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Are there certain words or phrases almost guaranteed to get a laugh out of you, if said at random/the perfect moment?

I have two today:

Anteater (thanks to e_t)

flatus catcher (thank you, Mythbusters)

Seriously, every single time they refer to their flatus catcher on the show (which is a rerun I've seen at least twice before!), I crack up. :-D

How about you? If I randomly yelled "Rutabaga!" into the wind, would you laugh? What words or phrases are funny to you right now, even if they might not be funny to anyone else?


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  • moonriver said on Mar 20, 2008....
    Infernal, i'd say... uhm... "Ken Lee." You know, that Bulgarian song with an English accent, by Maria Carey. Haha.

  • silverwhisper said on Mar 20, 2008....
    i'm a fan of the word "snigglet"--does that count? :D

    hm..."kaleidoscope" is a fun one.

    i do like "rutabaga"--that's a good one. :D

    ed
  • evil_twin said on Mar 20, 2008....
    Lately the word Skittle has been cracking me up. Don't ask me why. It's a long story. But it makes me laugh! I'm glad you found anteater so funny too :-P

    -evil_twin LA
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Mar 20, 2008....
    moon: Funny, that's cracking me up today, too. ;-)

    ed: Oh, that counts. It sounds funny, and it's got a good dose of snarky potential besides.

    e_t: Skittle? It wasn't funny to me until you said it made you laugh. Darnit! :-D

    ~Infernal
  • Mr_Box said on Mar 20, 2008....
    I can't think of any funny words right now, but I do love Mythbusters. That's an awesome show. I watch it all the time. And you're right, flatus catcher is definitely a funny word.
  • tizzygirl said on Mar 20, 2008....
    Dictation Machine.  Need I say more?  Or is it just me who can't say it with a straight face?  Maybe I'm just slap happy?
  • wombat said on Mar 20, 2008....
    "Gubernatorial"  always makes me laugh...."Goobers in the senate race?"
  • uniquely-ironic said on Mar 20, 2008....
    I'm not sure it's an official word, but disconbobbulate.
     
    I've been disconbobbulated on occaision and seeing it and saying it are about equally funny.
  • rmuxagirl said on Mar 20, 2008....
    ok infernal I laughed at the idea of someone yelling rutabega like it was nothing.  When I am really sleepy, "giggle" always makes me laugh hysterically and my b/f had me laughing so hard at the whole "guess what....chicken butt" thing the other night.
  • Ombrelle said on Mar 20, 2008....
    Horseshoe for some reason cracks me up!
  • blondee0718 said on Mar 20, 2008....
    Styrofoam.  If you say is slowly and repeatedly...it changes each time, getting wierder and wierder...
  • hotaka said on Mar 24, 2008....
    K and I were shopping for souvenirs and they had various little bags of chocolates that were supposed to be the droppings of well-known NZ animals. There was "sheep droppings" and "kiwi poo" but the one we laughed at was "pukeko poo." It's fun to just say those two words suddenly like a bird call.

    PUKEKO POO!

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