A highlights reel of my subconscious:

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Top 5 Things I Tend to Shout At Odd Intervals, Completely Out of Context:

1. Covered in BEES!
   
2. MINI MUFFIN MONDAYS!
   
3. Punch! Rockgroin! (Slab! Bulkhead!)
   
4. It's Scotchtoberfest!
   
5. HUZZAH!

(Honestly, I think if I had been born a few years later, I definitely would have been diagnosed with Tourette's...)



Where do my bizarre catchphrases come from? Well, many of them come from a little show that ruled my childhood called MST3k. But here's a full rundown:

(ETA: jobey_in_error asked if I had 'triggers' that provoked these utterances as a response, or if I truly just spout gibberish at random. The answer is: both! Very often, I'll get one of these phrases stuck in my head, and eventually the energy it requires to not verbalize gets to be too great, and...yeah. BUT, there are also 'triggers' that are likely to provoke each phrase as a response, and I have included those now in the description.)

1. Covered in BEES!
Triggers: Bees! Last summer, my mother and I picked our own raspberries at an orchard that kept bees. The bee hives were located in the raspberry patch. Growing up in the garden, I have no beef with bees, but I said (shouted) "covered in BEES!" about 5,000 times that day.

From Eddie Izzard: chat-up lines of beekeepers. "I like my women like I like my coffee: covered in BEES!"

2. MINI MUFFIN MONDAYS!
Triggers: If you ask me what day it is. It doesn't necessarily have to be Monday.

Maria Bamford is the most hilarious person alive. This is from her "Crazy office myth" routine:

3. Punch! Rockgroin! (Slab! Bulkhead!)
Triggers: If I do something physical that I'm particularly proud of, such as jump from the edge of the patio to the walkway. Punch! Rockgroin!

From one of the best episodes of MST3k EVER: "Space Mutiny". I could quote the entire episode at you, but instead enjoy The Many Names of David Ryder (our hero):

4. It's Scotchtoberfest!
Triggers: We have a Highland Games that actually takes place at Greenmead, the same place I have my garden plot. I refer to it as Scotchtoberfest. But really, any festival may warrant the title of Scotchtoberfest!

If Groundskeeper Willie is not the greatest character EVER INVENTED, then...man, I don't even know. (With apologies to all of Scotland...)

(I really wanted to post the full clip of this bit, where Willie describes "traditional Scottish dress", but this was all I could find! Paraphrasing: "The kilt was just for everyday. For battle, we donned a full-length ballgown, with sequins...")

5. Huzzah!
Triggers: This phrase is SO MULTI-PURPOSE (just ask sabriel75), no excuse is needed for its utterance. I do, however, use it as a semi-sarcastic expression of joy. ("Hey, I found a quarter on the men's room floor!" "Huzzah!")

I say this all the time, with the exact same intonation that Servo uses. (Yep, this is another MST3k quote.) The show has a long history of making fun of ren fairs. Whenever anyone is dressed vaguely medieval-y, there's a lot of 'Huzzah!' bandied about.

I'd be interested to see if anyone else has particular phrases they just cannot stop quoting! I don't mean when it's apropos, and all your friends get it, and everyone has a good laugh: but pernicious little phrases that just won't leave your head, and you bust out with regardless of what people are talking about.

Anyone else have that? :P

Comments

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

English Majors say huzzah for a variety of other reasons, but I like this one best. Actually had to break myself of the habit of saying it when I worked for the Dean of English at my college. He taught Shakespeare and thought I was mocking him. Quite a sensitive temperment.

Mini Muffin Mondays rolls off the tongue. How can you not want to say it?!

Eddie Izzard must take sole responsible for my constant "I was on the moon with Steve." No one gets it, but I say it all the time if I think you're lying. We do the whole nod in denial/affirmation head thing too. :D

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[tierfal.livejournal.com]

I'm going to think about this seriously (yes, really) and watch all of the epic vids later, but... EDDIE FTW!!!!

eltea and I use "Uh, je dois partir; ma grandmère est flambée" pretty much every time we make a list of excuses. Although "JE SUIS LE PRESIDENT DE BURUNDI!" is more fun to drop without context.

"Staircase of Satan -- POND OF DEATH!" is another of my favorites.

Although that's not quite the same, since we both always get it. XD

[ladybracknell.livejournal.com]

Whenever anyone offers me cake, I do the whole cake or death routine.

I also randomly quote The Mighty Boosh - usually the arctic has no respect for fashion, or YOU HAVE FLIPPED MY SWITCH, BABY, or calm a llama down.

And I do lines from Withnail and I - we've gone on holiday by mistake, I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE, and I have a heart condition - if you hit me, it's murder.

No-one ever gets them. I don't care, lol.

[wldcatsprstr-14.livejournal.com]

Most of mine involve tits...

"Fucking tits!" (when something frustrates me).

"Tits MacGee" (just randomly pops out)

"Tits or GTFO" (I really don't know where this came from lol)

"Cocktwat" (again, no clue...)

[(Anonymous)]

What I am about to put forward is in rather poorer taste than the above and I don't know if this even qualifies because my friends and I (when we reunite between terms) lob such phrases about with abandon - while we all "get it", it is just so normal we don't even laugh at each other. It's pretty worrying as, taken out of context, it sounds rather (homo)sexual. I don't say it out loud in public, of course, but I replay the quote in my head then chuckle in front of complete strangers at the bus stop etc.

If anyone is familiar with mind of Karl Pilkington and his unique insights on practically every subject... his infamous quote: "I COULD EAT A NOB AT NIGHT."

I shan't embed the video to protect the standing of your LJ (it's not bad/rude at all but I didn't think you'd want "I could eat a nob at night" plastered all over your comments - Damn, said it again!) so just find it on youtube if you want.

Perhaps a better one would be "BECAUSE I BACK-TRACED IT" (based on the meme from last year - perfect whenever someone asks something to the effect of "how do you know that?")


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[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

I used to drag in "And they had to eat Sir Robin's minstrels." quite a lot.

Anything from 'Spaced Invaders' is readily available. "What the heck is that thing?" - "Ain't life a bust?"

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb," from the 1960s Batman movie, is an extremely common one. It fits everything!

When I'm playing an online game, I usually name myself Shai-hulud so I gloat with "Hail Shai Hulud The Great Maker Worm!" horribly often.

"Stupid plastic piece of crap" from Angel TV.

[jobey-in-error.livejournal.com]

BEST POST EVER. It's got vids! And fun comments! And madness.

Also, #5 clarifies large portions of my college experience, no kidding. (Unless it's sabriel75 who could do the clarifying, crap, now IDEK again.)

In answer to your question, I know I do have phrases I drop compulsively every time I hear certain trigger words, but when I try to round them up I can't remember them for. The. Life of me. (Though do you also have the trigger words/situations or is it really random?)

[tourdefierce.livejournal.com]

I love muffins.

[jacknjill270.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had no idea other people did that too! I'm always going around repeating certain phrases and giggling, it drives my family/friends crazy. I say "Huzzah!" all the time. And Eddie Izzard! He is one of my absolute favorites, he just cracks me up. His bit about Jesus going down to talk to the dinosaurs is my go-to video for when I want to cheer myself up after a bad day.

Um, I know I have tons of annoying little phrases I repeat a lot, and I'm sure I'll think of them later when I actually find myself saying them, but all I can remember is the other day when I walked around saying "we demand....a shrubbery!" and laughing like a crazy person.

This is such a fun post! I love the first MST3K video, it made me lirl. I'll have to check that one out, it looks hilarious.