My Catch Phrases

Those who know me know that I have a tendency to pick up expressions and phrases and use them a lot. Sometimes I'll drop an expression after a few weeks, and other times I'll hold unto one for years. And now, in a utterly self-indulgent move, I'm going to rate my own catch phrases. And you thought I was running out of ideas.

Bling Bling: I'm not entirely sure why I say this. I suppose I can trace it back to an episode of CSI, but why I decided to pick this one up is beyond me. You see, for those that don't know me, I'm white. Really white. Far too white to be saying stuff like "Bling bling." Maybe that's what makes it funny. Or maybe it really isn't funny at all. Maybe it's just Bad.

Get my _____ on: I hadn't realized how much I used this one until the day I went on vacation last August. I was going to Cape Breton with several friends, and everyone was meeting at my place before departing. In my usual style, I was running a tad late. Well, not so much was I late as everyone else was early. Anyway, I come downstairs and go into the kitchen and make some toast. When it's done and I wander into the livingroom munching on toast I make a comment along the line of "Getting my toast on" and all my waiting friends are rolling on the floor laughing. I didn't think it was all that funny until I find out that one of my roommates had been eating toast five minutes earlier and had said "As Marko would say, I'm getting my toast on." So I guess I've used this one enough to be predictable. So it's all Good.

Really, really ridiculously _____: This is a more recent addition to my stable of cliches I've been using it a lot. When you need a humourous and blatantly over the top adjective, which I find I often do, this works perfectly. An additional really or three can be tossed in as needed. Such as "This article is really, really, really, ridiculously stupid." If you happen to be wondering, this one comes from watching Zoolander a few too many times. But that's only because it's a really, really ridiculously funny movie. And not to mention influential, too. Just yesterday I came close to being involved in a gasoline fight. Actually, it was diesel, so it's probably for the best. While it may not be really, really ridiculously flammable like gasoline, it's still a fuel, and the smell is downright Ugly.

Hi, I'm Marko, and I'll be your _____ for this evening: And you thought this could only be used by waiters and airline pilots. Personal uses of this phrase include replacing the blank with such terms as "bumbling oaf," "total idiot," "arsonist," "SARS patient," and perennial favourite "bad influence." It also works if you drop the "your/for" and go with an adjective rather than a noun, i.e. "Hi, I'm Marko, and I'll be utterly oblivious this evening.
As far as a catch phrase goes, this is one of my favourites. It's not one that I get to use every day, so that keeps it reasonably fresh, in a not-really-all-that-fresh-to-start-with way, much like day old baked goods. But just like the day old baked goods, it's still pretty darn Good.