# Those Voices in your Head: What do they say? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451 "2006-05-19T20:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/1 "2006-05-19T20:13:19Z")
Build an Arc? Clean the guns? Eat that donut? I’m curious. The voices in _my_ head sing _‘You Are My Sunshine’_. Over and over. Between sets they smoke and sometimes joke around for a few minutes. Then they tune their instruments and start again. Once, in the summer of 2003, they sang _God Bless America"_, but just once, then they went back to _“You Are My Sunshine”_. So how about you, fellow **Dopers**? What do the voices in _your_ head say? ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/2 "2006-05-19T20:21:20Z")
Usually it’s just my name. Or something else to get my attention like “Hey!” Not that they have anything else to say after that. I guess they don’t see the fun in burning things. Also, they’re usually the voice of someone I know, a friend or family member. But not always. Sometimes it’s neither a familiar voice nor my name. On one memorable occaison, it was the voice of a young girl saying complete gibberish. Also, I don’t hear them often. The last time was in November. _cough_ Wait, is this a joke thread…? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/3 "2006-05-19T20:26:15Z")
[Eric Idle in Drag voice] Boy we were mighty lucky to get this loft. It so nice and roomy and plenty of space [/Eric Idle in Drag voice] BTW: what kind of “Arc” where you building? **Strinka** : maybe you should get some help. Just saying. 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/4 "2006-05-19T20:33:45Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > _cough_ Wait, is this a joke thread…? I don’t “do” joke threads, man. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/5 "2006-05-19T20:57:31Z")
Mine say tings like: “Watch your back! They’re onto you!” or “Llama llama duck…” Mostly they just blather random things. Lines from odd movies, lyrics, Emily Dickensen poetry sung to Yellow Rose of Texas… It gets rather noisy sometimes because I actually “hear” them. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/6 "2006-05-19T21:09:43Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Mine say tings like: “Watch your back! They’re onto you!” > > or “Llama llama duck…” > > Mostly they just blather random things. Lines from odd movies, lyrics, Emily Dickensen poetry sung to Yellow Rose of Texas… > > It gets rather noisy sometimes because I actually “hear” them. WHAT?!? You’ll have to speak up! I can barely hear you over that - what is that? Yellow rose of Texas? Damn, that is loud. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/7 "2006-05-19T21:12:39Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > [Eric Idle in Drag voice] Boy we were mighty lucky to get this loft. It so nice and roomy and plenty of space [/Eric Idle in Drag voice] > BTW: what kind of “Arc” where you building? > > **Strinka** : maybe you should get some help. Just saying. 😉 > > Jim Dude, you hear Eric Idle in your head? Now that’s weird. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/8 "2006-05-19T21:35:56Z")
Mine say things like “DON’T hack that random geezer to pieces with a samurai sword” and “No, don’t worry: nobody’s after you”. Funnily enough. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/9 "2006-05-19T21:43:58Z")
Bad stuff, man. They are Not My Friend. They remind me of embarrassing stuff that happened a long time ago, until I feel like I’m reliving it. They also gripe a lot, and compare me to everyone they see, until I pacify them with beer. If there’s no beer, I often talk out loud to myself to drown them out. They used to ask me what I thought about what everyone I saw looked like naked, when I was much younger. That was embarrassing, too. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/10 "2006-05-19T21:52:54Z")
They just sing, “Eeeeeeee” at a couple of high pitches, and they never stop. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/11 "2006-05-19T22:32:18Z")
Get out! :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/12 "2006-05-19T22:34:04Z")
You guys really hear voices? I thought only characters in Stephen King novels did that. Well, and people who need medication. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/13 "2006-05-19T22:48:16Z")
Well… :dubious: Got a problem with med-people? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/14 "2006-05-19T23:01:52Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Dude, you hear Eric Idle in your head? Now that’s weird. 🙂 You mean you don’t? I thought everyone heard Monty Python in their heads. Could be a lot worse, I could hear Gilbert Gottfried. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/15 "2006-05-19T23:02:44Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Got a problem with med-people? No. Why? ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/16 "2006-05-19T23:02:49Z")
You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? Damn voices. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/17 "2006-05-20T01:08:00Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. What can I eat? You’re fat. … Wow. I didn’t think you could hear mine all the way in New Zealand. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/18 "2006-05-20T01:28:49Z")
It’s usually among the lines of: “Yesssss! You will do my bidding! Mwahahahaha!” They never get to the part about what I’m supposed to be doing, though. For a while in the 1970s I assumed I was supposed to be killing people; but after I killed about 47 frogs for practice, the voices said I was going down the wrong path. Still haven’t told me what I should be doing, though… ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/19 "2006-05-20T01:45:40Z")
AHH! Damn them! They never remind me to clean the guns - Thanks for reminding me. Unreliable stinkin’ voices. What good are they? On and on with the “They’re watching you! They think you walk funny. Is that how you want to hold your arms?” I don’t really care what “they” think. I DO care about the barrel of my .308 - 2.5 inches at 500 yards and I don’t clean it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451/20 "2006-05-20T01:49:16Z")
You’re cold. You hate people. You aren’t nice to people. See, you weren’t friendly or approachable at all! You’re cordial and polite and that’s as good as it gets. You deserve to be alone and lonely. I’m surprised anyone likes you, _you_ don’t like you, you don’t like _being_ you, you are mean and selfish and you hurt people’s feelings and you don’t care, you don’t even notice, well just slink on off and go be by yourself somewhere. Oh yeah, you’re functional, do you know where you are, did you miss your train stop? Can you manage to knock someone down while you frantically shove your way to the door? You’re a menace, the only reason you don’t do more damage to people is that you’re as inert as a toadstool. Except when you walk, you walk like the most OCD freakazoid in the world, trying to get from point A to point B in the shortest time & number of steps possible, not making eye contact and scowling at people who dare to get in your all-important WAY. As you shove past and through and over them sometimes with phony apologies, you’re sorry they got in your path and slowed you down, you call them cattle in your head dont you, yeah real nice you are. Yes dumbass she was flirting with you, she thinks you’re interesting because she doesn’t know any better, and you were as warm and welcoming as a half-melted snowball, and then awkward and embarrassed, ooh she might be able to tell that you find her body delicious, and then she’ll think you’re a creep, yeah as if, what are you stoopid, it’s the expectation that women would think you’re some kind of creep if you dare to find them sexy and attractive that makes you a creep, and yeah you’re definitely a creep, not an ominous evil Darth Vader creep oh no just a nervous hand-wringing twisted self-effacing shy drooling ‘Gee I’m so sorrry I so desperately wanna do you’ kind of creep. Yecch, I’m sure you made her day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-voices-in-your-head-what-do-they-say/357451.md?page=2)