"Do me a solid" - does anyone actually say this?

[Illuminatiprimus]

I've been watching a US sitcom recently and the phrase "do me a solid", as in do me a favour, has been used several times. Has anyone had first hand experience of this being used in conversation? "Do me a solid" sounds like a command you give to a patient when requesting a stool sample.

[corkboard]

It was more popular back in the early 90's, if I recall. I used to say it occasionally; now I do sometimes just to be all nostalgic-like.

[Terr]

I have heard it used in the US. Not very often, though. It may be regional.

[gwendee]

My ex says it. He means it to be in a throwback, Linc from Mod Squad kind of way.

He wouldn't say it in a business situation.

[Kimmy_Gibbler]

I do. But then again, I saw that episode of Seinfeld too.

[TriPolar]

Yes. It's what you say when you try to get someone to do you a favor you would never do for them.

[ShelliBean]

My kids say it - I think they got it from Adventure Time or Regular Show. I heard one say to the other just the other day "Hey, you do me a solid and keep being awesome." I think there were "finger guns" involved as well.

[Illuminatiprimus]

My kids say it - I think they got it from Adventure Time or Regular Show. I heard one say to the other just the other day "Hey, you do me a solid and keep being awesome." I think there were "finger guns" involved as well.Yup - sounds like Cougar Town alright :)

[Miller]

It's in semi-regular parlance in my social circle.

[Tim R. Mortiss]

I've only heard it on Seinfeld.

[breezman]

I had only heard it on Regular Show, but my wife says she has heard it.

[Acid Lamp]

Yup - sounds like Cougar Town alright :)

That was Regular Show allright. That episode was pretty funny actually.

[Happy Lendervedder]

I say it sparingly, and it usually draws a laugh (and that's good when you're looking for someone to do you a favor).

[purplehorseshoe]

Well, shit - I live under a rock then. I don't recall any Seinfeld references, and I've never heard it get a laugh either. It's just a way of saying "Hey, I REALLY need a favor, and you're not gonna like it too much ..."

Which, come to think of it, could still be an aspect of the stool-sample scenario** in the OP.


** Say THAT five times fast!

[kayaker]

I had someone say it to me once. And then I told everyone I knew about him saying it and we all laughed. But in my defense, I did the favor.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Bill Murray said it to David Letterman way back when. It was the first show after Letterman moved to CBS from NBC.

I remember this as though it happened yesterday, but don't ask me to recall my own cell phone number.


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[EvilTOJ]

"Do me a solid" sounds like a command you give to a patient when requesting a stool sample.

I was looking for the Cyanide and Happiness comic that portrays this very thing, but they're blocked at work. No one says it in my social circles, but it does make me think of someone's asking for my leavings.

[cochrane]

I've heard people say it, so, yeah.

[Greg Charles]

The one and only time I recall hearing it was in The Incredibles. I must have seen the Seinfeld you're talking about, but I don't remember it.

[Ellen Cherry]

My kids say it - I think they got it from Adventure Time or Regular Show. I heard one say to the other just the other day "Hey, you do me a solid and keep being awesome." I think there were "finger guns" involved as well.

My 7-year-old says it, and I suspected one of these programs, which he lives for. It's pretty humorous coming from a cute little kid. Of course I now ask him to do me solids all the time: pick up your toys, put on your pants, stop shrieking at the top of your lungs, etc.

[tdn]

I, too, associate it more with the 70s than the 90s.

Could those of you who remember it from Seinfeld do us a hard stool sample and remind us of which episode it's from?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

My kids picked it up from Regular Show as well (the episode was even titled "Do Me A Solid"). Regular Show has a whole 80s/early 90s vibe to it anyway despite taking place in "The Present" (most of the licensed music is from the 80s; although they have the internet and cell phones, the characters spend a lot of time watching VHS tapes and playing 8-bit video games and arcade cabinet games). Prior to that episode, I hadn't heard anyone say it since about 1992.

[Happy Lendervedder]

I, too, associate it more with the 70s than the 90s.

Could those of you who remember it from Seinfeld do us a hard stool sample and remind us of which episode it's from?

Kramer: Hey Jerry, can you do me a solid?
Jerry: What kind of solid? [or something like that]
Kramer: I need you to sit in my car while I'm double parked. I have to pick up some birds!

[vivalostwages]

On a similar note, have you heard anyone besides Winnebago Man say, "Would you do me a kindness" ?

[tdn]

Kramer: Hey Jerry, can you do me a solid?
Jerry: What kind of solid? [or something like that]
Kramer: I need you to sit in my car while I'm double parked. I have to pick up some birds!

Was that the one where he was coaching the Miss USA contestant?

[Happy Lendervedder]

No it was actually the one where Jerry and George ate dinner with Elaine's dad and Jerry had to turn his suede jacket inside out because it was snowing. Kramer was picking up some birds from a magician friend of his who was out of town.

Link (http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheJacket.htm).

[TruCelt]

My cousins and I use it - to signify a really big "only because you are family" kind of a favor. Obviously, it doesn't come up often, but yeah. They are from Detroit, could be a local thing. I use it with other people, and they always know what it means, but I've never heard anyone from DC Metro use it spontaneously.

[The Hamster King]

My kids say it - I think they got it from Adventure Time or Regular Show.It's Regular Show. There's an entire episode that revolves around Rigby forcing Mordecai to do him an increasingly extreme series of solids.

Of course, Regular Show has a strong 90's slacker vibe to it, so it's entirely appropriate that they'd build an entire show around a retro expression.

[TruCelt]

Am I the only one who thinks this is an early 70's retro? Somebody mentioned "Mod Squad" - I'm thinking "Sanford and Son."

[Biggirl]

Yeah, I've heard it and continue to hear it. Not anywhere near as often as 'do me a favor' but often enough. Mostly my older relatives.

[drewtwo99]

Do me a hard stool sample! I love it! This should be the next big american phrase.

[StGermain]

I have never in my life heard this expression.

StG

[Ambivalid]

I say that.

[Beware of Doug]

Will ya do me a kindness? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4OGq-9qV7o)

[lisacurl]

It always sounded vaguely poo-related to me.

[kittenblue]

I've never heard of the Regular Show...but it sounds vaguely elderly-people-bathroom-related, so I guess it fits.