Oh gawd...
I remember now...When I was a kid and my Dad was leaving for work, my sister and I used to sing/shout "Have a nice picnic! Ding Ding!"
Why?
Not a fecking clue now, Suspect my sister's to blame for that one, although I remember the ding ding was meant to be like the sound of the "Stop here please driver" bell on buses...
( GigerPunk has, hopefully, slept since, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 17:32, Reply)

At my local
every weekend some musicians would get together to play lotsa choons.

I asked the fiddler what they were playing.

"Traditional," he said.

Stupid deaf bastard. I said what not why.
(roysin, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 17:08, Reply)

Manhole pluck
An ex of mine used to make me avoind triple manhole covers as they were bad luck and go out of my way to walk over double manhole covers as aparently they help improve your sex life (obviously!?).

Not too odd but then I walked under a sign she would insist that I hop and then kiss her as aparently that also helps your sex life!

I think she must have thoguht I was crap in bed and these little things would somehow make me the sexual tyranosaur she always dreamed of...not that it matters as after three years of this I finally managed to pluck up the courage to dump her. Ha, that told her....hum
(Weebop, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 17:05, Reply)

When buying a round...
Me and my housemate seem to have a tradition of instead of saying "cheers" to the barmaid (only barmaids not barmen) we say "Jizz" then the other has to say "on your tits" straight after. Hard to believe we've never been caught even when having a quite drink in the local.
( cooler_king That's no moon!, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:50, Reply)

Back in the days of school trips...
We would frequently travel in trains to some far-off ddestinations in t'country, so we made it our mission to annoy the other passengers/train staff/our teachers as much as possible. Especially when the idiots decided to put the large school party in Carriage B - 'The Quiet Carriage.' Fun involved drawing penises on the glass when it misted up, winking at girls as they went into the toilets, haggling in the buffet car over a Mars Bar, and saying 'I'll be back' in my best Arnie voice when the guy behind the counter wouldn't budge from 40p. My favourite, though, was pointing and shouting 'Rape!' at the top of my voice whenever we passed a field of said crop.

A more recent one is to play the 'Penis Synonym (sp?) Game' in lessons when bored, obviously thinking up as many synonyms for penis as possible. The fun is that, if at inappropriate, quiet moments in the lesson you were to think up another, you were to announce it rather louder than you intended.

Teacher: 'Ok, you have five minutes to complete the translation.'

Me: 'Ah, Spam Javelin*! How could I forget?!'

For those who are interested:
Penis
Knob
Cock
Wang
Schlong
One-eyed trouser snake
Purple-headed yoghurt slinger
Spam Javelin
Pork Sword
Johnson
John Thomas
Phallus
Willy
Wood
Sausage
Hot Dog
Coathanger
Cum-Cannon
Sergeant Major
Prick
Shaft
Tool

And I'm missing some of the better ones. Our record for one lesson was 30.

/Coat

*Many thanks to www.rathergood.com
(Mr_Jums, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:48, Reply)

ze blautooth spiele
for some unknown reason, whenever im in the pub we take random pictures of things/people...etc and then send them to random people via bluetooth.....always seems fun when ur drunk....
probably isnt really that much fun i know.......
(Herr Oberfeldwebel Steh auf oder stirb auf die Knien..., Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:38, Reply)

Speeding
Me and my band always make monkey sounds when we go past one of those speed things, you know the ones that tell you you should be doing 30mph ??
We never asked each other why....
(fact12878, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:16, Reply)

Beer ?
I often breath in the gas/smoke stuff that come out when you crack open a bottle of beer.
(fact12878, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:14, Reply)

A definate threat to life..
Was walking on the pavement after hours when I lived in the Welsh Valleys. I made it a tradition to walk on the roads because all the pissed up boyos would be driving on the pavements.

Last thing I wanted was to end up in hospital listening to Dido
(ElGatodeBarco, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:04, Reply)

Toes and Landy wave
My own personal verging-on-OCD tradition/compulsion is cleaning between my toes when I get into bed, even when freshly bathed. In fact just thinking about it is making me want to do it right now.



That's better.


Flying pasty -- me too with the Land Rover thing. But it's very important to remember:

1. don't bother waving at miserable farmers. You're more likely to get two fingers than a friendly wave

2. Don't wave at a Land Rover if, for example, you're driving the spousal company toyota...
( Safetyfox, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 16:04, Reply)

It's not weird
If my mates or I step on a double manhole cover, we point it and go "phhhhht", for luck.

This may or may not have started when one of the mates farted whilst stepping on a double manhole cover, and found £10 a few seconds later.

Don't stap on single or triple manhole covers though, they're bad luck.
(emma_fisi, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:59, Reply)

pissing in the stream
Whenever i go back to my mum and dads house, I have to have a late-night moon-lit wee-wee into the stream in the garden. otherwise the visit leaves me feeling strangely unsatisfied.
(billybarker, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:57, Reply)

This one's just plain childish
My immediate family all laugh hysterically when anyone says 'number two'. I think it started about 20 years ago when my sister was in a swimming pool and yelled it in response to a question (lord knows what). Having yelled it because her ears were full of water everyone in the pool looked at her, and nerves kicked in and she just lost it.

I will NEVER fill my car at the second fuel pump in a garage because on the one time I did I managed to convince the cashier and several other people I was certifiably insane by being unable to tell him which pump I'd used without crying with laughter.
(Throbbe, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:55, Reply)

traditional...
My favorite tradition is reading the paper on the tube...upside down with eye holes cut in it.
(sterlingsmithe, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:50, Reply)

Car stereo
RE: Milkmelikeacow,

I have to have my radio on an even number, unless it's adjacent to a multiple of 5, when it get's rounded up/down.

ie.
8,10,12,15,18,20,22

Also, I try to keep it on 12 as much as possible
( brooza wonders how long a sig can be and if this will fit, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:43, Reply)

MG wave
flying_pasty and darkmavis86:

The same applies for MG drivers (at least in the US). I find myself obliged to waive to all of the others who are willing to risk not getting to where they want to go just so they can drive an MG.

red, 1970, split chrome bumper MGB - we didn't get the new ones over here
( kingoffools, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:35, Reply)

Chav Watch et all
Have no idea how these started, but when im on a film shoot with my own crew. we have the command "chav watch" which when given , a member of crew stands to attention Looks out, and delivers something along the lines of "2:42 pm No Chav;s sited" and then whisltes before standing down.

Also, It is customary that one male member of crew or cast is wearing blue nail varnish and at least one of the days on the shoot is a hat day.
(Chance1234 up for parole on, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:34, Reply)

"Get A Bus Pass!"...
...Had to be shouted from the windows of the bus back from college when overtaking a cyclist.

To everyone who got startled/fell off their bike on the Gosport Road: I apologise.

To the guy who flagged the bus down, got on, and threatened to kill us: I'm still giggling.
(castro, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:32, Reply)

Rosie Posie's Rabbits
In my family we say "rabbits rabbits rabbits" on the 1st of the month. But only if the month has an r in it.

I still do this.

I'm 36 now.

But I usually do it in the car on the way to work, so no-one hears me.

Length speaks for itself.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:20, Reply)

Mini wave
I believe, Flying_Pasty that the same applies when you are driving a mini. Apparently its common courtesy to wave to other mini drivers
(darkmavis86, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:17, Reply)

Not so weird but a Tradition none the less
Every month on payday I go to the bank look at my account balance and it's always a '-' figure.

Oh also every Boxing Day we have a run to the sea, and in my little sleepy Devon village we do a fancy dress 3 legged pub crawl race if any of that counts.
(quagarr, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 15:16, Reply)

Land Rovers
Not exactly something I've been made to do, but have ended up doing because it's a "tradition"... If you ever buy a proper Land Rover (not one of those posh car things, but the proper agricultural version) be aware that pretty much every other Landy driver will either wave at you or flash their headlights at you as they pass on the other side of the road. I think it's because we all sympathise with the fact that we all drive something built on 1940s technology which periodically falls to bits, and all have huge puddles of oil on our drives...

It's quite funny though, there are people who I've been waving to (and who have been waving at me) pretty much every day for the last 12 months, and I know I'll never, ever, meet them :-)

Length, girth, height, fuel consumption, clouds of smoke etc.
(flying_pasty, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:57, Reply)

..my gf/wife - mrs turret....
...has a tradition of NOT CLOSING TEH FUCKING CAR DOOR PROPERLY!..

..WHICH WINDS ME UP A FAIR TREAT...


..but I'm not bitter
(CarolVorderman'sBumTurret, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:55, Reply)

Car Stereo
Thou shalt always be on a volume level that is even.
For an odd number shall cause you to crash.
Volume 10 and 12 is good. 9, 11 or 13 are right out.
(Milkmelikeacow, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:52, Reply)

I make
little boats for witches, out of eggshells.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:48, Reply)

Each week
I traditionally answer a random question with an equally random answer and laugh at other peoples randomness..which also reassures me that im not so random after all.

i then email the top tippery to my colleague on Monday morning cos it pisses him off no end.
(Oops....did I say that out loud cos I really bloody want to., Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:45, Reply)

When someone makes a post with no image
I always go

Hello new person. Please read our FAQ. Cheers.
( Big Ian has stopped changing his sig, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:44, Reply)

Kilcraugust!!!
For the 4th year running a bunch of us go over to Kilcreggan (small village accross the River Clyde from me) to go camping. We never take a tent though. JUts get blitzed out our face and end up taking the very first ferry home in the morning.

And I don't think I can make it this year. :(
(puggs, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:37, Reply)

Upside Down Fags
I have my own tradition. When offered a fag I will always take the upside down one if available… pisses people off no end!

Lucky fag my arse.
(Minty Hit, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:34, Reply)

Weird Traditions
To this day (aged 37) I can't eat the bottom bit of bananas as my best mate when I was 5 told me that the reason they are pointy is that snakes suck them when they are on the trees.
( Ethel Le Crisp, Fri 29 Jul 2005, 14:28, Reply)