i'm not funny

fortunately for you, my friends are.

if you have spoken to me in the last week, you surely noticed that once molly introduced me to the phrase "WHAT WHAT" during our road trip, i took to it quite compellingly. by which i mean, i reply to nearly everything with "WHAT WHAT." the beauty of the phrase is how much you can contain in the "WHAT WHAT." you can express exuberance or displeasure or interest. generally i use it to express unfettered joy, but that doesn't mean that that's all there is to it.

now, what is fascinating is that this has not gotten old. ok, maybe slightly old, but no one has yet beat my head against a wall or threatened me at gunpoint to quit. in fact, most people still laugh at it. but today, matt madden posed the idea that i should start replying to all things in double question words, but that i should branch out from the WHAT WHAT. his example of how one such conversation would go, is as follows:

Person: I am going to bar review.
Laura: WHEN! WHEN!
Person: Couple of hours, want to cab over?
Laura: HOW HOW
Person: We call, they pick us up and drop us off.
Laura: WHERE WHERE
Person: Biltmore, dumbass.
Laura: WHY WHY
Person: Because that's where bar review is. SBA out scouting for undergrads, as usual.
Laura: WHO WHO
Person: Undergrads. You know, ditzy sorority girls looking to spend all their summer firm cash on Boone's Farm.
Laura: WHAT WHAT
Person: Boone's Farm, you know . . . slightly alcoholic Kool Aid. Hey listen, you keep talking in these double question words is getting old. I think I will split a cab with someone else.
Laura: Uh . . . WHICH WHICH