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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Paul DePhiladelphia on June 10, 2010, 07:46:46 AM
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I was listening to an archive and a caller was telling Tom about how he steals Tom's jokes and uses them as his own. Look I hate the joke stealer just as much as the next guy but The Best Show covers so many topics and Tom jokes on so much that it's hard to not work them into your conversations when their brought up.
Anyway I got the rare opportunity to use one of the name jokes that get me every time. And it worked quite well.
Friend mentioned Rob Zombie.
Me: "You know that's not his real name? It's actually Robert Zombie."
I know you guys can relate. What are some other failsafes you guys use?
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Too many to list here. In a bittersweet turn of events, I've finally turned some good friends onto the show, so although I'm glad they've gotten on the bus, now I can't shamelessly ape Tom anymore.
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I call things "filth" a lot more than I used to.
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I call things "filth" a lot more than I used to.
That's a coincidence; I call people "mutants" more than I used to.
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I call things "filth" a lot more than I used to.
That's a coincidence; I call people "mutants" more than I used to.
Yes, I do both of these things, too. Also "Shame on you," and "How dare you."
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I call things "filth" a lot more than I used to.
That's a coincidence; I call people "mutants" more than I used to.
Yes, I do both of these things, too. Also "Shame on you," and "How dare you."
"For same!"
I used to make fun of my friend who said "How dare you!" saying that was a phrase only women and gay men use.
But:
Friend: "What do you think of Terry Gilliam?"
Me: "Who's she?"
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I do say "How dare you!" at home a lot, but my wife gets it so I hope that's okay. I also say that things are "sickening" a lot, and that they make me physically ill.
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I think incorporating these speech patterns or Tom's argot (thanks, college!) is totally appropriate and to be expected, given how much time you spend listening to Tom.
I am not joking or lying when I say this--I listen to some version or aspect of Best Show every single day of my life. It's no wonder, then, that things that are revolting to me become "sickening, physically sickening", or that I yell, "Wait....what?!" at my family ad infinitum. This shit just happens, and in fact, it's how language actually changes and is adapted, quite naturally.
It's when you pass of a 'bit' as one of your own, that's when it gets a little too....uh...out of focus.
Here's my last little BS inspired endeavor: I play music (like 94% of the duuuuudes here, I'm sure), and I wrote a song that needed a chorus. Literally the only thing that fit the song, that made sense, was "I've literally been in 1000 fights." It was actually perfect, and was just, you know, the CHORUS of this song. I had to explain to my band that this was in tribute (or cribbed) from this show I listen to, and that we can call it something different, all that jazz. I think they tuned me out. There is no connection b/t the song and the Best Show for them.
At a show, though, one clever dude figured it out, and that was kinda nice.
In this case I'd say it's complete inspiration. Thinking of Hugman's story, and the subject matter of the song (hint: COKE COKE COKE). I'm proud of it!
Look for it on vinyl by the end of the year!
Ike
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I've found myself "in the flesh" with people more than once.
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I refer to Lady Googoo a lot....as well as "Oh ___, what are we going to do with you."
I also use way too many Gene Simmons jokes.
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HOW DARE ALL OF YOU.
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Before I began listening, I don't think I ever told anyone to "Show some respect!" in regards to a person that doesn't actually command much respect. I normally only do this around people that are aware of the Best Show.
Also, since I'm from northern Delaware, I do naturally enunciate "water" much like PBR. I honestly hadn't noticed this until another Best Show listener pointed it out to me. Since I'm aware of it now, I normally correct my enunciation, but I will still use the Philly version as a joke.
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I can't say that I stole jokes knowingly. Not to say that I haven't, I most likely have in the past. I definitely have stolen mannerisms unknowingly. A friend recently pointed out to me that I end all my phone conversations by raising my voice to a high pitch. Tom used to do this all the time, I'm pretty certain I picked it up from the show. I'm trying to correct this but its fairly ingrained. I usually catch myself after.
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I call people "ghouls" at least three times a day now.
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"I don't like it.........I LOVE IT!"
I say that all the time.
No I don't.
...OR DO I!?
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"Show him some RESPECT!!" is something I catch myself saying a lot.
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I used to make fun of my friend who said "How dare you!" saying that was a phrase only women and gay men use.
Dude, you are pretty bad at making fun of people.
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I used to make fun of my friend who said "How dare you!" saying that was a phrase only women and gay men use.
Dude, you are pretty bad at making fun of people.
hehe I know. I tend to not do it much.
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Friend mentioned Rob Zombie.
Me: "You know that's not his real name? It's actually Robert Zombie."
After a long day at work...this made me laugh, out loud. Thank you.
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I thought it was Montague Zombie? Was that a different call?
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Not a joke, but I sometimes say, "let's move forward." It's a useful strategy.
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I thought it was Montague Zombie? Was that a different call?
It wasn't a direct quote I don't think. I just use the idea alot. Jon used it for a blues musician once. I can't for the life of me remember who it was.
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If I'm around people I don't know, like at party, I start talking about ICP and the Gathering of the Juggalos.
I taught my four year old nephew to say "jeepers-creepers." I also try to get him to say "hand-burger."
I tell people it's rude to compare other people to celebrities, appearance-wise.
I have several roleplay activities I do for a writing class I teach that involve the corporation "Radio Hut."
And I'm sure I've appropriated some other things--most probably the way I deliver my own little "jokes."
Great topic.
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If I'm around people I don't know, like at party, I start talking about ICP and the Gathering of the Juggalos.
Most foolproof icebreaker EVAH!
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I used to make fun of my friend who said "How dare you!" saying that was a phrase only women and gay men use.
Dude, you are pretty bad at making fun of people.
hehe I know. I tend to not do it much.
Even worse if any of your friends are gay men and/or ladies!
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I was in Milwaukee today having lunch with some friends, and they knew the waitress. She knew one of Gary Gygax's kids apparently, and that she had been to the Gygax house, and had seen him. I said 'you can't unsee Gary Gygax'
It wasn't very funny, but i definitely thought of 8mm and Tom talking about it. At least I had something to say.
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I've gotten some comedic mileage out of a phrase I nicked from Tom. That phrase being:
If "ifs and buts" were candies and nuts, then we'd all have a HECK OF A CHRISTMAS!!
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I find myself using Philly Boy Roy's "I doun't loike it" a bit too often.
I probably use "You don't ____ me, I ____ you" several times per day.
I've definitely adopted Tom's "Well, that's sick."
I'm sure there are many more. I listen to a LOT of Best Show archives, so it all works its way into my personal lexicon eventually... you munch.
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Some of those aren't jokes.
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When discussing the Obama swearing incident with a co-worker, I referred to him as "our toilet-mouthed president."
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I used to make fun of my friend who said "How dare you!" saying that was a phrase only women and gay men use.
Dude, you are pretty bad at making fun of people.
hehe I know. I tend to not do it much.
Even worse if any of your friends are gay men and/or ladies!
I told my lesbian friend and she replied with a forceful "HOW DARE YOU!?"
I've tried to incorperate the use of "why?" like Jon.
I carry a booksack with me to work.
My coworker: "What do you keep in your booksack?"
Me: "Guns and drugs, why?"
I'm as casual as Jon yet.
Also I say "oh jeepers, sorry" a lot.
And my friend laughed really hard when I called him "wildly unfunny."
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Jokes. I hate jokes.
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"Dum-dum" has entered my lexicon in a big way.
I also tell the story about Paul Stanley claiming to make people forget about their miserable lives. In the same Paul Stanley voice that Tim uses, of course.
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"Dum-dum" has entered my lexicon in a big way.
I also tell the story about Paul Stanley claiming to make people forget about their miserable lives. In the same Paul Stanley voice that Tim uses, of course.
....Tim?
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My co-worker was talking to me about The Hangover and I unintentionally referred to it as The Handover. He was confused.
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My co-worker was talking to me about The Hangover and I unintentionally referred to it as The Handover. He was confused.
Most of these lead to confusion. Oh oh oh! I almost forgot. I have used the Andy Milanakis thing a few times with great success. Once when a friend brought up her love of Pretty Woman I filled her in on the remake.
I also used that elevator joke Tom told a few time. Damn I am totally unoriginal. :(
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When discussing the Obama swearing incident with a co-worker, I referred to him as "our toilet-mouthed president."
When we had Jonathan Goldstein on our show, he called Howard Chacowitz a "toilet mouth."
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"Dum-dum" has entered my lexicon in a big way.
I also tell the story about Paul Stanley claiming to make people forget about their miserable lives. In the same Paul Stanley voice that Tim uses, of course.
....Tim?
Yeah, you don't know Tim? He's funny. You should check out his show some time.
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"Dum-dum" has entered my lexicon in a big way.
I also tell the story about Paul Stanley claiming to make people forget about their miserable lives. In the same Paul Stanley voice that Tim uses, of course.
....Tim?
Yeah, you don't know Tim? He's funny. You should check out his show some time.
I love making comments like this! Topic change: 'Best Show jokes you have used in real life' thread jokes that you have used in real life. Me and my friend on MIrc:
Me: I gotta go get ready for wnork.
Him: What's wnork?
Me: Obviously I meant nork.
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Was it a Best Show rant about tourists who walk down a busy sidewalk three, four, five abreast so's you can't get by 'em? 'Cause I ran into a gaggle of thems the other night, just a bunch of gals out on the town cloggin' sidewalks while I am left to grumbling under my breath, "Hey, this isn't Sex in the City."
If it is NOT a Best Show rant, then I APOLOGIZE, alright?? I stole it from somewheres else.
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Was it a Best Show rant about tourists who walk down a busy sidewalk three, four, five abreast so's you can't get by 'em? 'Cause I ran into a gaggle of thems the other night, just a bunch of gals out on the town cloggin' sidewalks while I am left to grumbling under my breath, "Hey, this isn't Sex in the City."
If it is NOT a Best Show rant, then I APOLOGIZE, alright?? I stole it from somewheres else.
It was. Maybe a creepapedia entry.
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I don't think I've cribbed jokes, per se. But I am one of those people who will repeat routines, verbatim, to people to try and convince them how good the show is.
But I do use the word "creep" as a matter of course now, whereas I almost never used it before I listened to the show.
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Holy Molie
And I don't even know what it means!
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i've used "Reagan '84" a few times...when it was sensible to do so. i don't know if that counts as a "joke", but i chuckled. :D
I used this in class the other day. "He 'Reagan 84'd him'" were my exact words.
Crickets.....
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Jokes. I hate jokes.
I don't hate all jokes but i wouldn't blanket these as jokes, but i don't really know what you would call them.
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Jokes. I hate jokes.
I don't hate all jokes but i wouldn't blanket these as jokes, but i don't really know what you would call them.
I think everyone got the gist of what this thread was about.
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Jokes. I hate jokes.
I don't hate all jokes but i wouldn't blanket these as jokes, but i don't really know what you would call them.
I think everyone got the gist of what this thread was about.
Yeah
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Instead of cursing, I say, "Fuuuuuuuuuuudge."
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I use the word prevert more.
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I also use "I agree with everything you just said but the word _______"
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I've started switching the words ham and hand.
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Was it a Best Show rant about tourists who walk down a busy sidewalk three, four, five abreast so's you can't get by 'em? 'Cause I ran into a gaggle of thems the other night, just a bunch of gals out on the town cloggin' sidewalks while I am left to grumbling under my breath, "Hey, this isn't Sex in the City."
If it is NOT a Best Show rant, then I APOLOGIZE, alright?? I stole it from somewheres else.
I just heard this on the archive from June 17, 2008 on the definitive list of best and worst things. Tom labels it as "What is this, Reservoir Dogs?"
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Was it a Best Show rant about tourists who walk down a busy sidewalk three, four, five abreast so's you can't get by 'em? 'Cause I ran into a gaggle of thems the other night, just a bunch of gals out on the town cloggin' sidewalks while I am left to grumbling under my breath, "Hey, this isn't Sex in the City."
If it is NOT a Best Show rant, then I APOLOGIZE, alright?? I stole it from somewheres else.
I just heard this on the archive from June 17, 2008 on the definitive list of best and worst things. Tom labels it as "What is this, Reservoir Dogs?"
Submitted by our very own yesno!
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i don't purposefully use Tomisms- they just happen.
admittedly, i listen to the Best show the entire time i'm at work, which means, 8-9 HOURS of best show a day. the phrases and jokes sort of creep into my brain. although, there are a number of nuances Tom does that i do, which was prior to finding the best show. i continue those same nuances, but it was cool to know i wasn't the only one who did them (they got laughs from friends).
and for the sake of this thread, some offenses are:
*"jeepers creepers"
*calling someone a goon/creep/mutant/etc
*calling people on their turlet talk or turlet mouth
*saying something nonchalant, then asking, "why?"
*going off on a complete tangent, not unlike Tom, when telling a story
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Calling people whose behavior I disapprove of "animals," or occasionally "shaved ape."
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I frequently tell people to "go back to Rock School, son" when they say something wrong/odd about music. The most recent directive occurred two weeks ago when someone told me that the most recent Alice in Chains album was better than Dirt. The same person also claimed that Jerry Cantrell was always the band's primary vocalist.
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My friend whose lived in Philly for four years didn't know the name of the Schuykill River and I called him..............................wait for it............................a............................PHILADUMMY!
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I can't see a Wawa without thinking and or quoting PBR. I know I've also used the line "it's too early in the morning for this, Bobzilla" multiple times in life.
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I can't see a Wawa without thinking and or quoting PBR. I know I've also used the line "it's too early in the morning for this, Bobzilla" multiple times in life.
I think if PBR was a professional wrestler he would make his entrance walking down the ramp to the ring surrounded in sparks and fireworks with George Harrison's "Wah-Wah" blasting throughout the arena.
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Calling people whose behavior I disapprove of "animals," or occasionally "shaved ape."
Or "animules".
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"Persona au Gratin"
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I use "Don't Judge!" far too often...and yeah, I don't mean to -it's just part of my vocabulary now.
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I loved him in "The Handover"
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referring to Madness as the originators of ska.
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I actually said "I don't like it. I love it" recently in a situation that well, um, Tom really doesn't wanna hear about. Let's just say it was for The Mike Show.
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I actually said "I don't like it. I love it" recently in a situation that well, um, Tom really doesn't wanna hear about. Let's just say it was for The Mike Show.
post/username
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from Tom:
-"what's that?" . . .the tone of disgusted curiosity and emphasis on "that" gets an easy laugh—easier than I expect.
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"i predict the usa will win today's soccer game 23-6"
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'I don't like it... I love it!' is perfect when my daughter shows me one of the two thousand things she's made in ceramics class, for example. But I think she knows where I got it.
I also use "You _________-dummy" whenever possible. Trying to get the whole "crack a _______ book much?" is too difficult in most circumstances.
Once I was at a weird and somewhat awkward gathering of two hippies, two of their friends, and my friend, trying to make conversation, or at least fill in the extended silences. Luckily I had my iPod with me and I randomly played tracks from the SXSW 2010 preview download saying in my best DJ voice: "Hey guys... how 'bout this track: SMASH OR TRASH?!"
I know it's not a joke, and in the end, after the tenth song, it was becoming clear to me that it was irritating as well.
So I stopped.
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I think I just did an impression of Tom's impression of Garrison Keillor.
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Whenever my wife and I are trying to remember something I say, "Can you Wiki that?"
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Thanks to the Best Show, I now use "Eww boy" about once every other minute. Also, I'm constantly trying to think up new malapropisms.
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Yeah, I have succumbed to using 'Ew Boy' a lot, although the real problem there is being in situations where I want to say 'Ew Boy' a lot.
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when there's a group of people walking ahead of me & taking up the width of the sidewalk so I can't pass, I think to myself, "What is this, Reservoir Dogs?"
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I've caught myself using Tom's Renamed Movies a lot, and making up a few of my own, since all i can seem to talk about is movies.
Of course I credit Tom for "The Handover" and "Wedding Crunchers," and credit Wurster for "Rata-louie."
Some I've come up with on the fly:
Flash Jordan
Big Traffic in Little China
The Depicted
Gangs of Newark
The Hurt Looker
Gran Tourismo
Mystic Rivers ... Which I then claim to believe is a true story from Joan Rivers' life.
The Dark Gnome
Inglorious B-words
and most recently Inflation.
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I went with my fiancee to her ten-year high school reunion this weekend. It was pretty painful, and it made me glad I didn't go to mine a couple of years ago. The high point was telling one of her obnoxious and drunk former classmates that I worked for Consolidated Cardboard when she asked me what I did for a living. The fiancee is a new-ish FOT, and it scored me some big brownie points.
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I went with my fiancee to her ten-year high school reunion this weekend. It was pretty painful, and it made me glad I didn't go to mine a couple of years ago. The high point was telling one of her obnoxious and drunk former classmates that I worked for Consolidated Cardboard when she asked me what I did for a living. The fiancee is a new-ish FOT, and it scored me some big brownie points.
You have found the right person.
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I went with my fiancee to her ten-year high school reunion this weekend. It was pretty painful, and it made me glad I didn't go to mine a couple of years ago. The high point was telling one of her obnoxious and drunk former classmates that I worked for Consolidated Cardboard when she asked me what I did for a living. The fiancee is a new-ish FOT, and it scored me some big brownie points.
You have found the right person.
Agreed.
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I went with my fiancee to her ten-year high school reunion this weekend. It was pretty painful, and it made me glad I didn't go to mine a couple of years ago. The high point was telling one of her obnoxious and drunk former classmates that I worked for Consolidated Cardboard when she asked me what I did for a living. The fiancee is a new-ish FOT, and it scored me some big brownie points.
You have found the right person.
I like to think so!
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I say 'two way tie for last' with some regularity.
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I constantly find myself wanting to say "What up, Buzz?" when I get a phone call.
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One of JW's awful characters kept saying, 'Later Days'. I don't remember which one or how many have said it. I say it often enough to actually be disgusted with myself and amused at the same time.
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One of JW's awful characters kept saying, 'Later Days'. I don't remember which one or how many have said it. I say it often enough to actually be disgusted with myself and amused at the same time.
Have you ever heard the full expression? I think it'd make you never say it again.
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I say 'two way tie for last' with some regularity.
Seconded.
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One of JW's awful characters kept saying, 'Later Days'. I don't remember which one or how many have said it. I say it often enough to actually be disgusted with myself and amused at the same time.
Have you ever heard the full expression? I think it'd make you never say it again.
I'm sure I've heard it, I don't remember. Please refresh my memory if you would be so kind...the context is completely forgotten...
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I try to work "persona au gratin" into at least one conversation per day...
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I'm sure I've heard it, I don't remember. Please refresh my memory if you would be so kind...the context is completely forgotten...
Later days and better lays ... I don't know that it comes from anything in particular, but it seems like something a Dazed & Confused type high school stoner would say.
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Or maybe write in your yearbook.
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Oh, that is horrible...I seem to remember the first part as a throw away line John used on Tom trying to end a conversation, then Tom still curious, asks a question and the downward spiral ensues. Of course that could be any number of conversations...I honestly don't remember the second part. Also, the last time I had a yearbook was way too long ago...I had nice friends, they wouldn't have written something like that.
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In a toast at my cousin's rehearsal dinner, I said, "When I first met [the groom], I didn't like him .... I loved him!" It was worth it just for the face my mom gave me during the pause. Oh, Mom.
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I went with my fiancee to her ten-year high school reunion this weekend. It was pretty painful, and it made me glad I didn't go to mine a couple of years ago. The high point was telling one of her obnoxious and drunk former classmates that I worked for Consolidated Cardboard when she asked me what I did for a living. The fiancee is a new-ish FOT, and it scored me some big brownie points.
When I had a job I didn't want to talk about I told people "I work for the county." Only once did I get a followup question.
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In a toast at my cousin's rehearsal dinner, I said, "When I first met [the groom], I didn't like him .... I loved him!" It was worth it just for the face my mom gave me during the pause. Oh, Mom.
Nice job. I've been meaning to use this one forever, but I always think of it a moment too late.
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i try and wedge as many gg allin jokes in to every day conversation as possible.
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i try and wedge as many gg allin jokes in to every day conversation as possible.
I try to work them into the corporate milieu.
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I try to work them into the corporate milieu.
Is that a euphanism?
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i applaud thee steve of bloomington. that there is a mighty challenge. my year end goal is to get a gg allin reference into a story (of the work/journalism style). perhaps even one about bloomington's own State Farm.
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That would be brilliant, SwamiPat. The ultimate GG Allin reference in the corporate world would be to leave something on the conference room table after announcing you quit, but I would definitely never go that far.
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The ultimate GG Allin reference in the corporate world would be to leave something on the conference room table after announcing you quit...
or you could try to insert your company issued laptop into a nameless orifice...
Maybe just comming into work in a suit with your tie replace by a dog collar would be a better idea...
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"Wait, whaaat?" has occasionally found its way into my everyday speech.
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I snuck a GG Allin reference into a story i just wrote about the Florida property insurance market!
"Like it or not, Florida seems dedicated to a 'live fast, die' way of doing things."
Mission Complete.
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I snuck a GG Allin reference into a story i just wrote about the Florida property insurance market!
"Like it or not, Florida seems dedicated to a 'live fast, die' way of doing things."
Mission Complete.
Well done, sir.
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I yell "Don't judge!" very loudly at my wife at least once a day.
Also, whenever I do something wrong or bad for which she chastises me, I often answer back with a quiet, "Well..."
And finally... When a neighbor asked me my opinion on how I thought the County should redevelop a nearby plot of land, I said they should fill it with colored marbles and pave it over.
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When my kids are driving me crazy or work is frustrating and there is nothing to be done but bear it I have found myself saying to myself "...Mosquito truck."
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My girlfriend and I live in Park Slope. We were discussing the high frequency of times we see John Turturro or Steve Buscemi around the neighborhood. Both actors live in Park Slope.
I said: "Maybe they live in the same house, like the Monkees."
She said: "Have you been drinking?"
No--just ripping off THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU.
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About a year ago a caller or maybe it was an in studio guest was discussing the movie Titanic with Tom and said this
"You ever see the dog version of Titanic?....The poker game lasts the whole movie"
Funniest joke I've ever heard. Can't remember who said it.
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During a discussion of "Inglorious Basterds" I busted out Karl the Repairman's question: "Did seeing that movie maybe make you think a little less of Hitler?"
I gave proper credit once the laughter died down.
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Once Tom talked about honking and waving at men that you see walking into adult shops. I made a similar comment when a friend and I were driving past and XXX theater and he got a kick out of it.
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I just received a custom worktable I'd commissioned from a woodworker I know. Tried "I don't like it...... I LOVE IT" but my delivery must have been a little off. He just stared at me blankly.
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(http://i.imgur.com/BwnE9.jpg)
This guy who went to my high school posted the above status message. I'm the last comment. Either he's a fan or the joke is working its way into the world.
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This guy who went to my high school posted the above status message. I'm the last comment. Either he's a fan or the joke is working its way into the world.
I hate to be a spoilsport, but the French toast joke has been around for a while.
This is from 2002: http://www.vikarsrant.net/FrenchToastEmergencies.htm (http://www.vikarsrant.net/FrenchToastEmergencies.htm)
Has anyone other than myself noticed that the moment a snowflake hits the ground people lose their freaking minds?
The same phenomenon happens when any kind of rain hits the road. People forget how to drive. I don't know why this happens, it just does.
For anyone that lives outside of the Tri-state area, let me tell you what happens the moment snow is forecast on television. Everyone anticipates a craving for French Toast. And they have to have it no matter what. Why do I say this? Easy. It's due to the inexplicable run on milk, eggs, and bread that happen the night before a storm (even if the storm doesn't happen, it's the same thing). Hey, quick culinary question: What are the ingredients for French Toast? (Milk, eggs, and Bread - and cinnamon if you want to get fancy)
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Ah. I can see that being a joke that's been around. It never occurred to me until Tom said it.
I do, however, doubt that this guy has read "Vikar's rant" page, however.
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I refuse to believe Tom would use someone else's material, and the fact that you would suggest he told a joke that wasn't his own creation makes me sick to my stomach.
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I refuse to believe Tom would use someone else's material, and the fact that you would suggest he told a joke that wasn't his own creation makes me sick to my stomach.
Chill out. Kormod was merely suggesting that some parallel thinking was going on which happens a lot.
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I like the guy who goes into the whole theory of why French Toast might be useful in disaster situations. 'Stop complaining, kids! French Toast kept your grandparents alive during the war!'.
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the greatest trick French Toast ever played was getting the devil to cause war and natural disasters.
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I bought a car last year, and the sales guy called me to follow up, asking me how I liked my new car... he thought it was pretty funny when I pulled the "...I loved it" on him, but I could tell it threw him for a loop.
I try not to quote Best Show too directly, but a recent intoxicated conversation I had with someone I was channelling JW and started talking about how "The Fresh Prince" was a reality show along the lines of "Big and Rob".
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Not jokes per se, but:
I've gotten in the habit of saying "handburger." Trying to break myself of it now.
I also sometimes say "You got it" in place of "No problem" or "You're welcome." Not trying to break myself of that.
I sometimes say "s hit" instead of the toilet word, but it drives my girlfriend up the wall.
I say "toilet language" and "mutant" every so often.
I shave with a chain.
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"Mutant" has slipped into my vocabulary, definitely. And my Garrison Keillor is sounding a lot more like Tom's these days (being in the northern Midwest, it comes up more often than you'd think).
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"Mutant"
"Blob"
"Pure Filth"
"Munch"
"Buffet Wrecker"
"Massa's Tavern Regular"
My vocabulary of contumely has really spruced up thanks to The Best Show!
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Too many to remember, but i called a couple of Facebook friends apes last week.
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I've found myself using "Ess-hit" at work. I work with the oublic so frustration is common, but curising is a no-no so this makes a fine substitute.
Also, I'm taking an improv class (I have no idea whether this is something I should be mocked for or not) and during a scene I "borrowed" Tom's "He looks like a vice-principal" line. That's probably a no-no, but it wasn't intentional, it just popped into my head.