I'm sure all of us have used "Bored, now." or "Going,now." at some point in our regular lives, but how many of you use other Buffyisms or quotes from the show? I'm finding that since I started getting back into Buffy a few weeks ago I'm doing this almost every day. Here are some of the ones I use:
Easy one - "Bored, now." can also be "tired, now" or "hungry, now" basically whatever you want.
Another easy one is adding -age to the end of things. For example, I've been at work and fixed a sewing machine then tested it and shown the nice sewing to the operator and said, "That's some nice sew-age." (Just realised what this spells! But you get the idea). On the golf course "Great drive!" has become "Quality driveage!" and "Nice putt!" "Nice puttage!" Is that changing any verb to a noun by addition of -age?
One I've used after someone else had fixed a machine, and another guy and I didn't agree with the way he'd done it was, just as he was about to start it up, I said "Now let's watch the tears and recriminations."
If someone is saying they'll do something drastic in response to "negetive stimuli" I now say, mock enthusiastically, "Good luck with that. Hope it works out for you."
When someone has given me something to think about I use "Aw, now I'm gonna be stuck with serious thoughts all day."
Another nice one is when someone says they are xxxxx (an adjective for how they feel), you say, "I'll see your xxxxx and raise you a yyyyy." For example, someone at work says they're tired I'll say, "I'll see your tiredness and raise you a lower back pain." This is actually half the actual quote and works for me because I do often get a lower back pain at work. But you could use it for any number of situations.
We don't often see the cuter girls from marketing or admin down on the factory floor, but when we do I now say "Mattressable, n'est pas?" and have since gone on to add n'est pas? to all kind of questions I might ask.
A couple of weeks ago all us mechanics were in the workshop in fits of laughter as one guy was making fun of another's possible sexual proclivities and acting out a doctor giving this guy a prostate examination. The words "...I can't go any further, Mr Heffernan. My sholder's in the way." were also mentioned, you get the picture. Anyway we all had tears of laughter rolling down our faces at the show he'd put on, and after he'd finished and the laughter was subsiding I meshed to Xanderisms and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the comedic stylings of Mr Robin Cook. Thank you, thank you. He's here through Saturday, enjoy the veal." This got everybody else laughing their heads off again. Probably needs a really funny situation with a warmed up audience though 'cause I tried it once before that in a not-so-funny situation and everybody just looked at me as though I was weird. Fancy that.
And finally, the reason I started this thread was because today at work a big quilting machine was stopped so I ducked under to see what was going on and one of the operators was re-timing a thread hook. Now, it's really my job to fix such things, but I couldn't be bothered at the time and most of the operators know how to do it. So when he saw me sitting down to watch he and offered me the allen key and asked if I wanted to do it. I said, "Well, I saw myself in more of a patriarchal sort of role. You know, lots of pointing and scowling."
I know there's more I've used but this is all that's coming to me at the moment. I can sometimes make you seem far wittier than you actually are. Sometimes it just makes people look at you funny. So how about you guys? Does anybody else do this sort of thing on a regular basis?
Easy one - "Bored, now." can also be "tired, now" or "hungry, now" basically whatever you want.
Another easy one is adding -age to the end of things. For example, I've been at work and fixed a sewing machine then tested it and shown the nice sewing to the operator and said, "That's some nice sew-age." (Just realised what this spells! But you get the idea). On the golf course "Great drive!" has become "Quality driveage!" and "Nice putt!" "Nice puttage!" Is that changing any verb to a noun by addition of -age?
One I've used after someone else had fixed a machine, and another guy and I didn't agree with the way he'd done it was, just as he was about to start it up, I said "Now let's watch the tears and recriminations."
If someone is saying they'll do something drastic in response to "negetive stimuli" I now say, mock enthusiastically, "Good luck with that. Hope it works out for you."
When someone has given me something to think about I use "Aw, now I'm gonna be stuck with serious thoughts all day."
Another nice one is when someone says they are xxxxx (an adjective for how they feel), you say, "I'll see your xxxxx and raise you a yyyyy." For example, someone at work says they're tired I'll say, "I'll see your tiredness and raise you a lower back pain." This is actually half the actual quote and works for me because I do often get a lower back pain at work. But you could use it for any number of situations.
We don't often see the cuter girls from marketing or admin down on the factory floor, but when we do I now say "Mattressable, n'est pas?" and have since gone on to add n'est pas? to all kind of questions I might ask.
A couple of weeks ago all us mechanics were in the workshop in fits of laughter as one guy was making fun of another's possible sexual proclivities and acting out a doctor giving this guy a prostate examination. The words "...I can't go any further, Mr Heffernan. My sholder's in the way." were also mentioned, you get the picture. Anyway we all had tears of laughter rolling down our faces at the show he'd put on, and after he'd finished and the laughter was subsiding I meshed to Xanderisms and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the comedic stylings of Mr Robin Cook. Thank you, thank you. He's here through Saturday, enjoy the veal." This got everybody else laughing their heads off again. Probably needs a really funny situation with a warmed up audience though 'cause I tried it once before that in a not-so-funny situation and everybody just looked at me as though I was weird. Fancy that.
And finally, the reason I started this thread was because today at work a big quilting machine was stopped so I ducked under to see what was going on and one of the operators was re-timing a thread hook. Now, it's really my job to fix such things, but I couldn't be bothered at the time and most of the operators know how to do it. So when he saw me sitting down to watch he and offered me the allen key and asked if I wanted to do it. I said, "Well, I saw myself in more of a patriarchal sort of role. You know, lots of pointing and scowling."
I know there's more I've used but this is all that's coming to me at the moment. I can sometimes make you seem far wittier than you actually are. Sometimes it just makes people look at you funny. So how about you guys? Does anybody else do this sort of thing on a regular basis?
