I'm one of those people who have many, many catch phrases. For a long time "Oh for God's sake!" was my favorite, and I used it for everything.I routinely use "I KNOW!" a la Monica from Friends.
But lately, there is one sitcom that seems to constantly introduce me to new and inventive verbiage. I'm talking, of course, about How I Met Your Mother.
Last week, I learned about the sexless innkeeper. You know, you hook up w/a guy because you live out in the 'burbs and need somewhere to stay in the city. You don't have sex w/him because you're "tired" but use his place as a crash site. He is the sexless innkeeper.
There's The Mosby: this is where after one date you announce that you are in love with the person who you've just gone out with, causing them to slam on the brakes and put it in reverse as quickly as possible. Good for getting over-interested people to leave you alone.
And of course, one of my all time favorites: The Naked Man Gambit. This is when a date is not going well. You contrive a way for your date to leave the room, and then strip and pose naked. Apparently, two out of three times, she'll end up having sex with you, just because she feels sorry for you. I can honestly, say this has never happened to me, but the episode was hilarious!
There are Woo Girls (of which, I might possibly have been one -- you know, a long, long time ago). These are those women at bars, who when excited about stuff, raise their hands (sometimes holding a drink) over their heads and shout out "Woooooo!"
Who could forget the Hot/Crazy Scale which is the scale that illustrates how hot a woman has to be in order to make her crazy palatable in a relationship?
Now, I don't use all of those in my daily lexicon, but any of them will make me laugh out loud. How I Met Your Mother is quickly becoming my Friends in that I'm starting to be able to relate any moment to an episode of the show.
What are some of your favorite sitcom expressions?
*Graceful curtsy to TWOP for compiling a list of HIMYM expressions
4 Comments:
I adore the movie The Sure Thing with Daphne Zuniga and John Cusack.
Here are a couple:
I hope you fully appreciate the magnitude of your impending good fortune.
or
Spontaneity has its time and place.
Nope didn't find anything better than friends :( .
Still laugh like a mad woman when i hear "Hummmmmmmmm noodle soup" or "I'm crying here!!!!!".
Yep can't stop smiling just writing it.
I so need to watch How I Met Your Mother...they were hilarious - thank you Kati!
I've only seen a couple eppys of HIMYM and only then because Beanie is home and he loves the show. He's gone to see it taped and the other sitcom on Monday....ummmm... oh yeah Big Bang Theory.
No sitcom lines in my daily lexicon. Although we do often randomly quote "it's a metaphor for a crap movie" from FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. Then we laugh uproariously. Which brings us full circle since FSM starred Jason Segel who is also in HIMYM.
Ta-dah!
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