There’s a running joke in our family these days that has grown out of control and poses a threat to our sanity. Not really, but once you know what it is you’ll know what I mean. Ever since the release of the movie Frozen, we’ve been taking turns singing the words to Do You Want to Build a Snowman? in a new and original way. We replace the words “to build a snowman” with pretty much anything that pops into our head.
Like this: Do you wanna read Freedom Friday?
It started with innocent intentions. One of us—I will not name names—me—began to sing the words to the snowman song whenever it snowed. Given I live in Canada and it snows a lot, especially last year, I was singing the opening phrase quite extensively. You can read that as meaning others in my family were telling me, “Stop singing that snowman song.”
Of course, if someone tells Jack he shouldn’t be doing something, what does Jack do? Yep, Jack keeps on doing it. [End of Jack’s third-person dialog.]
So, I did what any other normal person would do—become excruciatingly annoying.
Not only did I sing the song when it snowed, but I also sang it when it didn’t with the added incentive to change the words to suite my needs.
Like this: Do you want to cook some chicken?
Like this: Do you want to have some sushi?
Like this: Do you want a have a party?
Or like this: Do you hate me for my singing?
And on and on it went. Eventually, I’d worn the family down so much that they too fell to the Dark Side.
Now, a year later, we’re all singing it.
At the dinner table: Do you want to pass the salt, please?
In the garage: Will you ever wash the car, dear?
While shopping: Do we need some extra olives?
Naturally, because I write about zombies, I have to have my own version of the song:
Do you want to kill a zombie?
Will you shoot it in the head?
Will you throw it off a cliff and sigh
Watch it fly
Until it’s fully dead?
So really, the moral of this post is this: if you want to change people you should never have to change yourself. Be a nuisance and you just might get what you want.
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These little family traditions/quirks/annoying habits (delete you see fit) are all fine and well, until you accidently find yourself unthinkingly doing it in a completely inappropriate context, like when you’re out drinking with your male friends while watching a ball game (‘Do you want to get some more beers?’), or during an important meeting at work in front of your boss … and his boss (‘Do you want to see my report?”). Or if you’re a doctor and you’re about to give someone an examination (‘Do you want to take your pants down?’). The question then becomes do you try to front it out, and pretend you never did it, or do you break down and admit what’s going on? Neither will make you look good, but at least it will stop you looking completely insane!
I vote for pretend you never did it and point a finger at someone else! 😉
Frozen Zombies . . . sounds like something from GRRM’s mind (think White Walkers)! But seriously, it must be a funny Friday for you, Jack. You certainly gave me a laugh with your dark-humored parody! My only remaining question is: Do zombies swear off brains for Valentine’s Day and go for that delicacy behind the ribs?
Makes me think of ” The Snowmen ” in the Doctor Who episode of the same name. Semi – sentient snow that’s homicidal.
I can completely relate. We have the bad habit of changing any given word in a song to ‘moose’ (the name of our old dog).
Love the moral of your story. Changing folks to adapt to one’s own craziness. Nice post. Have a nice weekend Jack.
LOL this is awesome – I love Frozen and Zombies, so to me, the combo is fantastic.
I could imagine my zombie hero singing that as he fights zombie and vampire… Love it
Reblogged this on matthewRstitt.com and commented:
Hilarious
Thank you for the reblog!
It’s the SWS: Squeaky Wheel Syndrome! I love it! I have got to watch that movie.
Dear God, this is all stuck in my head now. Specially the part about the zombies.
Do you want to find a relic ?
Just like Indiana Jones ?
Enter a musty, dusty crypt,
Climb through piles of whitened bones
Explore Egyptian tombs, like Rick & Evy as well,
Just be careful not to revive Imhotep, by opening a golden book of spells.
Love it, especially since you’ve used one of my favorite movie heroes, Zathra!
& I liked Rick & Evy too ! I didn’t catch the Mummy movie set in China with Jet Li, at least not in its entirety.
I love the first two Mummy movies. I have yet to see the Jet Li one. Perhaps sometime soon…
It’s really not the same without Rachel Weisz ( Spelling ? ). I love all the old – school monster movies, including the mummy movies.
Ha Ha Ha! Real funny. 😀