Huh. I have a question.

[conuly]

What did people say before they could say "you sound like a broken record"?

Comments

[the-cynic.livejournal.com]

"Shut Up"?

[conuly]

BESIDES that!

[thornleaf.livejournal.com]

I doubt there was an earlier corollary to a broken record... it's the sort of thing that's distinctive enough that it would inspire a new saying, rather than alter an old one.

Therefore, my guess is "You're repeating yourself", or possibly "Yes, you already told me that".

:D

[xydexx.livejournal.com]

What did they go back to before drawing boards were invented?

[conuly]

I... don't know!

What did they reinvent before wheels?

[snale.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know just who figured out that slicing bread was pretty neat.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

I want to know who first tried to wish in one hand, and s__t in the other.

[beetlebomb.livejournal.com]

That makes me think of a similar question...what used to appear abouve a cartoon character's head if he had an idea back in the days when lightbulbs weren't invented yet?

I know! I know!

[takaal.livejournal.com]

"I've heard that song before!" (From my great-grandfather, who grew up before records were all that common... possibly before the cylinder days...)

[leora.livejournal.com]

I think before records, they may have been forced to say: You sound like a robot so badly programed that it's stuck in an infinite loop.

or maybe not...

Probably: You sound possessed by demonic spirits.

I wouldn't mind having a candle appear over my head.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Callng someone a catbird or mockingbird would do the trick for me. :-p They both like to mimic and repeat sounds, sing something a little different, and then sometimes return to repeat the previous phrase...again and again.

[the-cynic.livejournal.com]

"Shut Up"?

[conuly]

BESIDES that!

[thornleaf.livejournal.com]

I doubt there was an earlier corollary to a broken record... it's the sort of thing that's distinctive enough that it would inspire a new saying, rather than alter an old one.

Therefore, my guess is "You're repeating yourself", or possibly "Yes, you already told me that".

:D

[xydexx.livejournal.com]

What did they go back to before drawing boards were invented?

[conuly]

I... don't know!

What did they reinvent before wheels?

[snale.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know just who figured out that slicing bread was pretty neat.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

I want to know who first tried to wish in one hand, and s__t in the other.

[beetlebomb.livejournal.com]

That makes me think of a similar question...what used to appear abouve a cartoon character's head if he had an idea back in the days when lightbulbs weren't invented yet?

I know! I know!

[takaal.livejournal.com]

"I've heard that song before!" (From my great-grandfather, who grew up before records were all that common... possibly before the cylinder days...)

[leora.livejournal.com]

I think before records, they may have been forced to say: You sound like a robot so badly programed that it's stuck in an infinite loop.

or maybe not...

Probably: You sound possessed by demonic spirits.

I wouldn't mind having a candle appear over my head.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Callng someone a catbird or mockingbird would do the trick for me. :-p They both like to mimic and repeat sounds, sing something a little different, and then sometimes return to repeat the previous phrase...again and again.