# What's the most "Sit-Com-y" thing to happen to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-sit-com-y-thing-to-happen-to-you/595105 "2011-09-03T20:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 120
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-sit-com-y-thing-to-happen-to-you/595105/120 "2011-09-16T22:15:36Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Tell. Please? Done! > [@The perfect situational joke opportunity fails due to cultural differences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-situational-joke-opportunity-fails-due-to-cultural-differences/395183/6): > > When I was in Grad School my research group went out to lunch together once a week. One time **Mama Zappa** joined us. My doctoral adviser was talking about one his trips to Europe, and asked **Mama Zappa** “Have you ever been to Spain?” She immediately said “No, but I kinda like the music!” Everyone under thirty at the table laughed. 🆒 Everyone over thirty had no clue. 😕 > > I was **soooo** proud of her! 😃 > > [Link](http://www.threedognight.com/l_never.html) for the lyrically impaired. > It’s Three Dog Night. They were big in the sixties. For more than twenty minutes. Now where’s my Social Security check? > [@Randomly hilarious moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832/30): > > Backstory: I’m from central PA, not far from Three Mile Island. I was away at college the year the place nearly melted down. > > One day I happened to walk in upon the future Papa Zappa (whose back was to me) and his roommates just as one of the roommates said “…mutant cows from Harrisburg”. > > Without missing a beat, I said “Ooom?”, which was my beloved’s first clue that I was in the room. Everyone else went into hysterics while Papa Zappa / Typo Knig attempted to die of embarassment. > > 20+ years later, “ooom” still makes us giggle. > [@Randomly hilarious moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832/36): > > **Mama Zappa** and I were at a potluck supper. One of the attendees brought a lot of wine, and **Mama Zappa** and I indulged. Not too much, but just enough that when a fellow grad student offered to drive us to our apartment we accepted, rather than walk across campus. Stagger would have been more like it. > > Back in our apartment, I sobered up enough to start on the dishes. **Mama Zappa** was zoned out in the living room area. While doing the dishes it ocurred to me what a good influence my bride was on me. I was drinking less, and therefore my alcohol tolerance had plummeted. I thought I would tell her this wonderful fact. I said “Honey, since I’ve know you I’ve become a cheap drunk!” > > … 😕 … :eek: … :smack: … > > “Um, let me rephrase that!” > > Scary thing is, she knew > > ```auto > > exactly > > ``` > > what I meant, and was not offended. Until my correction. Then she laughed, and we laughed and laughed. > [@Randomly hilarious moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832/50): > > On our tenth anniversary, we were travelling along a winding back road going to one of the finest restaurants in the area (l’Auberge Chez François, for DC area folks). Going around a corner, a car coming the other direction lost control and plowed head-on into us. > > The expected screaming, screeching brakes, and tearing metal sounds ensued. When we realized we were alive, and confirmed that the guys in the other car were likewise alive, we naturally got a bit hysterical with relief and babbled that we’d been on the way to celebrate our 10th anniversary. > > The driver of the other car said “So, what do you give for the 10th anniversary?”. My spouse replied “Uh, bent metal”. > > Shortly afterward, when the police arrived and were filling out the assorted reports, I asked my husband, loudly, “So how are you going to explain this to your _wife_???”. Had to 'splain that rather quickly, as apparently the policeman didn’t have a sense of humor :eek: 😉 > [@Situational jokes you've always wanted to use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situational-jokes-youve-always-wanted-to-use/393907/49): > > One day when **Mama Zappa** called me at work, I got the call from the receptionist. When I picked up, I heard my beloved saying “Damn, damn, damn!!” What was wrong? It seems the receptionist thought she recognized my bride’s voice when she asked for me. So the receptionist said “Is this his wife?” To which my wife said “Yes,” and the receptionist transferred the call to me. > > In the next nanosecond, **Mama Zappa** realized what she **should** have said was: > > “Wife? WIFE! That son-of-a-bitch has a **WIFE!!?** ” > > We got a good laugh out of it. I told the receptionist about it later, and she laughed too. I think if she had the exchange over the phone, she would have been shocked and offended. (She’s pretty religious, but has a great sense of humor.) > > It’s been over ten years, and we’re still waiting for the chance to use it again! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-sit-com-y-thing-to-happen-to-you/595105)._