Friday, September 03, 2010

And boom goes my sanity.

I have a coworker two cubicle rows over who keeps blurting out, “And boom goes the dynamite.” It’s always in the same lethargic tone and it’s annoying the hell out of me. I have no idea why he’s constantly saying it, but he is. Repeatedly. And he’s been doing it for months. I’d swear he had Tourettes if he didn’t seem so amused every time he said it.

If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, I’m sure he picked it up from one of two places. It’s either from some sad sports announcer whose video went viral a long time ago (A little after the 2:00 mark if you want to skip ahead to the “dynamite"), or from a Family Guy sex scene.

I’m betting on the latter because judging by the way this guy acts, he’s definitely a Family Guy kind of guy.

I didn’t realize the sports announcer video even existed until earlier today when I came across it while searching for the Family Guy clip to reference. Up until now, I thought Family Guy was the definite source, so for the weeks upon weeks I’ve been hearing him over the cubicle wall, all I’ve basically been hearing in my head was the equivalent of “And squirt goes the semen stick.”

I actually don’t really care whether or not he’s referring to man orgasms. As someone who watches Family Guy enough to actually pick up on the reference, I’m not that offendable. What’s pissing me off is that he’s blurting out anything at all. The amount of annoyance caused by someone blabbing something out of nowhere while I’m trying to work is exactly the same regardless of whether he’s saying, “And boom goes the dynamite,” or, “And hugs to my kitty cat.”

I just wish there was a way to fight back against annoying dynamite guy. Maybe I should give him a taste of his own medicine and randomly break out in a internet meme-related Family Guy bit of my own.

Where can I get a cheap banana costume?