YSaC, Vol. 1132: I am the Dancing Queen.

2011 November 29

looking for someone to teach me how to dougie


I am looking to hire someone to teach me how to dougie. I am pretty close to being able to do it, but I need a little extra help. Please know how to dougie and be able to teach it. I live in wicker park and would prefer to have the lesson at my place, but I am open to do it wherever is easier for you. I am willing to pay $100 for no more than 3 hours. I think I will need less time than that, but will pay $100 no matter what.

Nope, I’m pretty useless at the Dougie. If you want the Mashed Potato, the Frug, or the Watusi … well, you’ll have to ask someone else about those, too. On the other hand, I do a mean gavotte, and my bourrée is unparalleled. (They’re not GOOD, mind you — one’s just mean, and the other is unparalleled … because I can’t do it in a straight line.)

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  1. 2011 November 29
    LimeLolly permalink

    Okay, well after watching just ONE tutorial on youtube, I “got” this.

    It’s right, left, right, left, left, right, smooth your hair, right, left, left, turn around, sway from side to side then dip, baby, dip. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, freeze. Every day, I’m shuffling…

    That’s $100, please.

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    • 2011 November 29

      I am picturing the little gecko doing that – it makes me giggle.

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    • 2011 November 29
      Windrose permalink

      LL, The last event at the YSaC Convention will be Dance Lessons with LimeLolly!

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    • 2011 November 29

      Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right then bust your ass.

      Wait… that’s not right…

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      • 2011 November 29
        LimeLolly permalink

        That’s the secret shortcut to battle the Big Boss in ‘SuperMario’.

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        • 2011 November 29

          Actually, I saw it in Star Trek. I think one of the Storm Troopers has it written on his gun.

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        • 2011 November 29
          Lou Stool permalink

          [Corey] Contra. Original NES. ^^vvba (select) (start) [/Corey]

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      • 2011 November 29
        D = DM permalink

        Yep. Sadly, The Code does not help with dancing. It does, however, give you infinite cups of punch to drink alone in the corner.

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        • 2011 November 29

          Ah memories.

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        • 2011 November 29
          D [DM] permalink

          Lou, that was an incomplete [corey].

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        • 2011 November 29

          Maybe the baby typed it.

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        • 2011 November 30
          Lola permalink

          Not bad for only a couple of days old!

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    • 2011 November 29

      L-squared – I’ve a sneaking suspicion those instructions apply to just about every modern form of dancing.

      What I want to know is…..can he juggle?

      And, can someone teach me how to do the King Tut, the funky Tut?

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    • 2011 November 29
      D = DM permalink

      LL, I’m confused about the “baby” step between the two dips. Assuming I have adequate bowel control to baby (and that’s a big assumption), should I be wearing a diaper when I do it?

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      • 2011 November 29
        LimeLolly permalink

        I’m reminded of incident many years ago involving my grandmother.

        I happened to be walking behind her and every step she made, she passed gas.

        Every.Step.

        So…

        If this happens to you often, you should probably wear a diaper. And a pine tree air freshener on a gold chain.

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        • 2011 November 30
          funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

          That’s called “crop dusting”, by the way.

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  2. 2011 November 29
    Lola permalink

    Dougie was the name of one of the kids I walked to school with in first grade, along with Matt and Shawn (apparently no girls in my year lived on our street). Resultantly, the idea of “doing” [the] dougie makes me deeply uncomfortable, as does the mention of money. I fear that simply responding to this ad would have both Chris wossname the catch-a-predator guy and the vice squad knocking my door down.

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    • 2011 November 29
      D .. DM (yep.. truncated ellipses) permalink

      Unless the passage of time for people named Dougie is governed by cat math, I think you’re okay.

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      • 2011 November 29
        Lola permalink

        While I am pretty sure you are right, the name “Dougie” always makes me perceive the name’s owner as about five or six. No bueno. *squick*

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  3. 2011 November 29
    penguin permalink

    Think Sparky would settle for me teaching him how to do the “penguin”? It’s basically waddling to the tune of Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer. I came up with it after dinner on T-day when someone turned on a radio station that had to audacity to play Christmas music before December 1 (there should be a law against that).

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    • 2011 November 29
      Lola permalink

      Penguin, I think I love you for this.

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    • 2011 November 29
      D .. DM (yep.. truncated ellipses) permalink

      Penguin, I hope you were waddling to the radio to change the station.

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      • 2011 November 29

        That one song is awesome!

        My 2nd favorite radio station here started playing Christmas music full time at 3pm the day before Thanksgiving.

        Ugh.

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        • 2011 November 29

          OMG kill me someone now!

          I just got back from the grocery store, where I heard 3 versions each of “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” and “Jingle Bells.” It was horrible.

          On the way there, I caught the last few verses of “The 12 Pains of Christmas.” I enjoy a good parody song (shocking, I know), and wouldn’t mind hearing those more often.

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        • 2011 November 30
          Lola permalink

          I’ve not heard that one, but can already relate.

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    • 2011 November 29
      sweetbiscuit21 permalink

      Oh Penguin, you’ll be so glad you don’t live in Vancouver (BC). There is a radio-station here that starts playing “all christmas, all the time” from mid-November.
      I wonder if they’ve worked out that they’ve lost at least one of their audience-share since that crap started?

      Probably not, as apparently they do it every year.

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      • 2011 November 29
        penguin permalink

        My daughter was singing Christmas songs in the car yesterday. I told her that she wasn’t allowed to do that until December. I’m such a mean mom.

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  4. 2011 November 29
    tigprincess permalink

    I could teach Sparky how to make bread dough. $100 no matter what ! Yea!

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  5. 2011 November 29

    Firstie you getie a shovelie….

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    • 2011 November 29
      D .. DM (yep.. truncated ellipses) permalink

      Shovelie? Pfft. C’mon, Hammy. Just diggie in.

      (You havie no idea how hardie it was to typie this on my iPhonie.)

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    • 2011 November 29

      Yeur be sooundin’ lieke der Swedish Cheffen!

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  6. 2011 November 29

    How to Dougie:

    1. Start a pop band.
    2. Get lethally unattractive earrings.
    3. Go into rehab after breaking up with your girlfriend.

    What do you mean, not that Dougie? Since you didn’t specify, I’m still going to have to charge you the $100.

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  7. 2011 November 29
    Windrose permalink

    Howser Dougie today?

    Not bad. Howser’s?

    Worth a hunnerd.

    No way!

    Way.

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    • 2011 November 29

      Not.A.Doogie

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      • 2011 November 29
        Windrose permalink

        Yeah I know, but it was funnier the way I said it. 8) Mr. Negative!

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  8. 2011 November 29
    camille permalink

    [corey] I am actually sort of disappointed to learn from Uncle Wikipedia that the Dougie is a hip-hop dance. I believe this means I have now entered old fogey-dom. [/corey]

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    • 2011 November 29

      I’m ok with it. Dances with names have rarely been good news.

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      • 2011 November 29

        The Time Warp is the only exception.

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        • 2011 November 29

          Let’s do the dougie aga-ain!

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        • 2011 November 29
          D = DM permalink

          The Time Warp, while entertaining, is ANYTHING but good news.

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      • 2011 November 29

        What about the Charleston?!

        Oh how I pine for the days of flappers.

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        • 2011 November 29
          funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

          Heh. “Flappers.” Heh heh.

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      • 2011 November 29

        Heyyyy….wasn’t “Dances With Names” the love-child of Capt. Dunbar and Stands With Fist?

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      • 2011 November 29
        CapnMac permalink

        Hmm, named dances that did not end well . . .
        Lindy Hop
        Electric Boogaloo
        the Hustle
        Electric Slide
        Manhattan
        “Line” dancing (barring only “Cotton-eyed Joe” & “Schotizshe”–but only if the band has a fiddler).
        Non-wedding use of the “Chicken Dance”
        Yep, I see the pattern

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        • 2011 November 29
          Lola permalink

          The Slosh.

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    • 2011 November 29

      The last dance craze I knew by name was the Macarena. Oh how I wish I could forget it!

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  9. 2011 November 29
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    Say, do any of you guys know how to Madison?

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    • 2011 November 29

      Nope.

      Do you know the way to San Jose?

      I’ve been away so long, I may go wrong and lose my way.

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      • 2011 November 29

        Do you know where you’re going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you?

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      • 2011 November 29
        penguin permalink

        No, but I can tell you how to get to Sesame Street. First you head down Ventura Highway to Grand Central Station. Catch the A Train and get off at Electric Avenue which is the stop after Boogie Wonderland. Do the hustle over to Penny Lane and hang a right and you are there. Don’t take a left otherwise you will end up on the highway to hell.

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      • 2011 November 29
        D = DM permalink

        Do you know the way to San Jose?

        I thought I did, but I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

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        • 2012 April 3
          One Moving Violation permalink

          I’ll be Querky. Almost lost my head there once, twice, three times it saved me. Why I looove glue.

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    • 2011 November 29
      LimeLolly permalink

      Line dance, everyone!

      Get your booties on the floor.

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      • 2011 November 29
        CapnMac permalink

        [makes signs against evil]
        l*ne dancing is evil!

        they remain nothing more than a plot to make the date-less and grace-less look even more so, and all through the peer pressure of group conformity.

        They also encourage far too much of the bubble-gum pablum spewed from Nashvile in the last few decades, too.

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  10. 2011 November 29

    Dougie, dougie, bo-bougie
    Banana-fana fo-fougie
    Fee-fi-mo-mougie
    Dougie!

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  11. 2011 November 29
    funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

    Here ya go Sparky:

    You put your left foot in
    You put your left foot out
    You put your left foot in
    And you shake it all about

    You do the Dougie Dougie
    And you turn yourself around
    That’s what it’s all about

    Do this at the club Saturday night and ladies will be whoopin’ each other to get to you, guaranteed.

    I take PayPal, thanks.

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    • 2011 November 29

      Monkey – you might want to consider PalPal, too. I hear it’s better, because it’s just between friends.

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      • 2011 November 29

        What happens on PalPal, stays on PalPal*.

        *For a nominal, recurring fee.

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      • 2011 November 29
        funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

        Is that somewhere to buy friends? Are you saying I have no friends?

        Sob.

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        • 2011 November 29

          In case you missed it.[/corey]

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        • 2011 November 29
          D = DM permalink

          Aww, it’s okay, monkey.

          You can buy my friendship any day.

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        • 2011 November 29

          I accept postdated third-party checks and trucks filled with bees.

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        • 2011 November 29
          funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

          *sniff*

          I have the best friends in all of cyberspace.

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        • 2012 April 3
          One Moving Violation permalink

          I can be your imaginary friend, I’m good at that.

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  12. 2011 November 29

    Off topic: I encountered a “Matt” on another site today. I posted a doodle of a cat face saying “I’m offened by cats” with the caption that
    “the internet is offended by everything but cats, so I think I’ll start being offened by cats so that the internet can officially be offended by everything”. Immediatly someone got offended by my doodle (and by the word “offended”) and called me an enemy of social justic and in league with sexists/racists. Yep. (I think they proved my point?)

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    • 2011 November 29

      Occupy LOLcats!

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    • 2011 November 29

      I’ve always said that about you. *Squints*

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    • 2011 November 29
      LimeLolly permalink

      Silva, will you need bail money? You being such a rebel and enemy of social justice and all that…. 8)

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      • 2011 November 29

        Haha, I know. Nah, I just got someone trying to argue at me and being oversensitive about me pointing out how people argue and get oversensitive too much on the internet. After pointing out twice to them it as just a joke and them getting more and more upset I figured it wasn’t worth trying to talk to them anymore. The worst I’ll get out of it is a few “unfollows” (oh no!)

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        • 2011 November 29
          CraigsLister permalink

          Rebels, unfollows, and justice. Oh my!

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    • 2011 November 29

      and most of those “offened” should be “offended” (sigh typos)

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      • 2011 November 29
        funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

        I’m offended by cats, specifically Sally the Siamese. Latest transgressions:

        -Sitting on my laptop’s keyboard and making my mouse pointer disappear.
        -Jumping up on the potty at the exact moment I was trying to have a seat on said potty.
        -Catching my back turned and grabbing the top piece ‘o bread from my sammich and running down the hallway with it like a Sally out of Hell.

        Yeah! Screw cats! They suck!

        But I do love her so….

        Adores: 6
        • 2011 November 29

          I should probably be offended by dogs too then, since my dog decided since I wasn’t paying enough attention to her lately (with being busy with the holidays and all), she would rip up anything she could find from the garbage and leave it in my bedroom as angry gift.

          It’s a very good thing she is cute so I’ll love her anyway

          (I’m not really offended by any animal, except maybe mosquitoes, they are annoying)

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        • 2011 November 29

          I am intrigued by the idea of angry-gifting.

          “I hate you so much – here’s a gift certificate and a teddy bear!”

          I think I just discovered the secret to world peace!

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        • 2011 November 29

          Scene from Ghostie’s world:

          “Yeah, you think you’re so damn smart, don’t ya?! Yeah, Mr. Know-it-all. You, sir, are a myopic jackass who can’t see past your own ego. So take this decorative faux-Ming vase and this bouquet of fresh flowers and go screw yourself. And I hope you choke on the cake I’m sending you.”

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      • 2011 November 29

        Silva, I’ve been meaning to say something to you about your obvious prejudice against cats for a long damned time now.

        It’s quite clear a rat carrying an unbubler has no idea how hard it is for a cat these days.

        I mean we they are mocked on the Internet.

        Made to look like illiterate dolts with no taste or bearing.

        Forced to eat dry…did you hear me? DRY food.

        Taunted, daily, with all manner of feathery and jingly torture devices kept just out of our their reach, and worst of all, forced to share personal space with…..dogs.

        Really, it’s intolerable and I am completely offened..and upend…and stipend…and other words that end in -end that you would add to our their misery in such a callous way.

        Sincerely,
        Xenia Recordia, Keeper of Figtail Feifings, and, Undersecretary to the Overlord of Underlings for Cats Under and Over Everywhere (or UCUOE as we are better known)

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        • 2011 November 29
          funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

          I know, right CJ? Cats are always the bad guys in movies too.

          Occupy The Litterbox! Cats Unite! Don’t Be Pussies!

          Corner! *zing!*

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  13. 2011 November 29
    Cindy B. permalink

    Are we sure she’s talking about some kind of dance and not a feminine hygiene procedure?

    Read the ad again with THAT in your head, it’s much funnier. And/or makes more sense. 🙂

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    • 2011 November 29
      Jen permalink

      My uterus crossed itself when you said that. “Feminine hygeine procedure” + word that sounds like action performed with shovel = frightened ladyparts.

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  14. 2011 November 29

    I. CAN’T. GET. THAT. SONG. OUT. OF. MY. HEAD. NOW.

    You’d think this champ would just watch the music video, seeing as the song is CALLED “Teach Me How to Dougie.”

    Adores: 3
  15. 2011 November 29
    Windrose permalink

    OT: Already typed this out once and the post got eated. I have a friend who moved to Santa Maria, CA and had a series of unfortunate events. Comes down to, the man she rented a room from has expected sex in return, and has even killed one of her birds when she refused. She has a homeless shelter she can stay at, but she has three cages of birds and two cats. If you know anyone in the Santa Maria area who can house any or all of these pets, please let me know and I will provide contact info. She hopes to be close enough to continue to feed and care for her pets. Thanks.

    Adores: 1
    • 2011 November 30
      Lola permalink

      I don’t know anyone there, but she has my thoughts and prayers. That’s frightening and disgusting and I hope she can find someone to board them while she gets things sorted.

      Adores: 2
  16. 2011 November 30
    Windrose permalink

    Ghostie and IF, your show is all ready to take on the road! For luck — Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Arthur Murray!

    Adores: 1

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