Earworm phrases..Fornit Some Fornus

[Constant Reader Kim]

How about a phrase that won't stop?

Just finished "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" short story by SK in Peter Straub's "Poe's Children" the other day. The phrase 'Fornit Some Fornus' will not leave my head. Am I going mad like the writer's in the story?

[Bryan James]

It's been over a year, and I still have the original "Five...Five Dollar...Five Dollar Foot Long" theme in my head. From an ex-musician's ear, that was a very spooky jingle.

I've been to Subway once since the first commercial came out.

^
That wasn't the response you were looking for. (Related, though).

~BJS

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Maybe si, maybe no.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Nutty Bavarian]

After I read the DT series I kept finding myself saying "Hile!" any time I meant to say hello for about a week. :laugh:

[rose key]

Whenever I read the DT series, I have to practically bite my tongue to stop myself from saying "Thankee-Sai".

[Roseasharn]

Stand and be true.
And it comes to mind every single time I am put to a challenge, somebody else is put to challenge, random situations, when people are snivelling and so on.
I think I'm going to finally give up and add it to the DT lower back tat I'm in the process of designing.
also: Get busy livin or get busy dyin.

[Selena_Kitt]

I still say "Tac! Ala!" apropos of nothing now and again... it cracks my husband up... :wink2:

[Ilian]

I keep telling my boyfriend that when something goes right or wrong, it's Ka....he's annoyed by that ;)

[Mr Nobody]

Oh, I had the 'Fornit Some Fornus' problem for a while, blaming fornits for stuff, to the point where I thought 'Hold on. This can't be a good thing.'
I've also been tempted to use 'Thankee, Sai'...in shops, of all places. I haven't done that, but I did say 'Say true, say thankya' in conversation with a mate not so long back. Luckily(?), people see me as a bit weird anyway (no idea why; I'm just as sane as the next lunatic), so it just added to the mythos. :laugh:

[Ebdim9th]

I have used "Done bun can't be undone", many times since I first read Insomnia back in '95. And yeah, I say "You say true, I say thankya" alot too...

[nunu_chis]

Sai King´s "language" is very catchy (is this the rigth word?), like a disease...
I used to think "don´t sweet the small stuff" to myself very often after reading insomnia, and "do the day and let the day do you" is one of my favourites... btw, isn´t Wireman one of the most "loveable" characters ever??

[Patricia A]

I get phrases from Stephen King stories stuck in my head sometimes too. There are actually words and phrases from the DT that I use and don't even realize I'm doing it until someone looks at me and says WTF?
He truly knows how to paint a phrase that makes a picture in your head that's hard to shake. Don't worry though, I'm almost sure it's a perfectly harmless side effect of great writing.
And if it's not harmless, oh well a done bun can't be undone. :biggrin2:

[Iowareader]

What do you think Stephen King would do for a Klondike Bar?

[T2(BEATLOAF)]

I wanted to thank you for this post but the board wouldn't let me. I know this is frowned upon here but I must...hahahahahaahahahahaha! Hilarious! Thankee for this very useful post. It cheered me up!


It's been over a year, and I still have the original "Five...Five Dollar...Five Dollar Foot Long" theme in my head. From an ex-musician's ear, that was a very spooky jingle.

I've been to Subway once since the first commercial came out.

^
That wasn't the response you were looking for. (Related, though).

~BJS

[Hand_of_Roland]

one night i took too much ambien and drank a fifth of vodka while I was "sleeping" my mom heard me talkin in three different voices to myself and she came in because I was repeatedly walkin back in forth into the wall, to help me and said I just kept raving about "KA" "KA-TET" and "KHEF"....interesting night

[RJErbacher]

When I say "No bounce, no play" people look at me like I have brain jelly dripping out of my nose.

[purplechaos]

maybe thats why they r called earworm u can't get them out of ur head?

[GNTLGNT]

I constantly let the phrase "Ka is a bitc*" drop outta my mouth...much to the chagrin of my long suffering mate...

[Lencho_of_the_Apes]

An all-time classic literary earworm: http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/559/

We all float down here. Float with care.

[butter]

im reading liseys story and find myself saying "puffickly huhyooge" constantly and i read the ballad of the flexible bullet last year and still remember that phrase

[CaseyM]

Sai King´s "language" is very catchy (is this the rigth word?), like a disease...
I used to think "don´t sweet the small stuff" to myself very often after reading insomnia, and "do the day and let the day do you" is one of my favourites... btw, isn´t Wireman one of the most "loveable" characters ever??

I always say "Done bun can't be undone" from Insomnia. I love it, and it makes people think twice when I say it which is always fun.