What's with dude, dude?

[vacuuming]

I've noticed it a bit. I have disturbing mental images of Bill and Ted posting when I see it. It's most unmumsnettish! What gives dudes?

No, in their names.

I heard dude looks like a lady by aerosmith on the radio the other day.

Eeee it took me back

We used to sit outside the rock/alternative nightclub (before we were old enough to be even on the young side go in ) and try and guess whether the glams walking past were lads or lasses

Dude is an ace word, vovers everyfin and more.

I missed all the dudeing when it was gorn.

With apologies for quoting Benny Hill:

I was in a Chelsea bar one day,
Was a chap stood about five feet away,
And we was both admiring a girl about 21.
I said, "You just can't help but stare
At that cute little chick with the long blonde hair,"
He said, "That chick just happens to be my son."
[You can guess the next bit, but anyway]
I said, "I didn't mean to offend,
You must allow me to make amends;
I mean, at least allow me to buy you another rum."
I said, "You must think me an awful cad,
I didn't know you was his dad."
He said, "I'm not, you twit; I'm his mum."

Yes, have seen it a few times over the last couple of days

Bill and Ted
Netmums invasion

same thing

It's a code I'm sure of it!

I say dude a lot. Kids at school always laugh.

I tried calling 8yo ds "dude" the other day (he grimaces if I call him poppet or sweetheart, etc) and he sighed at me, saying "mum, you're just not cool enough to say things like dude".

I say dude a lot

It gets my eldest daughter back for the constant 'epic' she comes out with

Can't say I've noticed it myself.

Ah its an in joke. I was wondering too.

Dude alert! :o

The dude abides (did you micturite on the rug?)

It's since TSC was allowed back, since she calls people dude a lot

Dude, a multi-faceted word. Love it! I always try to work it into a convo here in Australia and, believe me, it works. Duuuuude.

I use dude.

DH gets called it, as does DS and DSis

I use Dude, not n here so much but in rl.
Dt's are the dudeyos.

I like "dude", I say it all the time

But then I was completely in love with Keanu Reeves for YEARS after seeing Bill and Ted

I MAY even have a personalised autographed photo

It's like totally California in the 80ies. Dude.

It was a bit of a campaign to get TSC back. There was a thread and we all NCed to include dude in our names. I was RobinDude, although TSC probably doesn't know me from Adam but the thread was quite funny.

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