"Don't touch the whatchamacallit because it…

Folksy “placeholder” words sound more ridiculous in the same sentence. “I’ve told them a hundred times ‘Don’t touch the whatchamacallit because it will make the doohickey not work with the thingamabob!’” was posted on Twitter by Thabang Trodd on October 18, 2010.

“I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the wuteveritis still doesn’t work! Any ideas?” is a saying that has been printed on many images. “I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the wuteveritis still doesn’t work! Any Idea’s?” was posted on Twitter by James Humphreys on September 5, 2011, but the line probably originated on an image.

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Thabang Trodd
@TroddAwesome
I’ve told them a hundred times “Don’t touch the whatchamacallit because it will make the doohickey not work with the thingamabob!”
11:45 AM · Oct 18, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Thelma Grijalva
@gri24
I’ve told them a hundred times—don’t touch the whatchamacallit because it will make the doohickey not work with the thingamabob!
6:17 PM · Oct 21, 2010·Status Shuffle

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James Humphreys
@humpdogg369
I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the wuteveritis still doesn’t work! Any Idea’s?
12:39 PM · Sep 5, 2011·Status Shuffle

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paula patterson
@princesspaulap
I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the wuteveritis still doesn’t work! Any Idea’s?
1:19 PM · Sep 6, 2011·Status Shuffle

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Laura Mcnally
@lauramcnally
I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the wuteveritis still doesn’t work! Any Idea’s?
3:52 PM · Sep 8, 2011·Status Shuffle

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JAMES
@brucewayne5687
I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the wuteveritis still doesn’t work. Any ideas?
9:55 PM · Jul 16, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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P.L. Klein, Author
@PLKlein_Author
“I put the thingamabob inside the whatchamacallit, turned the doohickey and the whateveritis still doesn’t work. Any ideas?” ~ #Unknown #ThinkingOutLoud #MondayMoment #MondayThoughts #QuickQuotes #MondayThoughts #Whatchamacallit #Thingamabob #Doohickey #WhateverItIs
6:14 AM · Sep 14, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Crazy World
Poster based in Spain · September 19, 2020 ·
I PUT THE THINGAMABOB INSIDE THE WHATCHAMACALLIT, TURNED THE DOOHICKEY AND THE WURTEVERITIS STIL DOESN’T WORK. ANY IDEAS?

“Don’t touch the whatchamacallit because it will make the doohickey not work with the thingamabob”