Happy words?

Okay, I can't be alone in this little goofy-ness. It's impossible... I stirred up enough asking if surprise company was acceptable, and let's all vow not to go there this time too, okay??

What word just makes you laugh? Do you have a word that, if somebody says it, it triggers some picture in your head that you can hardly stay calm? If somebody spoke the word in an executive meeting, would you have to excuse yourself so you could go laugh in the hallway? Do people stare at you when you laugh at this word, and think , "whoa.. that lady/guy is weird!!"

My word that does that to me? SHEEP! I get this mental picture (I think from a Monty Python movie) of a buncha sheep diving over a cliff edge, hollering "BAAAAAA" the whole way down. I have no earthly idea why it does so, but the mere thought of the word, even written down, and I'm laughing to myself.. SHEEP! LOL..

Who else has a "happy word"? Do tell the accompanying story, where appropriate...and remember, please keep it rated PG for the majority of our viewers...

This isn't necessarily a happy word, but a funny one for me.

DO.

Years ago, I had a decent position on the ladder in a large company.
When the company went through a large dismissal, I was one chosen
to stay with the company. While discussing my position and duties with
the grand poo-bah so to speak, I was trying to state something about
how I completed the tasks.

How did it come out of my mouth?

"That is a procedure I typically do do."

It was so hard not to cry or laugh in front of this guy, but even
worse was the follow-up. Thankfully, I kept my job even after such
a blond blunder. But even better, I'm no longer with the company.
Ha!

lol I have a couple but I con't think I can write them here.

Wuvie, I am giggling over the do do.

Ok, I can think of a couple...poo poo platter KILLS ME.


heinous...oh yes...heinous.

And when my better half says poo or any semi bad word. He doesn't cuss, so whenever he says something like that, it kills me..I laugh forever since it is so out of character.

LOL Giddy,

Is that like those "Golly gosh darn dag nab it" type phrases?

"Oh fudge" and such?

LOL.

Whenever my DH says *toilet*, I giggle hysterically. So I guess since I'm laughing, I must be happy :o)

He pronounces it like toe-let and I have never heard anyone say it like that until I met him! When he tries to say it my way, it just doesn't sound right at all. I'm glad he's got a good sense of humour and can laugh at himself.

Erynne

Wuvie....He doesn't even use those words!!

He doesn't cuss at all..he is the most mellow man I have ever met. In over 7 years, I have sen him mad twice and it was cute. LOL

Erynne, my better half pronounces sorry like ...like...sore-ee, for us on the west it sounds like sar-ee it is too cute. And the word quarter, he says kqua- ter.

He plays this joke on people whenever anyone says anything that has to do with hearing, he says "what" like he can't hear you. So whenever he says kquater, I say "what" so he will say it again...giggle.

The word LEMMING sends me into a fit of giggles. Many years ago, in England, I went to see a live performance by the Monty Python comedians and one of the sketches had a barman dispensing horrible drinks. One cocktail had a squeeze of LEMMING instead of lemon. (There was also a roving cast member in the audience at intermission, selling Albatross and Gannett on a stick instead of icecreams and popsicles.) OK, you had to be there.

Was in Boston with my hubbie and took the tram/bus -something like that..asked him to let me know when we got to Worchestershire ...when we got to the stop he pronounced it
'wooster' and said for that Canadian lady in the back, saying each sylable as I had pronounced it...Wor ches ter shi re Street...all laughed..I know you had to be there also...

Ha ha, Betty! When my younger brother came to town,
he asked for the "Wheresyoursister sauce". Too funny
to hear him say it quickly.

As a child, living in England, I learned all the polite synonyms (is that the correct word?) for the chamber pots that in the not-too-distant past used to live under every bed. Two of them were "the gerry" and "the po". Many years later, when I was working in the States, I was introduced to a man called Jerry Poe, and had a difficult time keeping a straight face.

I also once worked for a very nice man whose first and last names were English synonyms (again, that doubtful word) for male private parts, but since this is a family show I won't go into details!

(Edit: I think the word should be euphemism, not synonym)

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My husband is a truck driver so whenever I hear him talking about "big" trucks the one that I giggle at everytime is Peterbilt! Just doesn't sound right for such a BIG truck. Elizabeth

These are all REALLY funny!! Keep going!!

sheep
DO
poo poo platter
heinous
toilet
Lemming
Worchestershire (wheresyoursister sauce) LOL
Jerry Poe
Peterbilt

=)

When our son was young, he had a hearing loss, so when I was describing a favorite wine, he heard something different.

The wine is pinot noir. He heard 'P.... on the wall'.

We have a laugh every Thanksgiving - always a bottle or two served.

anemone cracks me up. Can't figure it out. LOL

Susan
=^..^=

LOL!!! Hilarious!
Funny, too, that you recently brought this up, as I was just thinking about this last night.

For me, it's LEAKING, because one day, a riled employee who was a semi driver was ranting and raving that his rig was LINKIN' oil....I said 'What?'.....
It's LINKIN'!!
'What!?!?'
LINKIN'!!
'What *are* you talking about?? LOL!!
Took me a while to figure out why he was so upset about anything that had to do with LINCOLN - I finally figured it out.....poor guy......he just couldn't seem to form the word LEAKING.

Ok, anybody remember the cell phone commercial where the person on the line misundestands what the other is saying..

I called DH on my cell phone, I was upset because my brakes were making a bad noise (had been doing it for awhile, but this day was really bad) So I tell him.. "Honey we have GOT to do something about these brakes" We talk back and forth for a few minutes.. he makes no sense to me.. tells me to do whatever I want... he'll be home.. WHAAAT.. I hang up and by the time I get home I am furious... how dare he take my life with such a carefree attitude?

I walk in the house and immediatly start to give him the riot act.. Poor innocent man with the shocked look on his face... you know the "huh" look..

He thought I said "grapes" I LOVE grapes and cheese, he thought I was having some weird craving..
we laughed until we cried that day... even made up our own commercial... him sitting at the funeral home, head in hands, crying.... but I thought she said grapes... lol

Can't even walk by the grapes in the fruit isle without smiling anymore.

LOL...That is too funny, a laugh out loud moment indeed
just reading your post.

Thanks for sharing! LOL

Rectum - I always go to that joke - wrecked him darn near killed him...

I am not from here and one day my boss a Rancher with horses - told me he had to go see a man about a horse (after I had told him so and so wanted him on the phone) so I picked up the phone and said.........next thing I know my boss is standing in front of me, KILLING himself laughing..........how was I to know......never heard that expression before.

:) I learned that phrase the hard way, too...

LOL...

Rankin-Very funny!
My funny words are Caulk and Gaulk-
I was helping my DH for the first time (years ago) re-glaze our window panes. One day he came home from work and asked how was I doing. I said very matter of factly well i am at a stand still. He said oh what happened? I told him I ran out of gaulk. He was very confused and pressed the question as to what the heck i was talking about. I said you know the gaulk? the stuff you put on the windows- he busted out laughing and corrected that it was called CAULK-Now he teases and says he has to get more gaulk when he needs it! Still makes us both chuckle.

Well we do gaulk out the windows don't we?

What a fun thread! I can't think of anything off hand, but I remember the first time I was offered a pupu platter (was stationed in Hawaii four years), I said, "But it doesn't LOOK like poo-poo, it looks YUMMY!" Here's more about that silly word if anyone's interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu_pu_platter