I have decided that I need a catch phrase. Many pioneers before me have had them in both movies and television. And while I am on neither of those, I still want a catch phrase, because I often think of my life as a sitcom. JJ had "Dy-no-mite!!!" on "Good Times"; Arnold had "whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" on "Diff'rent Strokes"; Joey had "How you doin'?" on "Friends"; and, God help me, even Stephanie Tanner had "How rude!" on "Full House." While the latter made me want to claw my eyes out with the blunt end of fence post, most catch phrases are fun and memorable.
But I have a dilemma in this quest. I don't want anything plain...or overused...or misunderstood...or offensive...or profane...or hard to pronounce. Oh, and it has to be in English. Not that I have anything against using another language, but if you heard me trying to speak Spanish or Italian, you would want to claw your eardrums out with the sharp end of a fence post. I can never roll my r's very well and I end up sounding like Marlee Matlin (yes, I went there...sue me). Plus, Bart Simpson has "Aye carumba!" and I'm pretty sure that no one even knows what that means and that it was offensive to an entire sub-culture. But, you know, whatever. It sold t-shirts.
I am thinking about doing something like stringing two funny-sounding words together and putting "Holy" in front of it. Like this:
"Holy nutsnickers!"
or
"Holy fartpanties!"
or
"Holy penispod!"
But I'm not so sure those catch phrases really capture the essence of me. Plus if I had to say "panties" all the time I might impale myself on a fence post.
So, this is the quest that I am on. Any suggestions are welcome no matter how utterly stupid they are. Actually, if they are really stupid then it might work. It might make me never want to talk to you again, but you could at least sleep at night knowing that you made my catch phrase possible and thus made the world a better place.
Monday, September 22, 2008
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I personally like the alliteration of "Sheepshit!" and have been using it off and on, but if you'd like it for your catchphrase, I'll try to refrain from using it around the press.
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