Catchphrases

You may notice, dear friends, that I use several catchphrases in everyday chatter (and if you haven't, I really don't talk to you enough, so sorry about that). I will briefly explain what they all mean and where they all come from to enhance their meaning for you (like you care):

1: "Easy target!"
This is used whenever something is an easy target for double-meaning. For example, "Sorry, I can't make it tonight, something's come up!" will be swiftly followed by a rapid-response "Easy target!" for obvious reasons (if you don't get this joke you're too young to be reading this log... so ask your parents to explain).

2: "Just like that... ah ha ha ha!"
This homage to the late, great Tommy Cooper is perhaps my worst celebrity impression (although a repetoire consisting of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons, Sulu from Star Trek, Arnie [see below] and myself hardly means anything) and as such has become something of a comedy mainstay in Flat 19. Whenever something is described I will often comment "Just like that..." in my regular speaking voice before initiating a Cooper-esque low, grumbling chuckle, which hurts my throat and sounds like a frog being run over by a juggernaut.

3: "Talk to the hand."
This comes from the excellent film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, when Arnold Schwarzenegger robs a store and answers to the clerk behind the desk with a monotone "Talk to the hand." Here's a picture to set the scene:

I love this moment, it really is rather hillarious, and perhaps the Governator's best moment on screen (although, let's be honest, there aren't that many to choose from). Hence the catchphrase, and if you see it typed, imagine me doing an Austrian accent.

I'm probably going to get it in the neck for forgetting a host of other little sayings that I've developed while being in Newcastle, like the rather mildly amusing "That's almost...!", which will inevitably come up later in conversation, but they're all the ones I can be bothered to remember at the moment. In fact, the main purpose of this post is to see if I can do pictures, which so far looks like I can... fingers crossed!

Keep rollin' that katamari, people! Peace out.