Could I also have a decent stab at the pick-up-er?

I'd give you three guesses but that'd be a waste of two of 'em.

Why yes it was – how did you guess?

Cause that'd go a long way to working on me.

Could I also have a decent stab at the pick-up-er?

Was it 'is this guy boring you..."?

Why yes it was – how did you guess?

Was it 'is this guy boring you..."?

I once saw the 'Don't Mention the War' episode of Fawlty Towers at a Picton Backpackers full of Germans.

They took it very well, considering. More bemused than amused though.

I remember that playing while we had a german exchange student living with us. My "sister" was fine with it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2MMYuDcfWg

Crikey – how do they do the Hilter sketches in German?

I once saw the 'Don't Mention the War' episode of Fawlty Towers at a Picton Backpackers full of Germans.

They took it very well, considering. More bemused than amused though.

A (kiwi) friend assures me that they are much funnier in Czech

Czech? You should hear them in German

Giovanni, you can stop doing the silly walks now, if you wish.

I can't watch the video right now, I'll have to get back to you.
We were actually Monty Python deprived, as kids, on account of the fact they never dubbed the Flying Circus into Italian. A (kiwi) friend…

I don't think you know what I mean.

I get that a lot.

Your speaking in riddles, Giovanni.

It doesn't mean what you think it means.

'I've fallen and I can't get up'

I tripped and I can't get down.

It's all I've got.

Your are now the In-Crowd Police, have a badge with that

we're the sweeney, son, and we haven't had any dinner

(said in a very serious and thoughtful tone)

A gamillion points of win to whoever gets that one.

"I see NOTHING!"

"Sorry about that, Chief."

That gives away how old I am. And enables me to talk in code.

I joined the Tramping Club. Still a high proportion of people who yelled 'Albatross!!' as if this were the wittiest thing ever, but at least not all the time.

xkcd weighs in on the subject.

My first exposure to "The Mighty Boosh" was a friend sitting me down in front of the live show. Big mistake — three and a half bloody hours of references and in-jokes I didn't get — put me off the whole…

And, yes, there's a…

(Hmmm. I'm pathetic. Maybe Evan is right)

When I first enrolled I went along to a meeting of a group called the Monty Python Appreciation Society.

Once.

It was full of people who only communicated in comedy catchphrases. Enjoy…

What hasn't been mentioned so far is the that the dark side of this practice is all about exclusion. if you don't pick up the reference then you aren't a member of the gang.

Lemme tell you a story. Are we all sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

When I was…

And since the fun has gone my known-only-to-me (cos its a misquote – how upmyself is that?) the "2x2=4/I know my twelve times tables" is a reference to A Private Function where the Liz Smith character is always keen to prove she's not ready…

Your are now the In-Crowd Police, have a badge with that.

Shut it, you slaaaag!

Almost all posters have dangled a few of their own pop-references/in-jokes/group-talk/jargon just to see if people "get" them. Don't we all feel "oh so clever" that we are "in the know". ;-^

What hasn't been mentioned so far is the that the dark side of this practice is all about…

no takers on my '2 x 2 = 4'?

In my brain all I heard was the Simpson's version of Barny singing "2 +2 is 4, 2 +2 is 4, ... ", followed by a "I can see why this is so popular".

(and no takers on my '2 x 2 = 4'?? Sometime I use 'I know my twelve times tables' which is also a misquote…

E.g., when the fiance and I go and stay with my parents.

Last week when my Mum was staying I had to explain a few phrases so she could understand what we were saying.

Can any linguists out there coin a word for 'too lazy to google'?

I can't at this time of night, but there's a website to which I'm always too polite to refer people.

What hasn't been mentioned so far is the that the dark side of this practice is all about…

Tell him he's dreaming!

Ha! We use "jousting sticks" as code for similar situations.

"I'd buy that for a dollar"

Tell him he's dreaming!

I'll tell him that for nothing!

"I'd buy that for a dollar"

Tell him he's dreaming!

Amy once had to leave a stifling workplace where all of her phrases were met with blank stares and twisted smiles

When I was at high school, most of my friends listened to the morning show of the local FM radio station, but I didn't. One day most of them started ending sentences with "...and if you believe that, you'll believe anything" in a…

When I was younger I used to drop the occassional "I'd buy that for a dollar'.

Robocop doesn't seem to have lasted the distance as much as I'd expected.

'I've fallen and I can't get up'
...
'You're wet. Yes its raining'

My anglocentrism is showing: I didn't recall those catchphrases, but I immediately thought of "He's fallen in the water!" and "I made you all wet. Yesh, but my Martini ish shtill dry" in their place.

then there is one *ping* only

W00t, two HFRO references in two days.

And I just got all excited waiting for my son to get home so I could share an xkcd cartoon with him. It just never stops.

My wife and I…

Blank stares and twisted smiles

But introducing the wordplay and mashups in…

"Nothing could possiblye go wrong...possibly go wrong"

That's the first thing that's ever gone wrong.

I'm predicting lolnui will have a slightly longer shelf-life than $%#&-quaxing, which has already mutated to just plain quaxing, but neither is in it for the long haul.

Well, All things must pass. Nevertheless, it was…

"I know EXACTELY what you mean!"

When I read this I got a *ping* but for a phrase we use all the time: "Nothing could possiblye go wrong...possibly go wrong"

Its a fair cop guv'nor,

But Society is to Blame.

Going further back....I didn't know whether to be proud or ashamed of this sort of thing when, about two months ago, I got an email from an…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlpDiXPZHQ

It's from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, RiffRaff and Brad.

D'oh – I fail at cultural references
Its a fair cop guv'nor, but its me fundementalist upbringing to blame

It was around well before Urkel

Bless you, Haydn. From the trivia section there, I now think I probably picked it up from Babs Bunny.

is the "You're wet. Yes its raining" from the non Kevin Costner Robin Hood movie

It's from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, RiffRaff and Brad.…

but is the "You're wet. Yes its raining" from the non Kevin Costner Robin Hood movie[...]?

My guess is The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

"I know EXACTELY what you mean!" is one of our stock phrases,…

from Evelyn Waugh to Ferris Bueller

The former: Craig
The latter: me

I'm not sure what that says about our respective personalities... or perhaps I *am* sure, and I don't want to admit it to myself. ;)

(Giovanni is made of win for the Poe ref yesterday, though.)

I find…

'I've fallen and I can't get up' is from, I believe, Urkel from Family Matters

It was around well before Urkel

It has come to the point that when someone says something funny and no one knows where it comes from we are astounded…

And don't get me started on "do you want to take a ride?"...