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!

"Have you got the time?"
"Yes, but I haven't got the inclination."

@SpikyHatePotato thanks so much for linking to Flanders and Swann! I know some of their songs, but had never heard a comic riff - genius!

@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 🤷🏻‍♀️

My husband and I do this too 🤣 clearly we would all get along!

Also whenever someone says anything about their bag/bags eg “where can I put my/did I put my bag?” One of us always says in a panicked voice “I had a bag!” From Little Britain/David Walliams sketch. When he’s playing the piano on stage in a tux and then stops to go “I had a bag!!” And frantically looks, only to find his tesco carrier bag under his seat. Makes us cry laughing every time we do it.

Everytime my kids ask what we're doing tomorrow /the weekend etc I answer 'same thing we do everyday, plan to take over the world!!' they instantly regret asking

@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

This is exactly what we do utterly childish and I love it!

Any time the name Margaret is mentioned, we all chorus it back in a Little Britain kind of way, followed by 'do we have pirate games gif boys aged 10, etc

@Saucery

If there is a box we have to say “What’s in the box……WHAT’S IN THE BOXXXX???? “ like Brad Pitt in Se7en.

Yes! Cue a what’s in the box-off between dh and I.

So so many of these in our house too.

Whenever I see or say the word ‘exit’ it’s always followed in my head by ‘stage left, pursued by a bear’. Sometimes I say it out loud…

Sunglasses, always followed by an ooo ooo, to hide behind. Ala Tracey Ullman
I want to be a tomato, from an advert for the Pru I think

@MrsWooster

God, all of these. I must be incredibly annoying!! Also any mention of Gordon Brown gets a reflex response of”texture like sun”.

🤣🤣🤣

@MrsWooster

God, all of these. I must be incredibly annoying!! Also any mention of Gordon Brown gets a reflex response of”texture like sun”.

Thank god I am not alone.

Also ‘Theresa May’ gets ‘should have stayed at home yesterday’ (Enola Gay).

@NoShitHemlock

When anyone swears in our house someone invariably says "Language, Timothy!" (seriously showing my age there )

Same here.

Also after the second line of Land of Hope and Glory, a voice in my head shouts 'SHUT UP!'

Any question about what is for dinner gets the reply " Fried snowballs and iffits". ( I had to explain this one to my SA DDIL)

Are you tired, gets the reply 'No just practicing my yawning' no idea where it comes from, Mum used to say it.

When I hear people on TV or radio say 'everythink'. I can't stop yelling 'everythinG' at them.

The song: 'that's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it' and I have to add 'FRESH CREAM'!

Our whole existence is peppered with catchphrases, invented words and a constant need to find a song that relates to the last phrase or topic. In fact we should be awful characters in a recurring Catherine Tate sketch. We have close friends with whom we stay for a few days at a time and it’s then that I notice it most (try not to do it and if we do, always explain otherwise it’s rude to just have “in” jokes)

@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 🤷🏻‍♀️

🤣

Whenever we have pea & ham soup, I have to say, ‘Pea & ham, from a chicken? Now, that’s clever.’
Also always do the key/secret with DH.
When the kids ask, where’s dad or whoever, I always reply, he’s/she’s run away with a sailor.

@Giggorata

Whenever someone says “I woke up this morning” we always follow up with a blues riff.

Also “stop” gets Hammer Time.

"Stop" is responded to with... "collaborate & listen!" round here.

@Kerzehmet
We always do “I’ve got the key” and the other one replies “I’ve got the secret” too!!!

@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 🤷🏻‍♀️

This was mine too!

Whenever I talk about my cat...

"She's so lazy"
"She's so clumsy"
"She's so sleepy"
"She's daft"
"Why does she need to eat again?!"

... I solemnly follow it up with "we are the same, she and I", which is a line Randy says in South Park.

@LadyDanburysHat

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.

Whenever anyone asks the time in our house it’s always hammer time or chico time.

“Stop” is always replied with
…collaborate and listen?
Or …. In the name of love?

“Jesus Christ” is replied …. It’s Jason bourne

😂