Sunday, April 4, 2010

A Night at Applebee's; Part 1: Carpe Doodie


On a Saturday night this spring, I found myself driving down Belknap Avenue in Superior, Wisconsin with a couple of fellow intellectuals. We were on our way to Applebee's where we were told that we would find beer and a seat with a clear view of a television on which we would be able to watch two adults beat the living crap out of each other.
After discussing politics, religion and our feelings, we turned to a discussion revolving around a phrase that surfaces from time to time during our extremely interesting dialogue: "Get your/my sh** together."
Perhaps you're not familiar with this colorful chunk of our language. Allow me to give a number of examples in context:

"You're wearing two different colored socks. Geez, man... get your sh** together."
"Yeah, he's got a car and a job. That dude's really got his sh** together."
"Holy sh**! That crazy sh** makes me the sh**ing president of this sh** now. I guess I'd better get my sh** together... sh**."

Having fully discussed that specific topic, I pointed out that my job at an elementary school limits my ability to use "get your/my sh** together" on a daily basis. I told my fellow intellectuals that I like to use the less common but equally effective "get your/my poop in a group." They felt that this phrase was effective but were afraid that I may be hindered by having only one alternative to the more ubiquitous "get your/my sh** together."
So we began brainstorming other alternatives. I feel that these new phrases may help you in your daily lives:

Categorize your/my crap.
Neatly stow your/my stool.
Dewey decimal your/my dookie
Straighten your/my scat
File your/my feces
Herd the turds.
Database your/my droppings.


These were great, but there was definitely a standout winner at the end of the conversation. Take a moment to prepare the way you speak to be changed forever.
Are you ready?
Here it is:

Organize a movement.

Here it is in context:
"Well I'll be darned... those are two different socks. I guess I had better organize a movement."

Viva la revolucion.

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