Enjoy the vu
It's one of the most bizarre feelings you'll ever have. You know - you're doing something, or thinking of something, and you'd swear that it all seems too familiar.
Then it hits you - yep, the scenario is repeating itself. No wonder it seemed so familiar.
The term is deja vu.
An odd term. Not surprisingly, it comes from French culture. It doesn't really fit, as far as I'm concerned. They should call it 'Chapter 2,' or 'The second time around,' or 'Oops - I did it again.'
Anything but deja vu.
But I guess we gotta go with it, so let's have some fun.
What would you call it if you had a premonition that you would do or think of something just before you repeated it?
Pre-ja vu!
How about if you dreamed that your toddler or grandbaby wanted to play a game with you?
Peek-a vu!
OK, and then if you and the wife are strolling around down at City Beach on a summer's day, with the bikini-clad babes and shirtless studs showing off what they got?
Enjoy-da vu!
You have a dream that both you and Linda Ronstadt look like you did back in the 1970s?
Blue Bayou vu!
How about if you hear a familiar song by Mel McDaniel talking about your wife's pants?
Baby's got her vu jeans on!
Note to Mel: I better not actually hear that one. You're an old man now, and I can take you!
OK here's one: You work hard for the man all day, and you know what to do next even before the task is presented to you?
Vu-collar worker!
How about if you're lying on a beach in Mexico, you flip on the transistor, and the first song is the one that was just playing in your head?
Wall of vu-doo!
You had the same feeling exactly a year ago?
Happy birthday to vu!
Now, the opposite of deja vu (Already seen) is Jamais vs (Never seen). It's basically something you should know, but have forgotten.
Kind of like where I was going with this column. I had it right there, on the tip of my tongue ...
Here vu go again!
Jerry Hitchcock is a copy editor for The Press. He can be reached at 664-8176, Ext. 2017, or via email at jhitchcock@cdapress.com
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