# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/21 "2016-01-21T16:07:56Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > 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. Oh, I like that. When I was a teenager, my mom played a lead role in a community theater production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Therefore my whole family is liable to burst into song if anyone says “No coffee?” or “It’s been a long day”. Man, people say that stuff a lot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/22 "2016-01-21T16:28:02Z")
The ending of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE has Lex Luthor announce himself to the warden as _“The Greatest Criminal Mind Of Our Time”_ – and Otis echoes the “of our time” bit. _“I Hereby Serve Notice,”_ says Luthor, pausing dramatically… (Otis: “He’s servin’ notice!”) Whenever I hear someone say they hereby serve notice, the compulsion hits. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/23 "2016-01-21T18:25:33Z")
In high school we gave funny nicknames to all of our local fast-food & chain restaurants. To this day I cannot pass by one of them without thinking of its nickname: Village Inn = Village Idiot Applebees = Crapplebees Burger King = Booger Thing Hardee’s = Hard-Ons Subway = Scrubway Taco Bell = Taco Hell ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/24 "2016-01-21T18:48:45Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > In high school we gave funny nicknames to all of our local fast-food & chain restaurants. To this day I cannot pass by one of them without thinking of its nickname: > > Village Inn = Village Idiot > Applebees = Crapplebees > Burger King = Booger Thing > Hardee’s = Hard-Ons > Subway = Scrubway > Taco Bell = Taco Hell Crate And Barrel - Crappin’ Butthole. Every time I see one. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/25 "2016-01-21T19:43:15Z")
Bloodbath and Beyond – I barely remember what the real name is anymore. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/26 "2016-01-21T19:59:01Z")
Whenever I see the word “bisexual” I hear The Church Lady (Dana Carvey) in my head: “Biiiiisexual. That’s when you reach down the front of somebody’s pants and you’re happy with _whatever you find there_.” ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/27 "2016-01-21T20:14:32Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > In high school we gave funny nicknames to all of our local fast-food & chain restaurants. To this day I cannot pass by one of them without thinking of its nickname: > > Village Inn = Village Idiot > Applebees = Crapplebees > Burger King = Booger Thing > Hardee’s = Hard-Ons > Subway = Scrubway > Taco Bell = Taco Hell Home Depot = Home Despot [my dad does this one - every time] Worse for me is that I invent nicknames in my head for coworkers in the (large) office in which I work whom I rarely interact with - and then, I forget their real names. :smack: I can hardly refer to them by nickname: I mean, I cant say, “Hey, how’s it going, Nose Hair Man? And how are you doing, Ms. Sexy Dwarf”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/28 "2016-01-21T22:17:54Z")
Sometimes when the morning guy on the local NPR station is giving the traffic report, he will mention traffic backed up due to an obstruction in the roadway. Which causes me to channel M. Emmett Walsh in “Raising Arizona” and add “And its not a part of the car!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/29 "2016-01-22T00:09:06Z")
Whenever I watch _The Jerk_ on TV, when it gets to the scene where Navin hears the music and notices that his bare feet are tapping together in time to the music, I take my shoes off tap my feet along with him. > [@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. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Me too! Listen to [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFKThNh5Vqk) until it sinks in. You’ll thank me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/30 "2016-01-22T00:42:59Z")
Whenever I hear something about the World Health Organization, I can’t even stop myself from saying, “WHO?” ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/31 "2016-01-22T00:58:31Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Taco Bell = Taco Hell It’s Toxic Smell. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/32 "2016-01-22T14:09:54Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Whenever I hear something about the World Health Organization, I can’t even stop myself from saying, “WHO?” I used to do that all the time when Hu Jintao was the Chinese President. “President WHO?” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/33 "2016-01-22T15:33:32Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Whenever I hear something about the World Health Organization, I can’t even stop myself from saying, “WHO?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698/34 "2016-01-22T21:37:14Z")
Whenever I hear Michael McDonald, I fell compelled to complain about how he ruined the Doobie Brothers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-i-see-hear-______________-i-feel-compelled-to-__________________/743698.md?page=1)