Do you have a running gag going with anyone?

[caty]

For over 20 years, my husband and I have had one. He goes out of town a lot, and I always tell him that a celebrity comes here and stays with me while he is gone. For about 10 years I said that it was Paul Newman. Then, I switched to Mel Gibson. Last night I told him I was getting a little bored with Mel, and would be finding another guy to take his place. He laughed and I said, "you would really sh*t if, when I died, Paul and Mel showed up at my funeral all teary eyed and crying at my grave site." He agreed that he would be a little shocked.
:rofl:

What is your running gag?

[tyedyeto]

1. Not any more but years ago

My daughter hated spiders (still does as an adult). Our family had a black plastic spider that we attached fishing line to and would put it in weird places, ready to jump out when doors, drawers, etc were opened. This could take place anywhere: in the house, cars, outdoors. This went on for a few years with several months in between spider sightings. There were 4 of us in the family and all of us got into the act at some point.

[livetohike]

2. The plastic pink flamingo

For over twenty years my sister and I have transferred a plastic pink flamingo to each other's yard when one moves into a new house.

We have the flamingo now as my sister moved to Ohio, but one day, when she is least expecting it, it will appear in her yard :-).

[underpants]

3. I used to call a friend at work and leave messages as "Art Vandelay"

finally the woman who answered the phone said "That isn't funny"-she had caught on.

Not original but funny none the less. I left the first message and he knew who it was.

[flvegan]

4. Uranus

My co-worker and I have a little toy model of the planet Uranus on the wall between our cubes. We both have the maturity level of 12 year olds. I'm sure you can see where that goes.

[no name no slogan]

23. At least it's not Mianus

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. not so much a running gag...

but I constantly joke that there is a community of hobos constructing a castle out of her home-made brownies in the local landfill. Now whenever she makes a new batch (you have to eat them while still in the oven because they turn to shale at anything under 200 degrees) I ask if she has a purchase order for their new wing, battlement repair, or wall enhancement.

She doesn't make many brownies anymore.

[ComerPerro]

34. I wonder why

[leftofthedial]

6. every time the bushturd comes on TV I gag

every time a bible thumper comes to my door, I make them run

[Left Is Write]

7. I do, but trying to explain it would be difficult. And weird.

But it's been going on 25 years now with my best friend from childhood.

[Zomby Woof]

8. CaliforniaPeggy thinks I am her son

I am, actually.

[no name no slogan]

9. my life

It's an ongoing joke. And a funny one, at that.

[caty]

13. Noooooo

Your life isn't an ongoing joke. It's an ongoing adventure. What you are going through and learning now will be of great benefit in the future. Any experience is what makes us wise.

[no name no slogan]

22. Yeah, it's actually pretty darn good

I haven't been this happy in over a decade. But certain parts of it just crack me up.

[Arkana]

43. Ditto on that one.

[TrogL]

10. The dinner table

If anyone says "pass the salt" some one passes the salt...

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...and the pepper, and the sugar bowl, and the potatoes, and the flowers, napkins, utensils, loose change, tools, the cat and pretty much anything else that comes to hand.

[LaraMN]

11. A giant (now shriveled up) carrot has been passed back and forth

between my old college friend, my best friend and I for seven years now. Sometimes it shows up in the mail. Sometimes someone comes to visit and after they leave it's found, say, hanging from the rafters of the host's basement. Sometimes, it's lovingly crammed down the back of a participant's shirt, while they stand in line for a movie. It's really not in good shape anymore-- I may try to grow us a new one, next year.

[magnetism]

28. we did this with a pack of beef jerky at work

until someone accidentally punctured the package. Needless to say, the next time it was found, it had to be given over to a HazMat team.

[LaraMN]

32. I tried mailing kraft cheese in an envelope but that didn't work out.

Apparently it was crumbs and an oil spot by the time it arrived. Marginally amusing but not what I had hoped for.

[ZombieNixon]

12. I proselytize Flying Spaghetti Monsterism to Mormons.

:shrug:

[baby_mouse]

29. HERETIC

http://www.fatmouse.tk/

FATMOUSE + THE FLYING SPACHETTI MONSTER = FATMOUSE

I PLEDGE MY SOUL AND CELLULITE TO THEE, O FATMOUSE!

Now open your wallets and repeat after me the sacred mantra:

"HELP YOURSELF!"

[graywarrior]

14. A picture of a member of a famous criminal family where we

grew up. It was in the local paper. She got arrested in the 70's for trying to scam and kill an old dude. She was also very very ugly. That picture went back and forth between me and Mr. Graywarrior for years and years.

Funny thing is, we never talked about it...just kept the photo moving around in our lives. Never shared it with other people unless they happened to be there when it was "discovered" and even then, we'd never tell the entire story.

[Patiod]

15. I steal food from my SO

from his plate in restaurants or at home.

If he spots it, he accuses me of Food Crimes.

[trof]

16. "Check the fridge."

Once, Miz t. misplaced her car key.
We looked high and low, for hours.
Since I have one too, we figured we'd just get a new one made.

Much later that day I opened the fridge for something and there were her keys.

See...she was putting groceries in the fridge, with her keys in one hand (I know, I know) and the phone rang, so she just put the keys down so she could pick up the phone and...

Now, anytime she's looking for something I say "Check the fridge."
Then I duck.
;-)

[alarcojon]

17. College gag

We had a cheesy painting which we would take with us to photograph at well-known locations. Golden Gate bridge, Niagara Falls, Mt. Rushmore, the White House, etc. The photo would either be of the painting by itself or of the traveler holding the painting so it covered his face. The painting's last trip was to the Taj Majal.

[toey]

18. Reggie Miller = something stupid

My best friend and I were at a bar when Reggie announced his retirement and my friend blurted out "Reggie Miller's retarded!" So now everytime either of us do something stupid, we get called Reggie.

[RetroLounge]

19. Yes, been going on for 44 years now.

I tell God my plans and he laughs at me...

RL

[Not_Giving_Up]

20. Years ago, we were in a Dairy Queen

My husband and I were both quite herbally enhanced and taking a road trip. We had a munchie attack and stopped in a small town Dairy Queen. He decided that he wanted a Blizzard with two different things in it. The conversation went something like this...

Husband: I want a Blizzard with M&M's and Oreos.
Employee: We're out of M&M's.
Husband: OK, Butterfinger and M&M's.
Employee: Sir, we're out of M&M's.
Husband: OK, Snickers and M&M's.
Me: They are OUT of M&M's!!!

He finally got it, and ordered his Blizzard, but by that point, I was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down my face.

So, now, when he does something stupid, I just say "We're out of M&M's."

[trof]

21. Reminds me of an old joke.

Drunk walks into a bar.
"Gimme a Budweiser."
"Sorry, we're out of Budweiser."
"OK, I'll have a Budweiser."
"Sir, I'm telling you we don't have any Budweiser."
"Well, I'll take a Budweiser then."
"OK, let's try this. If you take the "Ribbon" out of Pabst Blue Ribbon, what do you have?"
"Pabst Blue?"
"Right, and if you take the "High" out of Miller's High Life, what do you have?"
"Um...Miller's Life?"
"Right. So if you take the "f*ck" out of Budweiser, what do you have?"
"There ain't no "f*ck" in Budweiser."
"That's what I've been trying to tell you. There ain't no f*ckin' Budweiser."

barumph-bump
<rim shot>

[atomic-fly]

30. good one

[JVS]

24. I give my ex the finger whenever I see her

I don't know if she's in on the gag, but I enjoy it.

[LibraLiz1973]

37. roflmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cfield]

25. okay, I'm giving away my

dorkiness but here goes.
A little background, Crayola makes crayons. You know, reds, blues, greens, violet, purple, pink, blue-green, aqua, yellow-green, and on and on. Well, they actually make a color called macaroni & cheese. That is the color, it's not yellow-ish something, or orange-ish yellow, it's called macaroni & cheese. That is what is printed on the crayon as the color. So, anyway.....

I will occasionally answer the phone 'yello?' instead of 'hello'. Which sets hubby up for responding 'green', to which I list a color, then he lists a color, and so on and so on. Well, whoever runs out of colors first resorts to...you got it- macaroni & cheese. That person is the looser. :(
If one of us takes too long to come up with a color, the other will YELL macaroni & cheese which of course is a rub in the face that "you lose."

Okay, stupid, I know. What's worse, when we're feeling especially moronic, we'll pick at each other and call names. (We started dating in high school, and never grew up.) He'll call me a dork, I'll call him a moron, he'll say nerd, I'll say geek yada yada. Again, as soon as one of us takes too long to come up with a new name to call the other, 'macaroni & cheese' gets yelled and the loser is forced to admit failure.

Ah, to be young and in love!

[baby_mouse]

26. Me and Mr Mouse

Call each other things like:

"my little rabid skunk"
and
"my little ketchup blob"
and
"my little barium enema"
and
"my little creosote stain" and other mildly surreal things

But it has to kind of "fit" with the mood of the day. Hence, if he's driving too fast and he thinks I might want to stop for a bite to eat, he'll ask me and I'll say: "Why, yes, my little Schumaker, how telepathic of you" and then he'll poke me in the thigh for being annoying and I'll stick my finger in his ear as revenge.

Love. Isn't it wonderful? :-)

[WeRQ4U]

27. Couple friends and I drag each other into long, made-up conversations...

And then, at the end of the story, when the other person is really into it and believing it, we conclude the story with "And then, two by four, right upside the head..."

It's odd, I know. But man does it piss the other guy off. I've gotten burned a couple times. After 10 minutes of story to end with that, I tried to break my friend's arm.

[atomic-fly]

31. kind of dorky

my wife and i always say: lets let the Fuzz make breakfast. Come on Fuzz do it. Cat meows. You can do it. Meows.Come on Fuzz.
Or Fuzz go get some pie. Here's ten dollars, go get me some pie. Do it!
It never works.

[Magrittes Pipe]

33. My pal Dave and I.

There's a bottle of Old Smuggler and a 40 oz. Blue Bull (that's Schlitz Malt Liquor for you neophytes) that we've been bringing to each other's cookouts for years.

Until this summer, when I found myself poor, and was reduced to using the Old Smuggler as aftershave and antiseptic. Eventually, I found myself so poor that I had to drink the Old Smuggler.

[caty]

35. After shave?

You must have smelled yummy!:evilgrin:

[Magrittes Pipe]

36. I coulda picked up boozehounds anywhere.

[caty]

38. No doubt

[JimmyJazz]

39. Pretty much everything in the lounge is a running gag!

:)

[Liberalynn]

40. My sister and I

had a running gag feud over Coca Cola and Pepsi!

I loved Coca Cola and she says Pepsi is the "miracle drink."

I used to say drinking Pepsi was like drinking a bottle of maple syrup whole and well I won't tell you what she said Coke tasted like. ;-) I think you can guess.

Of course now I drink Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper so it's kind of over now but hey it's still bottled by Coca Cola. I know think this is the drink of the gods.

[lockdown]

41. Too many

Prefer a bit of the other frankly! :puke:

:thumbsup:

[Deja Q]

42. Nope. Nobody is gaggin' me.

Sorry.

:-(