Obscure things you say, knowing most people won't know the source

[JHDK]

I'm late to this but it was an enjoyable read I once a comment about.

she was a large woman, and also a busy woman. One day a coworker was meeting with her in her office, while her lunch was heating-up in the microwave. They were engaged in a work conversation when the microwave finished with a "BING!". She immediately said to the coworker, "Well, gotta go", and kicked him out of her office so she could have her lunch.

Whenever I'm over like 250lbs I'm embarrassed to eat around people who aren't family or friends. If I'm at work with other people I will not eat in front of them in the office or break room. Cuz it's just gross. No regular weight person wants to look at a fat ass eat. It's like watching a zoo animal or something.

Ever since then, whenever one of us needed to get out of a conversation, we'd say "Bing... gotta go!".

That is a fantastic inside joke for you guys. Do you ever have a new person that wasn't there for it that you let into the joke like you explain it to him like you just did with us? I imagine that would make them feel good like they're part of the accepted inner circle or whatever.

 

[scotchandcigar]

That is a fantastic inside joke for you guys. Do you ever have a new person that wasn't there for it that you let into the joke like you explain it to him like you just did with us? I imagine that would make them feel good like they're part of the accepted inner circle or whatever.

I'm sure we've told the story to a few of the newer people who became part of our lunch crowd.

But here's probably the most enduring story of them all -

Way, way back, in the early days of my employment (probably '85 or '86), a coworker friend and I are sitting-around talking in one of our offices. We'll call him Jay. Jay is Jewish, which factors into the story. It's late in the year; November or December. One of the new managers (also a friend) walks in, and notices Jay and I are both growing beards. We'll call him Mike. Mike is Irish. He jokingly says "What's with the beards; is this a religious thing?". Without hesitation, I look at Jay, and he gives me this look, like "play along". Jay says - in a serious manner, "Oh, you don't know? It's called Shmegegge." And then I say, "It's the period of time between Chanukah and Passover, when all religious Jews grow a beard". And Mike says, "Oh, really. OK, I didn't know". And then he asks us to reiterate the fundamentals of the custom. "So it's called Shmegegge, and it goes from when to when? OK, Chanukah to Passover. Well that's good to know". I think we made up some other details after that. Mike was looking kind of apologetic, for being unaware of this tradition. Anyway, when Mike left the office, Jay and I had a good laugh about it.

Fast forward to the following spring. Mike runs into Jay and I, and says "Hey guys, I wanted to talk to you. Over the weekend, I got invited to a friend's Passover dinner, and I told him the story about Shmegegge, and he wasn't familiar with it". Of course, Jay and I fell over laughing so hard. The kicker is that "Shmegegge" is a Yiddish word meaning "nonsense, baloney, or hot air".

 

[HecticArt]

So you had a good laugh at the gentile's expense? Nice.

 

[sadchild]

I say oi all the time

I say it once in a while. Or type it into a chat during an online game.

No regular weight person wants to look at a fat ass eat.

I get this thought once in a while but push it out because it's not a nice thought.

Without hesitation, I look at Jay, and he gives me this look, like "play along".

Love those moments!

The kicker is that "Shmegegge" is a Yiddish word meaning "nonsense, baloney, or hot air".

 

[scotchandcigar]

Wolf's game about Australia made me think of this commercial, which is a favorite of the Mrs. and I. Anytime we see some furniture or something made of leather, we say "Hey, is that leather?".

The commercial is a take-off on the Mad Max movies, and stars Australian Paul Hogan. Every time we'd see the ad, the turnabout of the angry marauders when they see the car's interior always makes us lose it.