Endoscopic examination of the large colonOctober 15th, 2007 @ 5:01 am
I’ve come to realize something. Even though I’ve done it in the past…
And since I’ve come to this realization, I’m not going to tell you how I’m spending my day today*. Instead, I’ll leave it up to your imagination.
But in the mean time, why don’t you tell me about the most random inside joke that you share with a member of your family.
Mine involves my younger brother and sister and saying “turn here, turn here” in a faux English accent. We find it hilarious.
Go figure.
*wish me luck, please.
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Carrie
said,
October 15, 2007 at 5:18 am
My brother and I just always seem to know when our mom will act wacky, so we share the sibling eye rolls behind her back. We’re so mature.
And, yes, good luck with that!
LaLa
said,
October 15, 2007 at 6:29 am
Well. Mine will probably not be that funny but any time someone says “You must eat” my brother and I will go “LUDVIG. YOU MUST EAT”. We picked it up from a very old SNL skit with John Belushi as Beethoven.
Oh yeah. When we ring each other we say “Wassup dog?” because we are so street.
Have a… relaxing day today?
Jezer
said,
October 15, 2007 at 10:36 am
My thoughts and prayers are with you all day long today. I hope everything is as easy and painless as possible. And I hope the results are perfect.
As for jokes? My brother and I laugh our asses off when we’re together, mostly just remembering some of the absurdities of our screwed up childhood. I wish I could think of one of our standards. Maybe it’ll come to me later today…I’ll update if so (I know you’re on pins and needles, right?).
HollowSquirrel
said,
October 15, 2007 at 11:53 am
We have a lot of inside jokes, mainly involving unfortunate pooping incidents — none of which involve ME! Whew. Knock on wood. That is all I can say without ruining our stellar reputation in the community.
If my brother or I look idiotic (bad hair or whatever), we call each other Cornelius or Percy…stems from some unfortunate haircut incidents in our middle school years.
jeanie
said,
October 15, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Oh good luck today.
And we have a funny thing about cupboards - and cupboarding…
Anna
said,
October 15, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Good luck today. I hope everything is as painless as possible and that there is a good outcome.
Most of our inside jokes involve my dad. While some dads might like to think they are funny, mine actually is.
The one that comes to mind most quickly - “Pannekoeken Huis, you ***hole, Pannekoeken Huis!”
Dirka
said,
October 15, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Mine uis with my brother and involves saying “poop” in a very high pitched voice… Good luck, Isabel!
Rachel
said,
October 15, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Good luck today!!
Stephanie
said,
October 15, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Of course I wish you the best of luck… i can’t really think of any “inside” family jokes… but my best friend and I have one, which we STILL laugh about 15+ years after the incident occured…
Amity
said,
October 15, 2007 at 4:53 pm
What I’d really like is for you to live blog during the procedure. Thems some good drugs!
Personally, I’d be happy to go back a second time just for the Demerol. 
There’s nothing funnier than realizing you’re looking at your own insides on TV.
Gosh, my brother and I have a ton of inside jokes. Probably the one we’ve been referring to a lot lately is about being on “vacation”. We kind of make incestuous alludes to how we always had to sleep in the same bed while on family vacations. It’s esp. fun for freaking out his fiancee.
We also like to laugh about “Freddy-fied motels.” Basically any backwoods, no-name, roadside motel where they could film a Friday the 13th movie. (Also where many of said family vacation bed sharing events happened.)
Amity
said,
October 15, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Hah. So I just went back and read the links to your previous posts. You missed out in that you were totally knocked out during your previous procedures. I was awake (but heavily drugged) and got to see it all. Also, while you had to start your “drawer dropping for rectum doctors” at age 30, I assure you that it was even more fun and exciting at age 15.
Whitney
said,
October 15, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Good luck! Hopefully it’ll be over in no time.
My brother and I have a million inside jokes but one that has lasted the longest is whenever we see a cute member of the opposite sex we’ll say to the other, “Oh you were totally giving her the ahhhhhh.” Complete with a point to the eye and everything. I have no idea why we say “eye” like that. It’s just one of those random things that happened and have stuck over the years.
jamie
said,
October 15, 2007 at 5:40 pm
yuck. good luck! hopefully, it will all be over soon…
hmmm… my brother and i just have to look at each other and anything can turn into an inside joke. usually it is a blonde moment that one of us has and then we just can’t stop laughing…
Audrey
said,
October 15, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Good luck today!
I don’t remember how it originated, but in my family all lame christmas/birthday gifts are referred to as “Nigel Gifts.” Nigel is an imaginary person who lives in the garage with all of his gifts. An example of a Nigel Gift would be the gold-painted, flowery kleenex-box-cover my grandmother gave me for Christmas. When I was 15.
Christar
said,
October 15, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Good Luck! You poor thing… I can’t imagine how horrible that must be.
My cousin (who grew up like my sister) and I have the most random inside joke. When she was in the 2nd grade and I was in the 3rd grade, she spent the night at my house. I was off track, but she was supposed to go to school since she was on track. My mom got up late and when we got up I said, “You’re late for school!” Being a little late turned into being about 2 hours late, and we continued saying “You’re late for school!”, or she’d say “I’m late for school!”. My mom called my aunt who said she could just miss school that day, so all day long we kept saying the same thing after hours, days, and weeks.
Well now it’s years later, and we still say it to each other. No one gets it or thinks it’s funny except us, but we find it so great.
Jessie
said,
October 15, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Good luck today! I’m definitely keeping you in my thoughts.
My random joke involves my husband saying, in a low voice, “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” It never fails to crack me up. It’s because one time I was talking about how he has a deep voice and I like it, and he said “A deep voice?” and then in a deeper voice, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
We may be geeks but it’s hillarious.
Stephanie
said,
October 15, 2007 at 6:27 pm
My sisters and I have names for each other that basically have been given to us by members of the family/community when they are referring to us but can’t remember our names.
My oldest sister is the “teacher” or the one with the “curly hair”. My middle sister is the “cripple” because she is physically handicapped. My nickname. Is the “big one” well, because I use to be fat and 5 foot five inches is big in our family.
We also laugh at really big underwear. So much so that I got a giant pair for college graduation that read “you are such a big girl now!” We are classy and mature.
Laurel
said,
October 15, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Good luck! I have heard that the preparation is far worse than the appointment itself.
My sister and I began imitating the words “Tokyo” and “lion” as performed on a mid-80s Nintendo version of Jeopardy! We have never stopped. Trust me, it is hilarious.
To us.
Danielle
said,
October 15, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Good luck today…what a crappy way to start the week (no pun intended)!
Molly
said,
October 15, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Good luck today. I hope everything goes as well as it can.
I have a lifetime of inside jokes with my sister, obviously, because she lives with us. The obvious one might be that we have slightly odd nicnames for each other, Sant and Low (pronounced to rhyme with cow, which has nothing to do with anything.)
HollowSquirrel
said,
October 15, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Hope everything worked out well, chicarita! I see you didn’t liveblog it. Oh well, maybe next time?
Virginia Gal
said,
October 16, 2007 at 12:27 am
Hope all went well - before, during, and after.
Right now we are saying “Jalepeno” in a whispery, high pitched voice, because I unexpectedly came across one in a layer dip and that’s the way I answered when asked what was wrong. I have a very low tolerance for spicy food…
Michelle Z
said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:11 am
When we went to Disney World a few years ago, we road the little boat back to the parking area, and my daughter began saying, “Toot, toot! Get it?”
We don’t get it. Not then, not now. I think it’s a fart joke - and she still thinks it’s the best joke ever. She has no idea why it falls flat when she tells it to others.
Also - My husband & I always say, “MO NO!” Instead of Oh No because once i had a mouth full of M&Ms … and dropped one & it rolled away … so I said, “MO NO!” really sadly. I don’t think we ever found that M&M!
moosh in indy.
said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:40 am
We scream “RIGHT” just loud enough to scare the crap out of whoever’s driving.
We were on our way to see Toy Story.
The end.
alison
said,
October 16, 2007 at 3:11 am
My family lived in Japan when I was in HS. One day we were driving around and my mom looked at the window of a coffee shop and said “Coffee and Dake (she pronoucned it Da-kay”), I wonder if Dake means cake.” And we looked at the window and said “Mom, it SAYS cake!” Not really funny to others but we always ask her if dake means cake when she’s being a little slow.
michelle de seattle
said,
October 16, 2007 at 3:55 am
er, does Triumph the Insult Comic Dog count as family?
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May
said,
October 16, 2007 at 6:25 am
Since my Mom wouldn’t let us say “fart”, we decided to say “Smurf” instead (to prove to her how stupid it was that we couldn’t just call them what they were…). It made that saturday morning cartoon much more hilarious than it should have been. Have a smurfy day…
xo
Loralee
said,
October 16, 2007 at 6:31 am
Our family inside jokes usually involve my elder brother torturing the younger brother by doing things like throwing a blanket over his head and saying he couldn’t play with anyone because he has leprosy and is unclean.
Sadie
said,
October 16, 2007 at 5:06 pm
We sing James Brown’s “I Feel Good, na na na na na na na, I knew that I would.” In opera-type voice. To make fun of my Mom.
Operation Pink Herring
said,
October 16, 2007 at 7:41 pm
I’m so late that I’m not even going to wish you good luck… except, you know, good luck! Recovering!
Random inside joke: “Not a cloud in the sky”, after what my mom said to describe how perfect the weather was… except there were clouds. Lots of them. All over the place. She sees what she wants to see.
Brie
said,
October 18, 2007 at 12:10 am
My sister and I say “booty moo-sik, yeah” For some reason. I can’t remember. But it makes us laugh.
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