Oh it's kind of a private joke..........

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I always find certain songs or ads or films, whatever, take on funny significance between me and my friends, for varying reasons and for varying periods of time.

This is all a bit mentalist but I tend to get text messages from certain friends which will say things like "my machine is here TONIGHT". And I'll know what it means. Actually Underworld lyrics are quite popular like this with some friends.

But do you or have you ever had this kind of odd relationship with a lyric or an advertising slogan. I also remember one friend, when reminded of something, would go "ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah......I MUST sort out that loan". Remember from the ad where the guy sits on the squeaky phone. Eh......it was funny to me anyway.

So THIS IS NORMAL OK? OK? AND YOU ALL HAVE LOTS OF NICE EXAMPLES.

Don't you? I might even think of more cringe-inducing ones on my part.

― Ronan, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I really like the phrase "my machine is here tonight", incidentally.

― Ronan, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't start. There wasn't a minute that went by on Friday/Saturday without a Streets reference. (Not helped by Emma going Rah Rah Rah on Friday night). Am I paranoid?

And Bobbys/Peelers. Robert Peel robert=Bob=Bobby / Peel=Peelers. Lust For a Vampire has a lot to answer for.

― Pete, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't blame me! I didn't even have any coke in my brandy.

― Emma, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Underworld are directly responsible for the deification of Europa Food and Wine on Wardor Street by a few of my friends.

Also shouting out bad band names (the names should be the bad bit, the musical quality is irrelevant in this) can reduce some of us to tears. Conversation would go something like "Melt Banana!" "Echobelly!" "Husker Du!" "Oh fucking hell! Husker Du, wicked"

You really have to be there. I'm not even sure why it's funny (actually booze and those longer than average roll ups are generally involved usually, so...), it's just a comforting loop we slip into.

― Anna, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember one night a few weeks ago we were listening to "Homework", and Da Funk came on. We were all kind of pissed and getting ready to go to something in the Red Box or some club. So one of my friends starts kind of singing quietly along to the main riff which I'm sure you all know. Gradually we all kind of joined in, quietly at first and eventually just kind of screaming it. God it seems surreal now. It was even more surreal for my mummy though who came into the room we were in and was like "eh.......what are you all doing".

The night couldn't have been bad after that really.

― Ronan, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bobbies? Robert Peel? Sir Robert Peel Bobbies Peelers Robert Bobbies Peelers Peel?

Be-ARD.

― Tom, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

STOP IT NOW.

― Emma, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

FITE!! oh god i have just remembered something embarrassing that i said in the pub, i apologise for EVERYTHING i did and said on Friday night.

― katie, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry Emma.

― Tom, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't remember you doing anything embarassing Katie. Can't remember that much of the latter part of the evening at all, actually.

― RickyT, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

rick it was when we were trying to think of things to do RIGHT NOW that were illegal. i think Mrs. Carsmile wanted to run away quite fast at that point...

― katie, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, I think I remember now. Was that when you shouted 'shag me up the arse!'?

― RickyT, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

But as I said getting your tits out in the pub wasn't strictly illegal....

― Pete, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ptee stop trying to spread SCANDAL. just cos i tweaked your nips and you got all bashful...

― katie, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am glad I fled to London's scruffy Brixton now.

― Emma, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

After seeing QUEEN OF THE DAMMED I think the new be-ARD should be gu- SSET.

― Sarah, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't remember any tits. Apart from the one I made out of myself on the bus.

― Tom, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

So what happened on the bus then?

― RickyT, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

of course there were no tits Tom, Ptee is trying to be controversial and get back at me for the nip thing. BAD PTEE!

― katie, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i remember tits though. explain that.

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I fell on my BIG FAT ARSE on the bus and landed in a clownish fashion with legs in air, but I did get a round of applause for keeping my KFC drink upright juggler-style while falling.

― Tom, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom did a GRATE comedy leg in the air which showed off soXoR and hairy leg hee hee but chickun gravy and Pepsi Cola remained intact until it later got spilt all over him anyway due to the rocking motions of the bus oh well.

― Sarah, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alan and Katie to star in remake of Gigi with updated lyrics:

Alan Chevalier: You should me your tits! Alan Chevalier: Ah yes, I remember it well.

― N., Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Middle line should have been:

Katie Gingold: I remained covered up!

― N., Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Now please translate 'you should me your tits'.

― Emma, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh fuck it. should = showed. I'm sure my brain never used to make homophonic mistakes. It has changed

― N., Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh i worked that "should" one out. i also worked out why i remember tits. but anyway, i can sidestep that by telling you about monster embarrassing tits-related moment that i had two w/e's ago.

Very drunk (in Newcastle where treble vodka = 1/75 UKP, it is all too easy) and sitting down to meal. Others arrive including a brother and sister that i used to babysit when they were 10 (brother) and 6 (sister) and i was 16/17. Needless to say this is 17 years later and SHE'S A BIG GIRL NOW and isn't shy about it. I felt quite queasy about this, and forced between ignoring the issue and drawing attention to it, and being v drunk I had no hesitation in saying quite loud rude things. many, many rude things. (i blame my sister for finding it all v entertaining and goading me on.) i think it was all topped off with the spectacularly crass "I don't know where she get's it from, i mean her mum's got nowt"

You may all hit me now. i need punishing. now where's that cellar again?

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

1.75 UKP

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes yes Alang I worked it out too but felt the need to draw attention to the fuck up. And do not be embarrassed about your faux-pas, when I was about 15 my dad's mate said to me 'oh hello Emma, my my you're really blossoming aren't you heh heh' (at which point I fainted with embarrassment.)

― Emma, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How did the big girl react to all this tit talk?

― N., Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

reasonably well i think considering i was being grade 1 awful.

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Alan is a criminal. But a kind one, it sounds like. Or something. They'd arrest you in America for that, you know.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Private jokes? Well, there's Philodelphius Raphadaphalus QUINCAL, not to mention Fuckles the Clown and his dog Aborto, but I think I've said too much.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

An ex of mine and I got a lot of mileage out of "Behind the Music: The GG Allin Story."

― j.lu, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

that is funny.

― ducklingmonster, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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