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What do I want? Comments! When do I want them? Comments!
Posted at 2:39 PM on July 10, 2007
by Jacquie Fuller
(9 Comments)
This one's a bit out in left field, but ...
It being summer and all, the old man and I have taken to sitting on the porch a lot. We've noticed an increasing number of people walking through our neighborhood with glazed eyes, looking particularly out of it. We say hello, and they seem not to hear us. One day, in response to one of these odd folks, the old man turned to me and said, "What do we want?" To which I answered, "Brains!" Then he said, "When do we want them?" To which I replied, "Brains!" It's become a little ritual, and our way of dealing with the neighborhood zombies, and it comes to us compliments of local glam-weirdos Dance Band.
So, now I ask you--any song lines worked their way into your daily life, your rituals, your general vernacular?
Comments (9)
Whenever my guy and I are about to head out of the house, I always say "Let's Kick It!" He hasdecided that it is his cue to start singing "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" by the Beastie Boys, as that is how the song starts.
I typically cannot go a day without unintentionally reciting lines from The Geto Boyz' 1990 self titled release.
One of our cats always comes running when someone sings “The Zamboni Song” by the Gear Daddies. One of us will be heading toward the kitchen or bathroom, and he’ll start following that person and that usually is followed by “Sing it. Sing it” which signals the other one to start in with the patented mighty Martin Zellar “Weeeellll…. I went down to the local arena…” and the cat will come running to whomever is singing and will receive pets. Sometimes if we’re lucky, we can get a ping pong effect going if the other person then sings “Weeeelll…” and so on. Yes, it’s a totally conditioned response, but it’s highly amusing and great party trick. He loves it as he gets his beloved pets and even a little bit of exercise.
Otherwise, most of our “in jokes” come from comedians or comedy shows. Seeing someone riding a bicycle on the sidewalk will usually result in the comment, “Dear Guy I clotheslined as you went by on your bicycle” from Kids in the Hall.
Frick--don't even get me started on the recurring "Mr. Show" references in my life. Consequently, "These Modern Socks" is my favorite local band name.
I often find myself saying "My name is Prince!" To which my four year old usually responds by rolling his eyes and saying, "...and you are funky" ...just to humor me...
Oh.. we have plenty of "Mr. Show" references too. Things like, "This Counterculture has me all bugaboo" and "London...England???"
Every day when I walk into the immunoassay lab, GBV's "I Am a Scientist" accompanies me. Because I do indeed seek to understand me.
A friend of mine and her sister used to throw out the question "How you gonna kick it?" to which the other would, of course, reply, "I'm gonna kick it root down."
This one will date me. There was a local band in the '90s called National Dynamite, and their record was called "Give It Up For...National Dynamite."
So when I say something that, IMHO, is brilliant, I still like point to my myself and say, "Give It Up For National Dynamite." It's a joke that keeps on giving.
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