At least *WE* think we're hilarious

So I'm in Sammamish visiting my family right now and I've been having a great time.

In fact, I'm going to tell you a story.

My sister and I did this today while using the two upstairs computers, and I think we're hilarious.  If you don't get it, don't give up.  Read on, and maybe gain a little insight into our family's sense of humor ...

Several weeks ago, my friend Jorgen introduced our family to a British sitcom called The IT Crowd.  Mark and I had started our free month of Netflix and were looking for a new show to watch.  I've got to say ... we love it.  We're engineer types, so the environment and the humor REALLY click with us.  "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again? ... are you sure it's plugged in?"  Often times, I can watch things once and be satisfied.  I don't have to watch it again.  This show, though, I think I will actually buy on DVD so I can watch it repeatedly.

I told my sister about it and now I've got her into watching it.  Unfortunately, only seasons 1 and 4 are currently available on Netflix so it will be a while before I can get Marissa to finish off the whole series ...

A few fantastic scenes from the show are in the second episode where they have a NEW (and shiny!) EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM with an easy-to-remember number with a handy jingle ...

I can't embed the video, but here's a link so you can watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab8GtuPdrUQ

I think it's ridiculously hilarious.  In fact, I have the jingle memorized: 01189998819991197253.  When I sing it a few times, Carmen starts dancing around the house singing the "Nine nine nine!!!" part of the song.  That girl is going to get voice lessons and become a Broadway star some day.  Srsly.  Does your 22-month-old sing on pitch?

Later in the series, there's a social networking site called "FriendFace" (obviously Facebook) and there's a scene where the three main characters are sitting on their computers in the office FriendFacing each other instead of having real conversations.  You don't know what they're saying to each other, but they're laughing and saying things like, "Oh, that was SUCH a Moss comment!  Ha ha ha!"

***Anywho***


Does anyone read Snide Remarks?  I first heard of him when someone showed me his fake 'Titanic' screenplay.  This has since been followed up by a rejected 'Twilight' screenplay and a few other things.  He offered some interesting insights on gay marriage, and it got me thinking I'd like to read more of this guy so I added him to my RSS feed on Google Reader.  Now I've realized he also does movie reviews and has his own blog, which is all updated more often than just his "Snide Remarks" column.  Click, click, click, RSS, RSS, RSS, check, check, check!

Last week, he posted a Snide Remarks column mocking one of my favorite songs to work out to at the gym.

(Frankly, I never thought of this song as rap ... it's not, is it?  Isn't it hip hop or something?)
This song is my favorite part of Zumba.  HECK YES.  This song and Usher's "DJ's Got Us Falling In Love" are the greatest feel-good songs to work out to at the gym.  And it makes me feel like a total dork.  But I'm not in high school any more, so I can be a dork and love it, right?!  I also make Carmen rock out and dance with me in the car when these songs come on the radio.

PUT YO' HANDS UP.

Anyway.  So Eric Snider made fun of this song.
"This is perplexing and perhaps even frightening. Why wouldn't the club be able to handle him? Is he wired with explosives? ... What is it he plans to do that he thinks is going to test the club's limits? Is he accompanied by a troupe of circus lions? Is he currently on fire, or in imminent risk of being on fire?"

I don't know why this article had me in giggling fits, but it did.


Today, I was on the computer in the office and Marissa was on the computer in the hall.  Marissa and I were recently sharing our plans for the evening (she's going to someone's house for a game night; I'm staying home and making s'mores with Dad if it decides to stop raining) ... and then I got a notification on Facebook saying my sister had written on my wall.  Uhh, aren't we 10 feet away from each other?

This is what happened:

So maybe it makes a little more sense now, if you know of our love for The IT Crowd and Eric Snider.

I'm glad we're related.  I get the feeling most other people would think we're just weird ...