Ouch, That Really Hurt
By Dan on Feb 17, 2008 in Family
How have the times changed? How has YouTube changed popular culture?
On our drive home from the children’s museum in Decatur today, our kids didn’t entertain themselves by reading the Burma Shave signs planted along the road side. They didn’t sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat as a round. Nor did they occupy themselves by looking for out-of-state license plates. Instead, they mimicked a British toddler.
Imagine if you will, four American children taking turns saying such lines as "ouch", "he bit me", and "Charlie bit my finger." That these lines were recited with fake British accents made the whole thing that much more surreal.
But if you’ve seen the video, which I’ve included below, you’ll know that "Charlie bit my finger" is almost as much a part of the present day parlance as "up your nose with a rubber hose" was when the sweat hogs ruled the airwaves.
And I should say, as a proud parent would, that all of my kids do a pretty convincing British accent. A lot better than Dick Van Dyke’s Cockney debacle in Mary Poppins.
On the Riddle Front, Nancy is very close to cracking the code. She just needs to find who the "he" is.
All that comes to mind is why?
Why is that on You Tube?
Why did you bother to look at it?
Why did you show it to your kids?
That was a rather mundane event for all of the answers to my “whys” to be set into motion.
M.B. | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
I can’t begin to explain the appeal. I didn’t think much of it myself at first. But after watching it a couple of times, and watching some of the parody versions that people have created, I got hooked. It’s addictively imitable. Go on, try it. Say, “Charlie bit me” like a prissy little British boy.
Dan | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply
I personally think Van Dyke makes the file or the more interesting because he comes across as an odd ball in an otherwise too correct file. Thanks for liking the clip. HDC
HDC | Feb 18, 2008 | Reply