Damian Grammaticas ... is just passing by

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Is it just us who whenever Damian Gammaticas comes on the BBC that sings 'is just passing by' in the style of Court of King Caractacus?

Any other unusual songs in your house?

Mushroom stroganoff is sung in this house to the tune of Duel of the Fates from Star Wars.

Courgette omelettes are referred to by their more exotic name of Zucchini Frittatta - to the tune, obviously, of Hakuna Matata from the Lion King.

Phenomenon or phenomenal has to be followed by do do be do be, like the Muppets.

When DS asks questions about general knowledge I'll sometimes try to get to the answer by making him think about possibilities (eg, well what do YOU think could make the sky blue/the sea have waves etc) so he'll end up saying "maybe it's because....." to which I ALWAYS sing "I'm a Londoner". He hates me every time and the song means nothing to him but I still can't resist.

Any mention of onomatopoeia is sung by its letters to the tune of old MacDonald.

You'd think it wouldn't come up much, but Nat 5 RUAE has a lot to answer for.

Back in the day we used to sing Sue Lawley's name to the tune of So Lonely by the Police. Nowadays when we hear Orla Guerin's name mentioned we sing it to the chorus of We Are So Young by The Corrs, where they repeat ' All Again'!

Istunbul is not Constantinople.

Arhus in Denmark is always in the middle of our street.

Oh, and a pedicure toe separator is always given the Sade Smooth Operator treatment.

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Back in the day we used to sing Sue Lawley's name to the tune of So Lonely by the Police. Nowadays when we hear Orla Guerin's name mentioned we sing it to the chorus of We Are So Young by The Corrs, where they repeat ' All Again'!

The So Lonely/Sue Lawley one is a well known mishearing

www.dailystar.co.uk/music/polices-so-lonely-most-commonly-22533775

Granola bars, to the tune of Enola Gay

Annoyingly I can't think of any specific examples right now but I'm always hearing names on TV and singing them to the tune of 'Robert DeNiro's Waiting' by Banarama.

Eating trifle to the tune of Eton rifles

Love this thread. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is 'I've got the key, I've got the secret' whenever we're leaving the house.

We have guinea pigs. We have been known to sing “The Final Carrot” and “I love hay because it’s tasty and it’s warm” from the kooks.

Indian takeaways are the worst. Sharing the dishes is accompanied by “Tears on my pilau”, “popodum preach” and “Stand by your naan”.

Oh and also for the guinea pigs we have the tune of Build me up, Buttercup we have “Why do you pick me up, buttercup, just to put me down? You mess up my fur!”

I can't believe someone else does the I've got the key I've got the secret! I thought it was just my husband! Every time!!

@idontevenknowanyonecalledblurb another ‘I’ve got the key ‘ here. DH does a high pitched ‘i’

Oh and when you turn the boiler on

The Heat Is On

(We do I've Got the Key too.... I-i-i-i-i-iiiiii)

I think everyone of a certain vintage does 'I've got the key' don't they?

We have an impassioned rendition of 'woah-oh, we're halfway there, woah-oh, going up the stai-airs' at DD's bedtime sometimes.

I've also been known to instruct the kids to 'back up, and give your mother room' when they're in my way, partly to see the expression on their faces which manages to be both blank and exasperated.

Quite a lot of Goldie Lookin' Chain happens in this house too.

OP I would not do that, given the original song is sung by a convicted sex pest.

"Blue, blue, electric blue, that's the colour of my (insert object here)"
"What time is it? SHOWTIME!!"

Sometimes

"What time is it?"
"It's time for HOUSE"

Oh, we also do what time is it - time of our lives from High School Musical.

Whenever someone - on telly or in RL, says: “Where do we go from here?”

We always sing: “Is it down to the lake I fear.”