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The cute --weird-- rituals/jokes you do with your DP...

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YouBetterWerk · 07/04/2015 12:10

Here are just a few of the personal little in jokes and rituals we have, but the more I think about it the less I think other couples have them!

  1. Puffins. Obsessed with them. Don't know where it came from, but we have notepads, cards, nicknames, all surrounding these bloody Puffins.
  2. 'Sunday Morning Face' - The blank excited stare, pushed right up against my face every Sunday morning.
  3. 'Bobble Hat Song' - Every time we see someone with a bobble hat on, we sing a song. I would post the lyrics but it is copyright.
  4. 'Stair Necessities' - Here we have a song we sing to the tune of 'Bare Necessities' every time I go up the stairs to bed. He will also change the lyrics to reflect what we've done that day, giving it that lovely personal touch.

This is just a small example, there are dozens more. We are both grown adults.

I asked my hairdresser about hers the other day and she looked at me like I was crazy and said 'Sometimes I guess we say goodbye in a funny way'

Please reassure me it's not just us!

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ArcangelaTarabotti · 08/04/2015 17:05

won't the clone also know the phrase Grin?
We have a secret phrase so that when one of us dies, the other will go to séances and see if the medium gets the message 'from the other side' (like Houdini & his mum...)

Fairenuff · 08/04/2015 17:02

We have a secret phrase in case one of us gets cloned and we need to know which is the 'real' you.

YouBetterWerk · 08/04/2015 16:57

Previously HAHAHAHA

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PreviouslyMal · 08/04/2015 16:39

We have 30 years worth of bonkers phrases or actions Blush
If I stick my boobs in his face, he has to honk them, when I'm engrossed in reading etc. I will look up and his bare bum will be in front of me waiting to be bittenGrin
Any mention of potatoes has to be countered with "what's 'tatas, precious"?
Badly behaved children are "filthy little hobbitses".
We sing "let's go die" to any scary film/programme where someone goes into a room without putting the light on.
Lots of quotes from random 80's films/Star trek/Star wars/Blackadder.
We delight in telling each other when we've done a really huge poo.
if Dh says something I mildly disagree with I say, "you sir are a BUFFOON!" Extremely loudly,
He whispers "Haaarrrry Potttterrrr" in my ear in his best Voldermort voice at random moments and if I sarcastically praise him if he happens to mention doing the dishes/whatever, he will say "mistress has given Dobby a sock".

totiredtosleep · 08/04/2015 16:35

Great thread! DH and I have quite a few of these strange rituals.

We have a lego man who is never mentioned, but constantly gets moved and hiden around the house. It is an unwritten rule that you never ask where he is so it can be weeks before he is found and moved again. I was worried when we moved house that he was lost, as I hadn't packed him, but on the first day in our new house he was "found" hiding in the bathroom cupboard! This tradition has been going on for about 13 years!

HeyheyheyGoodbye · 08/04/2015 16:33

Grin YouBetterWerk Grin she's a perfectly normal grown-up home-owning lawyer who just happens to be obsessed with Frozen to the point of forcing it on her family and friends, tyvm. We had to do a Beauty and the Beast one for BIL's bday Hmm Hmm They're well-suited at least!

GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 16:22

turning on the dark is a good one Smile

I just looked at dp and said "you may pleasure me?" he offered me his hand to shake and said "deal"

Offler · 08/04/2015 16:19

It's so nice to know that there are equally odd people out there Grin

We do Mr Creosote 'fuck off I'm full' and 'wafer thin mint?'

A lot of Father Ted.

An awful lot of film quoting, when he's waffling on I'll say 'Be quiet now sir, there's a good gentleman' (Zulu), or if something missing / empty we do '...and no cello..' from The Ladykillers.

Cold hands up the back, duvet popper races, imaginary prizes for the best burps / farts, pinch punch battles.

If we're planning the day, it always has to include a trip to the executions..'if I want any of my little friends executed that is'.

We play Banana Car, and have to punch one another when spotted.

A lot of exaggerated accents. Talking to each other in Clanger-ese. Or Pingu-ese. Occasionally pirate.

When asked what's for dinner, he gets told 'a smacked arse, a poke in the eye, or a bunch of fives...' he usually chooses smacked arse.

If there's a cat on a lap, it's fully acknowledged that the sat on person is fully incapacitated, even if it's 'black cat, not our cat'.

At bedtime, we don't turn off the light, we turn on the dark.

Much making up of songs, changing song lyrics, spontaneous singing based on a single word uttered.

And probably loads of other things that are just so normal to us now that they don't seem odd... Grin

YouBetterWerk · 08/04/2015 16:09

Heyhey You're lucky your examples were hilarious because your SIL sounds like a right weirdo Grin

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YouBetterWerk · 08/04/2015 16:08

Goady Thank you very much, I must confess to feeling very much relieved that it is not just us.
You bunch of fucking weirdos

MadAsgardian We do the New York thing too! Everytime it's on TV, photo, film, we'll say it.

He also has this habit of saying certain vegetables by their official name.
It's not spring onions, it's scallions. They're not peppers, they're capsicum
Biscuit

I pretend to be a dog for him too! We are renting and can't have one so I stick my tongue out a tiny bit and snuffle all over his face so it feels like a wet nose. I am a chocolate Labrador and I am called Choc ice. Blush

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HeyheyheyGoodbye · 08/04/2015 15:47

Jack I went to a singalong Frozen screening because my (adult!) SIL wanted to for her bday Hmm and at that line our whole row of grown-ups did a stereo-sound snigger Grin

SaucyJack · 08/04/2015 15:37

Another in-joke, but it's a bit rude. We both crease up whenever the girls watch Frozen because the "I want you to take me up the North mountain" bit sounds like she's demanding he does the thing you can only talk about on MN on Friday nights.

FuckingLiability · 08/04/2015 15:20

Faire Pretty sure that shopping/football thing from Trainspotting.

Fairenuff · 08/04/2015 15:18

*when dh was driving handsfree

He was on the handsfree phone I mean, not driving with his arms in the air Grin

RadioProtector · 08/04/2015 15:15

My boyfriend really wants a dog but is too busy for one, so I pretend to be the dog. I make loud sniffing noises in his ear and try to push him off the warm spot on the sofa.

ArcangelaTarabotti · 08/04/2015 15:04

dp has told the dc that he can communicate with the dog. so if we ever suspect them of lying then dp consults the dog...often they fess up before the dog confirms the truth Grin

Fairenuff · 08/04/2015 15:03

We have loads and they would mostly look very silly/weird written down but I'll have a go.

Obviously pet names for each other but ours are chicken related. When he calls I answer the phone with 'Buddy the Elf, what's your favourite colour?' When we are being silly we say the word 'silly' in a silly voice and we say that we like the silly.

See, I told you it was all nonsense. There's loads more too Blush

All of the above happened in a phone call when dh was driving handsfree and it wasn't until he got home that he told me his boss was in the car with him Shock

Oh, we also do
'What you talking about?'
'Football. What you talking about?
'Shopping'

It was from a film which I can't even remember now. Even the kids have started saying it. We also do that handshake where you tickle your fingers on the other's palm (at the same time) and make a 'trilling' noise.

SevTSnape · 08/04/2015 14:58

Dp and I have a lot of jokes that are really not PC.

However, if I don't believe something he's telling me I will ask if he's 'Michael j fixing me' because in the first week we were together he was trying to convince me that Michael j fox was dead and had been for some time.

Also we love dog-spotting - whenever one of us spot a dog we will point it out to the other. If there are two dogs it's double dog and if it's three it 'three dog bow wow' in reference to one of the grand theft auto games. Well also point out other animals to each other but dogs are the most frequent.

His pet name for me is bear, apparently because I'm grumpy in the morning. Despite being together four years, ive still not got a pet name for him

herethereandeverywhere · 08/04/2015 14:45

Gutted that we're not the only family using 23-19! I really thought we were so original and funny.

Other than that it's mainly Father Ted references....

MadAsgardian · 08/04/2015 14:41

Gralik - my DH often quotes Mr Creosote. What do you want for tea DH? Everything with eggs on top!

I just remembered another one. Whenever we hear or see anything to do with HP, we have to say Harry Paaaaaaattttaaaarrrr in a long drawn out American acent.

DD (16) and I are starting to develop some too now so our house is one long round of weird in jokes!

MadAsgardian · 08/04/2015 14:34

DH and I went to New York a few years ago, ever since, whenever it is on a film, TV, we started saying "I've been there".

This has now progressed to us saying "Been there" at any mention of any place we have ever been remotely near.

We also do a lot of Bottom quoting, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and Vic & Bob.

My DH also does this thing where he will say something mildly insulting, to me or about someone else, then he will do a cartoon shocked face and say "I can't beleive you said that!" It makes me chuckle every time.

Finally, my DH does a spot on impression of my Mother yelling at my Dad. I can't quote it in case it outs me but it is especially funny as my Dad's name has comedic value!!

FuckingLiability · 08/04/2015 14:09

I cannot stop laughing at this thread.

DH and I also do the Danny Dyer 'fackin cant' thing as well as telling each other to fuck off, no you fuck off, no you fuck off. We also do a thing where whoever has cooked dinner gets the cutlery out and passes it over, saying, 'here's your cuntlery' and the other one replies 'fork off'.

If we hear that MC Hammer song in public, we have to turn to each other and say 'STOP! Hammer time!'

RabidFairy · 08/04/2015 13:55

We once saw a dinosaur documentary (DH is obsessed) which was showing some T-Rexes. The presenter announced "he must court her with food, or she will attack" and DH burst out laughing. Ever since then I am a T-Rex. I do love food. I can be a bit violent. It's a fair cop.
He often announces that he's coming home from work or wherever "bringing food. Just in case."

We quote an awful lot of stuff at each other.

This is largely inspired by my best friend, who started it, but whenever we high five we then snap our fingers and then we fist bump with a boom afterwards. Obviously.

Dogseggs · 08/04/2015 13:16

been reading MN for a while now without registering, but this post made me laugh so much I had to join

Every time we watch the weather report we see who can be the most obnoxious in a grumbly old man voice. Eg 'tomorrow promises to be a lovely warm day' - 'stick your sunny day up your shitty arse you cheerful wanker'

It's quite cathartic as both of us are normally very mild mannered

GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 12:54

all credit to YouBetterWerk for an ace threadGrin