# What is wrong with me? Is Freud whispering in my ear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807 "2005-01-03T09:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/21 "2005-01-04T21:32:49Z")
Hey, if you come to Seattle’s Tuesday night trivia group tonight, you can show us all your penis. I know _I’ll_ be there. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/22 "2005-01-04T22:42:25Z")
**Penis ensued** has had me laughing for the better part of the evening…I love it! I doubt you’ve offended anyone 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/23 "2005-01-04T23:13:10Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Hey, if you come to Seattle’s Tuesday night trivia group tonight, you can show us all your penis. I know _I’ll_ be there. In case you’ve lost track of the trivia night thread, we’re talking about you [over there,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5681079#post5681079) **Anastasaeon**. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/24 "2005-01-04T23:35:17Z")
Well, hey, at least you got through the thread title without "Is Freud whispering in my **rear?"** I burning your penis ensued. ---
**Author:** ![MaceMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/25 "2005-01-08T02:35:08Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > …Or my new cat: from “Kero” to “Rico”. I can see how you might easily make this mistake in simply pronouncing the name, but not in spelling it, since the letters aren’t even similar. I’m assuming you never made this mistake in writing? I notice that when I type, my fingers sometimes have “memory” and type out words incorrectly. For example, in the previous sentence I typed “worlds” by mistake, instead of “words.” I would _never_ make this same mistake when writing by hand. I do the same thing with _their/there_, etc. If this continues to happens to you a lot, and it bothers you, you might consider talking to a neurologist. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/26 "2005-01-08T04:23:58Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > She was very upset. > > Penis ensued. Aha! **YOU** started it! I thought I spotted it in the 4000th thread as a typo. Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/27 "2005-01-08T05:50:45Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > I’m sorry … I really am… > > Imagine Dr. Spock saying that, with his Vulcan hand up in that V, all serious-like. Better, imagine the scene at the end of whichever Star Trek movie it was (hey, it’s late/early and I don’t feel like going through the IMDB listings of all 87 of them) where the entire crew of the ship have just been put on trial. He’s there and sees his father and there’s that brief scene thing (again, it’s late/early). > > Dr. Spock’s Dad: Live long and prosper. > Dr. Spock: May penis ensue wherever you go. > > It’s just too much for a bear of little brain.[sub]No comment on the size of my panic.[/sub] [pet peeve]That’s not Dr. Spock, that’s Mr. Spock! Dr. Spock is a real person with no connection to Star Trek.[/pet peeve] ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/28 "2005-01-08T06:11:50Z")
> [@MaceMan](#): > > I notice that when I type, my fingers sometimes have “memory” and type out words incorrectly. Yup, same here. “Beyond” usually becomes either “beyonf” or “beyong” and has to be backspaced over and retyped, also my hands _insist_ that the big holiday in December ends with an N, not an S. 😕 :smack: As to the panic=penis thing, you have two words that differ by only two letters, and the differing letters sometimes take on the other’s sounds. So the brain categorizes them as equivalents. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/29 "2005-01-08T06:13:20Z")
> [@umop ap!sdn](#): > > the big holiday in December (It just occurred to me that there’s more than one. :smack: I mean the one with the tree and the reindeer. Sorry, folks.) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/30 "2005-01-08T11:00:09Z")
> [@MaceMan](#): > > I can see how you might easily make this mistake in simply pronouncing the name, but not in spelling it, since the letters aren’t even similar. I’m assuming you never made this mistake in writing? Oops, yes, just to clarify, that’s a pronunciation mishap, not a spelling one. Thank you, everyone who responded to this thread. I still might go get checked out, or at least get a new prescription for my ADD, but at least I feel somewhat normal. I just didn’t want people to think I was a pornography-obsessed nymphomaniac who was slipping subconcious messages into my post. I’m just a pornography-obsessed nymphomaniac, that’s _all_! 😃 My apology to you all - not for the mishap, but for the monster it’s become : _The typo was an honest mistake That I couldn’t edit And though I laughed myself red in the face I couldn’t believe I’d said it. And so to you, my dearest friends I wanted you to know I was sorry Not because it would offend But because I’d hijacked a story. Then much as I’d tried to escape it, It appeared again and again It seems the board enjoyed it And it has become the stuff of legends And so when you see the phrase appear Remember, I meant not to annoy It was one of those catchy phrases, dear, That everyone seems to enjoy. So ride with it, I say to myself, And just learn to make do. And so my fondest wish to you all: May penis always ensue._ ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/31 "2005-01-08T13:33:51Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > I don’t know about that, but I can easily see, “Penis ensues,” becoming part of SMDB lore along with DHIBJD, OG, and others. What’s DHIBJD? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/32 "2005-01-08T14:37:45Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > What’s DHIBJD? …I think… it’s… wait…_ahem_: Double Headed Ice Blue Jelly Dildo - usually about 18"? Did I get that right? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/33 "2005-01-08T14:41:37Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > …I think… it’s… wait…_ahem_: > > Double Headed Ice Blue Jelly Dildo - usually about 18"? > > Did I get that right? IIRC it’s “…Jelly Dong” but otherwise that’s spot on. And you know what happens in the case of the DHIBJD… [sub]Penis ensues twice. I couldn’t think of an amusing way of saying it.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/34 "2005-01-08T18:43:42Z")
While typing a letter for a former boss, I typed “And please continue to tell us **who** we’re doing”, rather than his usual ending of “ **how** we’re doing”. He had a good sense of humour, so we had a good laugh over it. I used to do this kind of thing in typing class, too - I suspect my brain was just having some fun with me while it was bored. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/35 "2005-01-09T02:31:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Penis ensues. In that case, I’m pleased to mate your acquaintance. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/36 "2005-01-09T02:53:05Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I suppose it’s really no big deal. I just worry sometimes - the older I get (ripe old age of 26, me) the more distracted I feel, the more foggy my mind feels, and I worry a little. I’m sure it’s just the ADD I’ve left untreated recently that causes the fogginess, but I still have to ask. > > And I can laugh at my mistakes. May penis ensue _you_, wherever you go. I often forget the word I’m looking for entirely. Replacements for the needed word don’t just put themselves in, fortunately. There was the time when I was on the phone with a male friend who was being especially teasing. I told him, jokingly, that I was going to kick his ass. Only “kick” came out “kiss.” Very seriously, he said, “I’m not into that stuff.” Then he laughed. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807/37 "2005-01-09T14:17:52Z")
It’s a [malaprop](http://www.fun-with-words.com/mala_malapropisms.html), that’s what it is. Sort of like my Mum, whose first language is not English, bungling idioms like: ‘I don’t want to get under your feet’ only she said ‘I don’t want to get between your legs’. 😃 :eek: Or Ethel in Eastenders saying ‘don’t be so polaroid’, and Granny in AbFab saying ‘have you tried one of those homophobic remedies?’ Penis ensued. Congratulations **Anastasaeon** for coining a new classic. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-me-is-freud-whispering-in-my-ear/282807.md?page=1)