An expression a typical Harold McGee would use when asking his students to stop daydreaming about being a thousand miles away. Often used during important lectures.
When you're sitting there sweating bullets on the AP exam, I'm going to remember this day, how you didn't hear a word I said. You were off tubing in aruba, a thousand miles away.
Possibly the funniest recurring character on American Dad. Voiced by Forest Whitaker, Turlington is a detective of various employers who speaks in a very low voice and is suspicious of nearly everyone. A running gag is that he is slow to react and forgetful of trivial items, which pertain no usefulness whatsoever to his investigation, allowing suspects to get rid of any incriminating evidence. He is also seen often during a time of distress or extreme relief engaging in a sorrowful, half-sobbing dialogue with one of his dead parents. Episodes of Turlington's apearence include: Chimdale, Live and Let Fry, and Meter Made.
Turlington: Mama? If you can hear me mama? It's Daniel. I WANT THAT SANDWICH!
The magical and totally unicorn cat of Brittany S. Pierce on Glee. Lord Tubbington only eats people food, nougat and glitter so he can poop candy bars, and at night (when he's not reading Brittany's diary) he sneaks off to smoke and get Arby's.
Brittany: Lord Tubbington got out and I found him at Arby's, how did you get into my room?
Rory the Leprechaun: Santana has just one wish - she wants you to quit Glee Club.
Brittany: Great - why couldn't she have just wished for Lord Tubbington to stop smoking?
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!