Mental images
I suffer from "mental image syndrome" and frequently have to suppress laughter when someone says something and I get a literal mental image - such as when a mate was chatting up a rather pleasant looking dark skinned lady in a bar and later told me he was "in there with the black bird" (think about it ...)
This same mate, knowing of my condition, used to wind me up by suddenly coming out with "What ever you do, don't imagine ..." and adding something ridiculous or sexual or both, knowing that the thought would be stuck in my mind for ages.

Anyway, we were both at a party at the house of one of his ex-girlfriends (let's call her Stacey) and he'd spent all day going on about how he thought her parents were a bit on the pervy side as well as winding me up in general.

In the middle of the party he was doing his usual "whatever you do" malarkey and, being slightly pissed and fed up, I suddenly blurted out "Yeah, well whatever YOU do, don't imagine Stacey's mum shagging her dad up the arse with a strap on".

Naturally this happened during a sudden drop in the level of background noise in the room, creating a rather awkward silence ... thankfully the afore-mentioned mum and dad were in a different room at the time.
(Terrible Tiger, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 18:07, 2 replies)

I propose:
...we also call this "Scrubs syndrome", in honour of the flights of fancy frequently undertaken in said series. All those in favour?
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 6:21, closed)

Proposal accepted
Yeah, that makes sense.
On a similar note, anyone remember "Dream on"?
(Terrible Tiger, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 17:15, closed)