Things that have invaded your brain

Akrasia

Not talking about parasites here (though we should all be a little bit worried about toxoplasma gondii) but what 'cultural' influences have invaded your brain and taken control of essential routines and processes?

For me, I can not hear, or say, or even think the word 'blue' without an inner monologue reciting 'ba ba di ba ba doo'

Damn you Eiffel 65!!

I don't even like the feckin song, it has deeply embedded itself into that part of my brain.

Anyone else been invaded by unwanted thoughts or cultural memes?

Wacker The Attacker

squirt porn

jokettle

If anyone utters the phrase "I couldn't agree with you more" I immediately think of the jumped up snotty little twit child actor in that ad (for Robinson's, I think?), talking about how "my body's a temple too".

Take your lisp and feck right off, stupid child actor :mad:

books4sale

I couldn't agree with you more.

Wacker The Attacker

There are certain things in life that are virtually impossible to avoid.

The likes of the x factor is an example. Even if you don't watch the programme, you can't open a paper or turn on the tv or radio without encountering it at some point.

Schism

Hey Akrasia, I'm Blue...

books4sale

My body is a temple.

Ihatecuddles-old

Watched flushed away way too many times. Whenever I see a toilet I can't stop singing 'poor poor roddy, flushed down his own potty...'

So annoying!

Chuck Stone

Will you have a cup of Tea?

Ah no.. I'm grand...

Plazaman

JAMBO!!! The cry from that annoying male goat who seemingly can give milk on the Bothar Ads.


Hehe, stupid Africans, our sneak invasion of transexual goats will sort them out.

Zillah

Whenever anyone talks about how someone we know seems to be down I have a terrible urge to say in a deadpan voice: "Yeah, and then we'd get the chair".

Drakares

The "Has anything ever creeped you out or unnerved you" thread

kristopher_1

Toxoplasmosis

ItsNoAlias

Everytime someone mentions the movie Free Willy, I think 'With every box or cornflakes until stocks last'

Sergeant

Who's taking the horse to France?

AnonoBoy

One of those mind-controlling eels from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.



Khhhhaaannnnnn!!!!!!! :mad:

books4sale

Zillah wrote: »

Whenever anyone talks about how someone we know seems to be down I have a terrible urge to say in a deadpan voice: "Yeah, and then we'd get the chair".

Why?

orestes

Memes are supposed to be componants of cultural evolution (ideas, symbols, phrases, tunes, etc.) passed on within a culture, originally suggested by Richard Dawkins in the Selfish Gene.

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

The theory of memes was picked up on the internet as it brought people from all over the world and many different cultures together so evolution necessitated the creation and passing on of symbols and ideas that could be shared amongst the members this new, international, multi-cultural community .

Therefore, Rick Astley is the pinnacle of cultural evolution.

Akrasia

Schism wrote: »

Hey Akrasia, I'm Blue...

ba ba di ba ba doo
Damnit!!

mikom

♫ Moooooooooonpig dot com ♫

Lando Griffin

Akrasia wrote: »

Not talking about parasites here (though we should all be a little bit worried about toxoplasma gondii) but what 'cultural' influences have invaded your brain and taken control of essential routines and processes?

For me, I can not hear, or say, or even think the word 'blue' without an inner monologue reciting 'ba ba di ba ba doo'

Damn you Eiffel 65!!

I don't even like the feckin song, it has deeply embedded itself into that part of my brain.

Anyone else been invaded by unwanted thoughts or cultural memes?

No. Nothing springs to mind ATM.

Cienciano

If I hear 3 knocks on the door I always reply in my head "Erin soup".
If it happens again straight away I end up singing the whole ad. "now you know your home. Nourishing and goodness..."
Amazing how an ad can brainwash you

Duggy747

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYjZTdrJlA

Akrasia

Zillah wrote: »

Whenever anyone talks about how someone we know seems to be down I have a terrible urge to say in a deadpan voice: "Yeah, and then we'd get the chair".

Probably misses his old glasses

Real Life

Drugs

Zillah

books4sale wrote: »

Why?

I find it amazing you'd choose posting over the first result on a google search.

Irish Guitarist

Anytime I see phlegm on the ground I think of Bodie from The Wire.

books4sale

Zillah wrote: »

I find it amazing you'd choose posting over the first result on a google search.

It was my primal urge.

An appropriate respose to the content of this thread.

I find my mind is filled with bizarre irrelevant questions a lot of the time and when the questions pop in to my head I have to look up the answer on the interweb.

Recent ones have been can you smoke beef and lamb the way you smoke bacon, is there such a thing as salami made from lamb or mutten....or I wonder what is the most common surname in my area or would...or would Ireland be different if Dermot mc Murrough had not invited the Normans in to Ireland.

Sar_Bear

Homestead lighters... Every time I see one I have to sing the theme tune. Most of my friends don't remember it and think I'm crazy.

Little Acorn

"Always, Coca Cola..."

"Under the tree at Spar"

"respect my authority!" (said in Cartman voice)

"no nonsense.ie!!"

Sar_Bear

You just reminded me of another one, a Cartman one,

"Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

3ndahalfof6

the borg.

littleteapot

What do you like best, Daddy or Chips?

keith16

Schism wrote: »

Hey Akrasia, I'm Blue...

Such a lovely colour for you...

Little Acorn

Sar_Bear wrote: »

You just reminded me of another one, a Cartman one,

"Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

Southpark has loads that get in your head. I can't say "creme fraiche" without thinking of Randy.
Another one that comes into my head if I need polish is Consuela from Family Guy, "we need more lemon pledge" (in her accent)

Cee-Jay-Cee

That Christmas ad for Lyons tea where aul fella reminisces about getting a train set when he was young and then talks about him buying his wee ones a train set and the wife says 'sure that's not what they wanted'

I always add on 'ya fuc king big eejit'

It drives my wife nuts but I can't help my self.

Sar_Bear

Little Acorn wrote: »

Southpark has loads that get in your head. I can't say "creme fraiche" without thinking of Randy.
Another one that comes into my head if I need polish is Consuela from Family Guy, "we need more lemon pledge" (in her accent)

Bahaha I'm the exact same, anytime I see creme fraiche or see it in a shop I start singing Randys theme tune for it "creme fraiche, cafeteria fraiche!! And I do the same thing with the lemon pledge

Or if I hurt myself, "sssss....aaahhhh....sssss....aaaahhh"
Peter Griffin style for a good 3 minutes

Daveysil15

Whenever somebody says "In the middle of the night," I always think of that song by Billy Joel.