Whenever I see / hear ______________ I feel compelled to __________________

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

With a title like that, it could get pretty raunchy up in here (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but I’m thinking more along the lines of words that elicit a specific response.
For instance:

I have a foot rest thingy under my desk and it has the name “Fellowes” printed on it. Every day, when I first pull my chair out to sit down, I look at it and sing (in my mind, because I’m at work) the song from the SNL Tracy Morgan skit. “Brian Fellows , Brian Fellows” and then picture TM saying “I’m Brian Fellows”.

Another one from work is a lot of the young men around here wear the slim cut trousers that are in fashion these days. It’s all I can do not to sing out loud “Everybody’s talking 'bout my tight pants, about my tight pants, I got my tight pants on” and do the accompanying dance (if you don’t know what I’m referring to, look up Will Farrell or Jimmy Fallon and “Tight Pants”).

One that I don’t have occasion to do anymore because I changed jobs is, whenever I’d cross over Hercules Street on my way to work I’d have to clap my hands and say “Hercules! Herculeeees!” a la Eddie Murphy in the Nutty Professor. To be fair, that particular job was making *me *quite nutty and that was about the only joy I got each day.

Finally, when anyone says “in London”- and they do so quite often here because we have a lot associates in the UK- I feel compelled to say “in London!!!” Joey Tribiani style.

So, what words bring out the goofball in you?

2

Whenever I see IMHO, I start singing “In my simple humble neighborhood (neighborhood), on my simple humble street”.

There are like a bazillion more – I will have to report back after I run into them. :slight_smile:

3

There’s a local-public-radio-station employee who does their version of commercials in a very Valley-Girl voice. So, whenever I hear her voice, I feel compelled to say: She’s annoying.

4

Whenever we were driving around LA and saw a sign for Eagle Rock, I’d have to clap twice. (Fraggle Rock theme song)

And if someone says “New York City,” I find it hard to resist repeating “New York CITY!” like the Pace picante commercials.

I lead a sad life.

5

I do the NYC thing too. It’s almost involuntary.

6

Oh, and mention of Knoxville brings to mind “Knoxville! Knoxville! Knoxville!” from when Bart and his friends were deciding where to run off to. (“So, it’s a choice between Disney World and Knoxville…”)

7

When someone say the word “phenomenon” I have to sing “Doot do-doot-doodle-do” as per the MannahMannah song.

8

As a child, my family (including grandparents) played a game where you had to sing “Aaaaaaaah” all the way through a tunnel. If you had to take a breath, you lost. As an adult with no kids, I’ve stopped playing the game, but I still instinctively get ready to start every time I see a tunnel.

9

Whenever I hear Alabama, I’m compelled to say one of two things. I either go the My Cousin Vinny route:

“You’re in Ala fuckin’ bama. You killed a good ol’ boy.”

Or the Forrest Gump route:

Lt. Dan: So where you boys from?
Forrest Gump and Bubba: ALABAMA, SIR!
Lt. Dan: Are you two twins?
FG: No, Sir, we are not relations.

10

Everytime the dogs are playing and one of them smashes into something I go into Marvin Martian mode. “Where’s the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering Kaboom!”

11

I hear, “You sound like your from London.” by Paul Rudd from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Me too!

12

Whenever I get out the maple syrup for pancakes with my kids, I feel compelled to say:

Roses are Red
Violets are Purple
Sugar is Sweet
And so’s Maple Surple.

They used to laugh when I said that. Then they stopped laughing but smiled. Then they rolled their eyes. Now they yell at me to shut up.

13

Whenever I hear the beginning of the radio ad for 1-877-Kars-for-Kids, I must yell loudly and cover my ears until I can get to change the channel.

14

I walked into the house today singing that jingle and my 15 year old son begged me to stop.

15

I sadly have been brainwashed by the marketing folks of Pace and do the New York CITY?! thing too.

Also, everytime I hear a overbearing radio station identification, I instinctively have to repeat “97 X BAM! The Future of Rock and Roll” until my wife yells at me.

16

…hear a **Drive-By Trucker **song…turn it up real fuckin’ loud!

17

I just discovered another one I had. In this thread:

someone mentioned “karma” and my mind immediatley went to “karma karma karma karma karma chameleon”. I actually like that about me. I’m awesome.

18

I work with a woman named Karma and it is ALL I can do not to call her Karma Chameleon.

19

Ahhhhhh! You are all bringing me such joy! Which is why I precisely why I started this thread, because I knew you would all crack me up, and is exactly what I so sorely need at the moment. Carry on…

Also, whenever I have to use a hammer, I always have to sing " . . . if I had a hammer . . . ". Usually I’m alone (which actually isn’t much better) but for a time I was helping my then boyfriend on his construction sites. Believe it or not, it caught on:)

20

When I hear the word Karma I go to the Simpsons…

Ned: Don’t talk to me about that Karma Baloney
Homer: MMMM Caramel Balogna

Other ones I do to amuse myself and hopefully my friends (But probably not)

If I say I have a favor and can get them to say “What do you need” I respond with [Col Troutman]A Good Supply Of Body Bags[/Col Troutman] Once I get a blank stare or a “Huh?” I say [Uncle Owen]sorry…What I really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators[/Uncle Owen]

Any time I hear someone give an explanation for something: [Axel Foley]You were lying your ass off[/Axel]

Any time we drive by a motorhome [Uncle Eddie]That thar is an Are Vee[/Uncle]

Any time my niece asks for cereal [Pee Wee]Mr T Cereal? OK![/PW]

yes, I’m exhausting to be around