# Whenever I see / hear \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ I feel compelled to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698 "2016-01-20T19:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/1 "2016-01-20T19:35:14Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/2 "2016-01-20T20:39:43Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/3 "2016-01-20T20:48:05Z")
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_. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/4 "2016-01-20T21:01:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/5 "2016-01-20T21:06:56Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 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. I do the NYC thing too. It’s almost involuntary. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/6 "2016-01-20T21:11:37Z")
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…”) ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/7 "2016-01-20T21:20:22Z")
When someone say the word “phenomenon” I have to sing “Doot do-doot-doodle-do” as per the MannahMannah song. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/8 "2016-01-20T21:24:47Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_One\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@Just\_One\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_One_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/9 "2016-01-20T21:29:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/10 "2016-01-20T21:32:03Z")
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!” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/11 "2016-01-20T21:52:53Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > 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. I hear, “You sound like your from London.” by Paul Rudd from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JTiDO--q9Xg/hqdefault.jpg "Sound Like you from London - Full") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTiDO--q9Xg) > [@jsgoddess](#): > > 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. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I do the NYC thing too. It’s almost involuntary. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/12 "2016-01-20T22:45:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/13 "2016-01-20T22:55:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/14 "2016-01-21T02:11:55Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > 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. I walked into the house today singing that jingle and my 15 year old son begged me to stop. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/15 "2016-01-21T02:26:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/16 "2016-01-21T02:56:07Z")
…hear a \*\*Drive-By Trucker \*\*song…turn it up _real fuckin’ loud!_ ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/17 "2016-01-21T02:57:25Z")
I just discovered another one I had. In this thread: > **[So, your superhero friend just obliterated India...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781628)** > > You have a friend called Indira. She’s an older woman (50s+) of Indian (Dalit) ancestry. Her family have long since left home and her husband died a year or so ago - you went to the funeral. You have figured out that she has a second life as a masked... someone mentioned “karma” and my mind immediatley went to “karma karma karma karma karma chameleon”. I actually like that about me. I’m awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/18 "2016-01-21T03:09:53Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I just discovered another one I had. In this thread: > > [So, your superhero friend just obliterated India... - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781628) > > someone mentioned “karma” and my mind immediatley went to “karma karma karma karma karma chameleon”. I actually like that about me. I’m awesome. I work with a woman named Karma and it is ALL I can do not to call her Karma Chameleon. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/19 "2016-01-21T03:27:05Z")
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:) ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/20 "2016-01-21T15:19:05Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I just discovered another one I had. In this thread: > > [So, your superhero friend just obliterated India... - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781628) > > someone mentioned “karma” and my mind immediatley went to “karma karma karma karma karma chameleon”. I actually like that about me. I’m awesome. 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 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698.md?page=2)