Things you can’t resist answering in the same way each time you hear? (Light hearted thread)

[Wouldcouldcantwont]

Hi I’ve just found myself responding to the end of a song and I realise there’s a couple of things I HAVE to reply to each time.

At the end of Cuntry Boys & City Girls (correct spelling!) by the Fratellis a little voice says “Thanks for listening” and I have to say “You’re welcome”. Also, every time a character on Holby or Casualty uses the defibrillator and says “shocking” I reply “isn’t it?”. The family thinks there’s something wrong if miss one.

I’m hoping that I’m not the only person who has these replies!

My DH always follows the name Isabel with ‘necessary on a bicycle’. This has progressed as we have 2 nieces (one each side of the family) called Isabella so now he says it in an Italian accent!

Stop gets a response of Hammer Time here too.

If either me or DH say "my eyes" the other has to respond with "the goggles do nothing!"

Any sentence that ends with a variation on "they lied" gets the reply of "there is a Swansea".

My kids also now expect that saying "I'm hungry" always gets the response of "hello hungry".

Theses are brilliant!

If my husband says 'got the keys?' On the way out I have to say 'got the secret'

Us too

If anyone ever asks how far something is or how long will it take, the answer is always 'about an hour'

@ReeseWitherfork

There was a bit in How I Met Your Mother where two of the characters would salute every time someone said a military rank. "That's the general idea"... And they'd salute to 'General Idea.' Can never help myself.

@ReeseWitherfork It's become such a reflex with me that I saluted Major Changes at a very serious work team meeting a few weeks ago. Mortified. But still funny.

This is one I’ve picked up from my parents and comes from the TV show Porridge when Ronnie Barker is asked to provide a urine sample and they point to a cup they’d like the sample in - it’s on the other side of the room from him.

So if DH asks me to fill something up (“can you fill up my glass?”) the only suitable response is Barker’s from the show:
“What, from here?”

Tomato and BASIL a la Prunella Scales.

We do the hammer time one here too.,,.

And “I’m hungry” always gets a “hello hungry” in response.

A ‘definitely’ always has a ‘maybe’ after it….we are a home of Oasis lovers!

If anyone in our house starts a sentence with 'Surely...'
'Don't call me Shirley!' is shouted back (Airplane! for the young'un here)

@penguinwithasuitcase

It's a bit more general than some of these, but whenever DP and I say something is X, the other one will respond, "No YOU'RE X!"

Example:

"Oh look at that, isn't that beautiful?"
"No, YOU"'RE beautiful"

or

"It must have been 10 feet tall!"
"No, YOU'RE 10 feet tall"

or

"That was the biggest banana I've ever seen"
"YOU'RE the biggest banana I've ever seen"

It's utterly childish and ridiculous but sometimes it makes us cry laughing

We do this after the Keanu Reeves ‘you’re breathtaking!’ thing. 🤣

If someone says 'I'm off..'

I sing 'to see the wizard'

If I'm watching a cookery programme and someone says "shallots" I have to say "that's shallot"! Even when I am alone...

It's not really saying something but sometimes at the end of a conversation we pretend to laugh and then freeze, like we're on the end credits of an old Murder She Wrote 🤦‍♀️

Another airplane one,

‘What is it?’
‘It’s a xyz, but that’s not important right now…’

And if someone’s nervous:

‘First time?’
‘No no, I’ve been nervous lots of times …’

Also Life of Brian, ‘he has a wife you know’ whenever talking about someone’s spouse … and Meaning of Life, whenever my gran refers to church, start singing, ‘I’m a Roman Catholic, and have been since before I was born …’

Plus endless Father Ted quotes:

‘He’s no friend of mine!’ when referring to the pope
‘A pair of feckin womens knickers’ re advent calendars
Jacobs Creek Chardonnay 1991 every time we open a bottle of wine .
‘That money was just resting in my account (pocket, handbag, etc)’

We do so many of these I've just been nodding along reading through them all.

One that isn't mentioned is the washing liquid pod adverts and the like, when at the end they say "keep away from children" and I always reply "I try to but they live here".

The mention of Father Ted just reminded me of another. Whenever we watch the footie and a manager or coach is in a big coat we shout "these are fake hands!" at the TV.

Whenever my children ask what time is it, I used to answer with Chico Time, goes right over their heads as they are too young, but now it's 'Showtime' from Hamilton..

Now the DC when asking what I am doing and I say Work, they say work, Angelica, Eliza and Peggy, also Hamilton.

Not a specific show, but a childhood in 70s Britain means that I will say 'as the Bishop said to the actress' at any chance. There are a lot of opportunities to slip it in... I really should get on top of it... it's frankly a bigger feature than I expected... etc.

Sadly Morrisey has infiltrated our lives to the point where we both chorus "etcetera" whenever there is a burial scene on the TV and the priest intones "In the midst of life we are in death "....etcetera!

I always set off out of the door with "Let us go then you and I" (TS Eliot). Nowadays shortened just to "lettuce". We must sound bonkers saying "Lettuce" on the doorstep.

Most annoyingly if someone comments how cold/wet/hot it is, I always nod sagely and reply "It's the weather".

Every time I catch a Mr Kipling advert and the old man voice says at the end "Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes" I have to always substitute "good" for "bad" at the top of my voice.
The worst processed crap cakes/tarts in the world in my opinion

On any show with a jury and they say all rise - DH and I always follow with “I’m gonna tell it to your face, I rest my case” (Blue)

Also do keys/secret

@penguinwithasuitcase

It's a bit more general than some of these, but whenever DP and I say something is X, the other one will respond, "No YOU'RE X!"

Example:

"Oh look at that, isn't that beautiful?"
"No, YOU"'RE beautiful"

or

"It must have been 10 feet tall!"
"No, YOU'RE 10 feet tall"

or

"That was the biggest banana I've ever seen"
"YOU'RE the biggest banana I've ever seen"

It's utterly childish and ridiculous but sometimes it makes us cry laughing

Oh I came here to say this!!

That was a big banana
YOU'RE A BIG BANANA!

@LonglegsMumtheBlacksmith

If I'm watching a cookery programme and someone says "shallots" I have to say "that's shallot"! Even when I am alone...

It's not really saying something but sometimes at the end of a conversation we pretend to laugh and then freeze, like we're on the end credits of an old Murder She Wrote 🤦‍♀️

OMG!! I do the Murder She Wrote pose too!!!!! Sometimes me and OH have a pose off to see who can hold it for the longest during the credits.

@Kerzehmet

If my husband says 'got the keys?' On the way out I have to say 'got the secret' I know it's technically not how the song goes but 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ha!! I do this. At least in a paraphrased way.

God I've got loads. Dunno what it is, but something at home often triggers me saying 'Lord a mercy' in a very nasal reggae style.
Some of my colleagues have the same affliction. When we're in a meeting and something says they have a question, my bald male middle-aged manager sings 'Question' a la Beyoncé, and does a hand-shimmy. Can't think of any more but there's so many.

Oh absolutely tonnes of these apply to me. As well as-

Anyone: 'bear with'
Me: 'bearing...'

Sat nav 'keep left'
Me: 'keeping...'

I annoy myself, I truly do.