Inside Jokes

Sonny and Cher
I had just brought an old record player in my room. I found the "I've Got You Babe" single, and I listened to it. And then, I just couldn't stop singing, especially during chemistry (Sanna and I annoyed Mr. Schmitt so much during that class!)

Ragrats
Monica thought she looked like she just rolled out of bed, so she said, "I feel like such a total ragrat today." The phrase caught on, and now we define that slightly unkempt appearance (the one where you're too tired to look nice) as the "ragrat look."

Dumb Blonds
Sanna once called me a "dumb blond" (as a joke, of course). I responded with a quote which has become representative of my weirdness, "I may be dumb, but I'm not blond."

Doogie Howser MD
We were reading "My Antonia" for a class, and Monica said, "Isn't there a movie version? I'm going to rent it. I think Doogie's in it!" Well, she rented the movie and Neil Patrick Harris, who played Doogie Howser, was indeed in it. That sent us on a little trip down memory lane, back to those Doogie days. We both loved that show in third grade, but looking back, it was really weird.

"What were you eating under there?" "Under where?"
If you don't get it, say it out loud!
Sanna told me this joke last year, and I fell for it. Then, she asked Mr. Schmitt the question, and he fell for it, too (in front of the whole class, might I add...it was so funny!)

The John Lennon Palm Tree
Monica and I were supposed to be working on an English paper, but we ended up drawing instead. I made the discovery that John Lennon's self-portrait looked conspicuously like a palm tree, so we decided to cross-breed these two specimens. And the result was amazing! Many other experiments followed, producing such creatures as the John Lennon Pineapple, the John Lennon Sheepdog, the John Lennon Eggshell, the John Lennon Red Ribbon, the John Lennon Chicken, the John Lennon Billy Goat, the John Lennon Broccoli (which is tragically now extinct), the John Lennon Rodent, the John Lennon Hedgehog, Zoobilee John, and the Lennon-Bopp Comet. Geez, we were busy (previous word should be pronounced "bizz-ay!"). Then cross-breeding fever struck again...we added the John Lennon Lunchbag, the John Lennon Computer, the John Lennon Blankie, the John Lennon Paper Plate, the John Lennon Calculator, the John Lennon Backstreet Boy, the John Lennon Wig, the John Lennon Candy Bar, the John Lennon Package, and the John Lennon Hot Dog.

Professional Psycho Chickens Sitting Atop Food Products
Me and Monica, again. We were trying to work on the same project as mentioned in the Palm Tree joke. I drew a chicken dressed as a cook, then she drew a cookie under him, and something psychotic began! We drew many more in this series, including 50's chicken on a candy cane and chicken in a pot of soup. We almost submitted our drawing to American Girl Magazine, but we didn't meet the deadline for pictures.

My Famous Fire Hydrant
Everyone seems to have a hard time identifying my house, especially at night. So most people remember it by the famous fire hydrant just a few feet from my driveway.

Hale-Bopp and Heaven's Gate
Monica once asked me if I thought Marshall Applewhite's (whom we affectionately call Marshy) eyes were scary. And somehow it exploded from them. We began making postcards from Marshy and the Heaven's Gaters from the Hale-Bopp Comet, drawing pictures of Marshy's childhood must have been like, and I almost wrote a song parody (to the tune of Hanson's MMMBop, but it never quite worked out). We once even worked the cult into our English project.

Yodeling Goats
It all started with that scene in "The Sound of Music" with the puppet show and the yodeling. I don't know how exactly it grew to the strange obsession it became.

Vienna Boys Choir
Monica and I were looking at a brochure from the symphony while on a field trip. There was a picture of the Vienna Boys Choir and Monica was like, "So how old are those choir boys?" I don't know why, but it was funny then. I guess you had to be there.

That Shining Time Station Music
Monica and I were on a train (for the same field trip as the choir boys story) and we started singing the background music from "Shining Time Station." This later evolved into two other acts of weirdness. To the music, we developed a dance and a method to draw smiley faces on the window of the bus (you'd have to see it to understand).

WuvLuvs
WuvLuvs are evil toys that they advertise during "Pokemon." They say "here comes baby," an egg comes out of its chin, and the baby starts singing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." I can do an impression of a WuvLuv going through labor, but it is NOT suitable for public display.

Robin Hood Music
Somehow, on the bus to a field trip, I started singing the song from the opening credits of Disney's "Robin Hood." Now that song and the "Oo De Lally" song (also from Disney's "Robin Hood") manage to get in our heads at the worst possible times.

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