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Oeditpus Rex

(42,726 posts)
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:35 PM Aug 28

I done it again!

Late last night, out of nowhere, the scene from M*A*S*H in which Hawkeye says to Mulcahy, "Y'know, Father, in this light, you look just like a B-girl I once knew in San Diego," and Mulcahy replies, "It's possible. I woorked my way through Jesuit school as a B-girl in San Diego" popped into my head.

MeTV just showed that episode.

I've done that about 40 times now -- "foresaw" certain scenes from certain episodes of certain shows, usually M*A*S*H and I Love Lucy, because I've seen every episode of both a bare minimum of four times, 10 or so in many cases (more like 20 for Monty Python's Flying Circus, but it's my religion so it doesn't count).

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I done it again! (Original Post) Oeditpus Rex Aug 28 OP
You just know the order of which show follows Figarosmom Aug 28 #1
Nah, I ain't that good Oeditpus Rex Aug 28 #3
What kind of cookie? Figarosmom Aug 28 #5
'Soiled,' that is Oeditpus Rex Aug 29 #6
That must feel rather eerie. 3catwoman3 Aug 28 #2
It did at first Oeditpus Rex Aug 28 #4

Figarosmom

(8,503 posts)
1. You just know the order of which show follows
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:39 PM
Aug 28

Last edited Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:37 PM - Edit history (1)

I do that with Midsomer Murders

Oeditpus Rex

(42,726 posts)
3. Nah, I ain't that good
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:51 PM
Aug 28

Seriously, even after watching Monty Pyhon so much, when I think of a particular scene, I have to look up the episode it's from (except 14, which IMLO is the best overall of the 45).

(Speaking of Monty Python, if anyone can tell me where "I done it again!" comes from, they'll get a cookie.)

Oeditpus Rex

(42,726 posts)
4. It did at first
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:08 PM
Aug 28

But when I'd done it six or seven times I just accepted it as part of my brain, which is pretty eerie to begin with.

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