What Else is in Mike's Repertoire?
- To crush. This verb has many, many applications in Mike's hands. The principals involve either eating (man, I just crushed that samosa) or schtupping (hey, remember when F took that girl to the office party and his roommate crushed her?), but also success (I'm sure you're gonna crush that midterm).
- That's a shot. Helpfully used to point out other people's derogatory remarks after the fact. The accent is on "shot," to the point where it often becomes "sheeyot." Anna: The woman is a feebleminded whore with a face like Jason Giambi's asshole. Mike: That's a shot!
- Aaawwww, that was nice, you didn't have to do that. Obviously, this sentence should not be taken at face value. It generally indicates that someone is finally doing his/her job. Sort of the Caucasian equivalent of "What do you want, a cookie?"
- Massages and Hot Chocolate. Parallel to Fun and Games, as in "sportswriting isn't all massages and hot chocolate you know." Originally applied to Scientology, I am told.
- Pregitos. var Pregs. This is how Mike responds when I say "grazie." It's just the transformation the Italian language goes through in his brain. Not to be confused with pregos, meaning "pregnant."
- Suddenly everyone was run over by a truck. This is invariably Mike's suggestion for how to end a blog posting.
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Some notes on this post:
That's a shot: Anna is really good at insulting people, but in that case using the line would get lost. This is how I like to use it:
Anna: Hmmm, Nelson Mandela is starting to look his age.
Mike: That's a shot!
Massages and Hot Chocolate: Anna only hinted at the etymology of this one. During the filming of War of the Worlds Tom "Well-Adjusted" Cruise had Scientologist volunteers on the set to give members of the crew massages and hot chocolate as they worked long days. And since everything about Scientology is hilarious, there you go.
Where was the phrase "throw under the bus" come from? It's kind of a sports talk thing. Googling didn't help.
[ps: the word verification is getting long, in this case ebhxsgsy]
I don't think you're allowed to mention G--gle in the comments section. Or something. They always get pissed at that.