Déjà Vu Revue

by Patrick Redding & Erin Abernethy

Everyone's familiar with déjà vu, the feeling you've seen this before, and some of you may have seen the amusing lists of variants with items such as déjà doodoo (the feeling you've stepped in this before). Here are a few more...

déjà clue: the nagging thought that once upon a time (but you can't remember when) you used to know what was going on

déjà snooze: the feeling you've slept through this before

déjà Pooh: the recognition that you've overeaten again, possibly so much that you'll get stuck in the doorway as you try to leave

déjà screwed: the realization that you've just gone to work for a company even more horribly mismanaged than the one who fired you last week

déjà tutu: the feeling you saw these same children galloping around onstage in tights and ruffles at last year's recital

déjà moo: the feeling that the steak on your plate might be the cow you saw grazing in your neighbor's pasture last week

déjà Mu: the feeling you once lived in Atlantis

déjà choo-choo: the feeling you've missed this train before

déjà muu-muu: the feeling you've worn this dress before and forgot just how comfortable yet hideously ugly it was the first time

déjà glue: the embarrassing realization that you'll be making another trip to the emergency room to get your fingers unstuck from the Zap-a-Gap cement cap again

déjà poodle: the feeling your leg's been humped like this before

déjà LePew: the uneasy feeling that you've been stalked before by this same hormone-crazed French skunk

déjà loo: the recognition that you've thrown up in this restroom before

déjà boohoo: the feeling you've heard this sob story before

déjà review: the feeling you've studied this page of exam notes before and they don't make any more sense now than they did then

déjà stew: the suspicion that the contents of today's vegetable soup special might be the leftovers from last night's salad bar

déjà Who: the awareness that you're watching yet another CSI spin-off with yet another theme song recycled from a certain aging British rock band

déjà prude: the realization that once again you've somehow offended your oh-so-uptight significant other and won't be getting any tonight

déjà news: the suspicion that nothing at all happened today and you're watching a rehash of last night's top stories

© Copyright 2004-2007 Patrick Redding & Erin Abernethy


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