My old work I remember hearing the Lee Nelson catchphrase “qualittyyyy” except attributed to Ali G
This was such a common occurrence at my old work
Hearing this blasted out from wherever one of my colleagues was at any given time
Saying “wheres me puddiiiiinnnnnngggg?” like Grandad off Bread after I’ve finished my dinner.
Saying “to the regiment” when about to start a pint and waiting in vain for a reply.
Dime bar, to describe someone not very clever.
Often describe myself as ‘quadraspazzed on a lifeglug’ - usually referring to a hangover.
Some guy dressed in 40s style hat and suit randomly walked through our office the other day and I compared it to goodnight sweetheart
One person got it and the rest are not from the UK so i had to explain the plot of goodnight sweetheart which caused bafflement
It’s truly remarkable how often Taylor’s ‘Can we not knock it?!’ has come into my head in the years since i saw that doc, it’s a versatile phrase, summing up all manner of different frustrations.
Milky milky
In which Craig Charles plays a diminutive footballing official
I said “I do not believe you wanted to do that” a few times in that Harry Enfield voice
Possibly when dying in a video game
Along similar lines, “Turkey? It’s just a fat bastard chicken!” is a seasonal staple
Think this guy was a big fan of shouting ‘cooommmeee ooonnn’ and ‘I’m a metre, I’m a metre’ in the manner of GT.
It was a shame in a way that it solidified his image as something of a joke figure. It was only years later when his funeral was bringing his home town to a standstill and the obits were full of talk about what a genius he was that i realised how much of a disservice it had done him. Of course he was hugely respected among sports fans but I mean to the non-football fan (ie me), that was pretty much all i knew of him.
the way i sat it is more like -
new shoes…OooOOooOoo
Knew someone once who was convinced it was a song about a man called Jason Waterfalls.
I thought that when i first heard it
Late 90s/very early 00s popular culture references have become so unfunny that they’ve gone full circle now and are hilarious. Someone unexpectedly doing an Ali G, Peter Kay or Budweiser advert impression makes me fucking howl with laughter.
I reference the late 80s “Course you can, Malcolm” Vicks Sinex advert far too often.
“Shut that door” loads, despite the tv series ending 8 years before I was born.
“Sonofabitch” if someone says the word “chicken”, which is a Garth Marenghi reference.
Loads of Simpson’s, Partridge and Peep Show stuff.
If anyone ever says 50p I always say it back in the same voice as the kid at the end of this advert
So niche and outdated, my mate Karl is the only person who remembers what I’m on about I think.
