mind!” Must be said in a high, nasal voice like, um, Lily Tomlin? Gilda Radner? One of them, from early SNL. That was Gilda in her Emily Litella character. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/17 "2006-02-12T02:27:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **The fen is ring-ging** (in a Clouseau French accent). Also “Ay wood laik a rheum” or “Ay em cheer to eenspenkt ze peul.” ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/18 "2006-02-12T02:36:37Z")
Wilburr-rr-rr! I am not a crook. Would you like a blueberry squishy? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/19 "2006-02-12T02:38:13Z")
Go away, or I shall taunt you some more. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-must-be-repeated-in-a-funny-voice/344044/20 "2006-02-12T02:42:16Z")
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