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When I get in the bath and it's a bit hot I always

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HoneyDragon · 26/04/2016 19:17

Sing the end bit of International Playboys. Can't help myself, it just comes out.

Go on then people. Out irrational odd habit that one....

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coughingbean · 26/04/2016 20:26

Oh god and when someone says right ingo "left"
I am a twat.

flannelwash · 26/04/2016 20:33

When my Dh drops his trousers I do a fake scream, I think it originated from "The santa clause"

I may also sing "the circle of life" to my cat whilst holding him up like simba Blush

I quote daddy pig everytime I look at instructions "It's no good...it's nonsense"

As well as everything mentioned upthread

WanderingTrolley1 · 26/04/2016 20:33

My daughter's favourite colour is purple.

For the past few months, whenever she points out a purple item, we've being singing it back a la Prince's Purple Rain :(

Charley50 · 26/04/2016 20:34

When I cook pasta I always say the imaginary book title; how to cook pasta, by Al Dente.

OnTique · 26/04/2016 20:38

Dh's aloe vera/ 'allo Vera comment has been wheeled out so many times we barely even notice it now.

Ditto his Billy Joel impression if anyone happens to utter the words 'in the middle of the night'. I say Billy Joel..it's more Vic Reeves pub-singer really.

Charley50 · 26/04/2016 20:38

Oh and I had a colleague called Arlene, every time someone said her name I would sing 'Jolene Jolene Jolene Jo-leeeen' cuz it sounded slightly similar.

Bloodybridget · 26/04/2016 20:40

Whenever DP or I mention our communal cash wallet we have to call it kitty kitty kitty.

UterusUterusGhali · 26/04/2016 20:44

If we're having Nachoes, I always sing "Nacho, nacho man. I wanna be a nacho man" like Homer Simpson.

I used to sing "changes" by David Bowie when changing nappies.

ZsaZsa1954 · 26/04/2016 20:49

In my more rational moments, I always say "home again, home again,"

My mother used to say that as she turned the corner into her street and now I do as well. I always swore I'd never turn into her but it looks like I don't have a choice.

HoneyDragon · 26/04/2016 20:51

We are all brilliantly bonkers.

I'm still loving broodmsre singing to all those poor boy pets Grin

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gamerchick · 26/04/2016 20:54

Whenever someone says 'fuckin hell' I say ' they'd better or I'm not going'. Every.time. It annoys even me Angry

JessTitchener · 26/04/2016 20:56

Hugo, me too.
Dancing at the disco, bumper to bumper
Wait a minute.......

WHERE'S ME JUMPER?

YY to most of these especially having both the key and the secret and hammertime following stop.
However, any mention of hammertime tends to elicit a distasteful Peter Sutcliffe reference from DH so I tend to use collaborate and listen instead.

I am incapable of saying the word handbag without it coming out all Importance of being Ernest.

mawbroon · 26/04/2016 21:00

When I'm filling the bath for DS2, I always sing How Deep is Your Love Bath.

BertieBotts · 26/04/2016 21:05

Every time I say I'm cold DH sings the Red Dwarf theme tune. Or sometimes he just says it like a series of questions. Confused

NarcyCow · 26/04/2016 21:12

God, yes, it's always time for lunch in my head. Even when people in work ask me the time, I can't stop it coming out. It's terribly irritating.

Hammer time, too.

We have plenty of other catchphrases in this house but they're just random shite we made up, nothing anyone would recognise.

MsRinky · 26/04/2016 21:15

When the news mentions Ban Ki-Moon I sing the guitar hook from Marquee Moon by Television. I was concerned about him leaving the UN, but happily, his successor is Song Min-Soon, which fits almost as well, very considerate of them.

I have a friend called Una. I've never seen her wear a white jumper. Despite this, her name as far as my husband is concerned is Una Pullover Blanca.

amysmummy12345 · 26/04/2016 21:16

If anyone asks "would I?" I always respond with mostly under my breath "fuck off then peg leg"
It comes from a joke my old boss used to recount about someone with a wooden eye and a wooden leg... I can't even remember the joke but I have to say it every time!

Also if someone asks what day it is I always respond with e.g. "it's Tuesday... All day... Only til midnight" people must think I'm a twat Confused

Donatellalymanmoss · 26/04/2016 21:16

When ever I tell someone I've been for a long walk I often add luckily not off a short pier.

Why am I such a twat? HmmBlush

mellysam · 26/04/2016 21:24

JessTitchener your DH's reaction to 'pelvis' and Justmuddlingalong your "choo choo" actually have me crying with laughter!!!!
My DH playing xbox next to me thinks I've gone mad Grin

YabuDabbaDoo · 26/04/2016 21:26

I often sing Bob Marley's "Jammin'" to broken printers.

And when me and DC set off in the car I shout "And Off! We! Go!" then we all strike up "For a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down..."

SmokingGun · 26/04/2016 21:26

If I saw something bad (stuff I really don't want to happen) or even think it then I have to say touch wood and put my hand on my head. Even invert important work meetings. I have this irrational fear that I'm jinxing someone if I don't Blush

SmokingGun · 26/04/2016 21:27

I meant say not saw!

Ihangmyknickersontheline · 26/04/2016 21:28

How funny...'Where's me jumper?'..used to sing that all the time. Looking for school trousers around the house often inspires a "Donald, where's ya Troozers" type ditty, and I often still sing "opal fruits, made to make your mouth water" whenever I see a packet of 'Starbursts'..will always be opal fruits to me

ThoraGruntwhistle · 26/04/2016 21:28

I always sing to the end bit of the Kimmy Schmidt theme tune. Oooooooooh, dammit!

YabuDabbaDoo · 26/04/2016 21:28

Also... If I have a dirty thought in an inappropriate place (e.g. when bored at work) I actually do an innocent milkman-style whistle

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