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Does anyone else have conversations like this?

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MycatsaPirate · 14/05/2017 20:27

DP: Who is that guy? (on TV)
Me: he's that american guy who had that show
DP: Oh yeah. What's his name?
Me: Can't remember but the was in that show where he had phone ins.
DP: yeah, that's right and he had a gay brother?

It was Kelsey Grammer. We both knew who were were talking about and what show we were talking about but I had to bloody google it in the end.

We talk like this all the time. It's that bloke off that advert, the shampoo one! Oh yeah, he was married to her off the telly wasn't he? Yep!

It's like we are both talking in a secret language that only we understand!

Please say it's not just us.

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Teardropexplodes · 14/05/2017 21:01

Yes. Last night: He (Ray Winstone) looks like someone I know. Can't think who though.

Half an hour later... I've got it! Homes Under The Hammer

Does anyone else have conversations like this?
QueenofPentacles · 14/05/2017 21:05

Fascinating.

BalloonSlayer · 14/05/2017 21:07

DMum and DStepDad were the worst for it.

We still say "Oh it's Old Er Um Er" when we feel this sort of conversation is getting going.

The twenty minute arguments over whether some black and white movie star whose name they forgot was in X other film and/or married to Y other black and white movie star whose name they also forgot were beyond belief.

Fl0ellafunbags · 14/05/2017 21:11

kurri I knew exactly who you were talking about.

Bit sad that real life Niles is gay. Just a tiny bit of a crush on him.

Nicky333 · 14/05/2017 21:13

Yes, we do this! 'Oh, it's whatsherface off thingy!'. We both know who we mean and which programme.

I also carry on conversations from a while ago. I'll have been thinking about it and then just carry the conversation on. DH is used to me now and links the two conversations.

MrsDoylesTeabags · 14/05/2017 21:13

Shock Teardrop I never noticed that before.
I have these conversations all the time to

WankStainWasher · 14/05/2017 21:17

A nudge, a slightly raised eyebrow and he knows what I'm meaning (and no it's not sex).

Obviously that means "let's murder that tub of Ben & Jerry's we've been keeping secret from the kids!" Grin

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MycatsaPirate · 14/05/2017 21:18

More likely to be the hidden chocolate stash but yes :o

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WankStainWasher · 14/05/2017 21:19

I told my son just the other day that I would pick him up "by the thing in town where we met that time".
He knew exactly where to go.

IfYouGoDownToTheWoodsToday · 14/05/2017 21:19

DH and I do this all the time.

We had one tonight concerning The archers. Dh was trying to explain how Pip and Tom were related, but we couldn't remember anyone else's name. It went on for about 10 minutes and was 😂 but bloody frustrating!

WashBasketsAreUs · 14/05/2017 21:21

I have the opposite problem. We can be talking about something, then it'll jog something in my mind so I'll chuck that into the mix. I know exactly what I'm talking about and why but hubby looks at me like I'm mad. However my friend and i are always on the same page, perhaps i should have married her!

PaulDacresFeministConscience · 14/05/2017 21:23

Yes, we do this all the time. Very vague - oh its that woman with the hair from the thing in the 90s - etc.

We also spend a lot of time at the moment saying what doing and where going like Moose Grin

Goldfishjane · 14/05/2017 21:25

Um, no, I don't have those conversations

But side note
Watch Frasier. It's freaking brilliant. As good as reading Grin

Supersoaryflappypigeon · 14/05/2017 21:26

Brother,"isn't that...."
Me, "yeah, yeah,"
Brother, "didn't he.."
Me "He did!!!"

DH sits and listens like 😯-we're like twins, but not.

BringOnTheScience · 14/05/2017 21:28

Ooooh! It's... ummm .... him!
Oh yeah. He was in... ummmm ... in ... errr .... wotsit ...
No. Not him. HIM!

RandomDent · 14/05/2017 21:29

IMDb is permanently open when I'm watching anything on tv.

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MycatsaPirate · 14/05/2017 21:31

PaulDacre Moose is ace. We love the adverts. I say What Doing? to the cats and they just flatten their ears and look a bit concerned :o Dp will also stick his head around the bathroom door and say 'me bath too'.

Another thing is the bit at the end of programmes on C5? Where that guy is playing a huge mandolin thing and it says Aaaaand Relax on the screen. When that comes on we all have to flop back on the sofa.

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PaulDacresFeministConscience · 14/05/2017 21:36

Oh those are the Royal London adverts!

Love Flearoy as well - very common in our house to snaffle something off another's plate and say "mine" Grin

Judydreamsofhorses · 14/05/2017 21:39

Sometimes my partner looks at me, opens his mouth and before he's even said anything I say "no" or "yes", and vice versa. We also have stupid names for a lot of things (animals, household objects, people) and must sound like we are talking in code sometimes.

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MycatsaPirate · 14/05/2017 21:41

Yes, the Royal London ads.

We do that as well but say 'Mine' like the seagull in Finding Nemo. If you get caught you are likely to be jabbed with a fork. Sometimes DD and I team up so one distracts dp while the other swipes something nice :o

Flearoy isn't on as much as Moose but we do like him too.

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MycatsaPirate · 14/05/2017 21:43

We have some bizarre shorthand words we use Judy which would make no sense to anyone but us.

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AShowerOfBastardsTed · 14/05/2017 21:49

Yes. All the time.

desertmum · 15/05/2017 07:43

Mycat - we do too! Moose being the favourite of the day just now. And we call each other other Moose

DH what doin;?
Me: Feeding the chickens Moose
DH 'oh' ambles off . . .

ineedmoreLemonPledge · 15/05/2017 07:54

DP doesn't have English as his first language so we are even worse. Grin

One night he was talking about films - you know that film, the one with the little green thing?

Me: E.T.?

Him: yep.

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MycatsaPirate · 15/05/2017 08:34

desert Oh god, so funny. Couples all over the country calling each other Moose and talking like a boxer dog.

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