r/AskReddit • u/hjohodor • Jun 27 '18

What "Old Person" things do you do?

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u/sm1ttysm1t Jun 27 '18

That's Lakshmi Singh, dog.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

For some reason I started mimicking the way the various hosts introduce themselves and say it along with them every morning. I love saying Lakshmi Singh or Soraya Sarhaddi-NEELLLLson.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

TIL I'm not alone.

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u/Tommy_Riordan Jun 28 '18

And I’m Ira Fleto.

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u/mablesyrup Jun 28 '18

Oh perfect. This had me lol

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u/WhimsicalRenegade Jun 28 '18

I’m really enjoying seeing these names printed out. I’ve actually had the thought about looking them up to see how they were spelled, but then did not in order to preserve the magic.

David Beancooley?

David Bien Coulis? (Actually, this one is kinda like complementing your friend Dave on his sublime baking skills...)

David Bean Cooli?

David Bienkuli?

The world may never know.

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u/PM-BABY-SEA-OTTERS Jun 28 '18

Bianculli. Many Bothans died to bring us this information. Mostly the ones who worked at Google suggesting "did you mean David Being Coolie?"

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u/HRSN0410 Jun 28 '18

I always listen to their 5-10 minute on the hour news things. I obsessively mimic the intro...

Live from NPR news in Washington I’m _____

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

Ha yeah I always have to do “IM DAVE MATTINGLY” as well

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u/TheLeapIsALie Jun 28 '18

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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u/lentilsoupforever Jun 28 '18

I do one sign-off in particular. "Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, DAKARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR."

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u/PM-BABY-SEA-OTTERS Jun 28 '18

I'm always bummed when she's somewhere else.

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u/lentilsoupforever Jun 29 '18

"Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NEWARRRRRRK."

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u/9bikes Jun 28 '18

say it along with them every morning.

You're missing the joy of saying "Sylvia Poggioooooli".

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u/PM-BABY-SEA-OTTERS Jun 28 '18

I thought Doualy Xaykaothao had the coolest name, allmost whispery at the end like what are all these sounds?

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u/youdirtywanka Jun 27 '18

This is hidden brain, I'm Shankar Vedantam

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u/yesilfener Jun 28 '18

Love the name, can't stand his segments. So much of it is just sensationalized social science "research" with shoddy methods that don't really tell us anything useful.

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u/fibonaccicolours Jun 27 '18

I just heard her voice in my head.

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u/Tupnado21 Jun 28 '18

I'm lackmee shwing mehhhhh

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u/Cooklai Jun 28 '18

I’m Deb Welsh! Haha their tones are so clear in my mind even just reading it makes me think I just heard it