# Die Hard: Welcome to the party... Powell? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790 "2017-12-18T19:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/1 "2017-12-18T19:59:05Z")
Everybody’s favorite Christmas movie. You know the scene. Conventional wisdom has the quote as “Welcome to the party, pal!” But I always thought he was saying “Powell”, not “pal”. Of course Bruce Willis talking out the side of his mouth doesn’t help make it any clearer. Don’t tell me I’m the only one that hears it this way? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/2 "2017-12-18T20:04:22Z")
You’re the only way that hears it this way. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vD94dVu8lqQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Welcome to the party, pal!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD94dVu8lqQ) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/3 "2017-12-18T20:08:49Z")
Maybe I’m misremembering, but at that point in the movie, I thought he hadn’t talked to Powell yet so how would he know his name? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/4 "2017-12-18T20:09:27Z")
That sounds like a clear “pal” to me. I’d say you’ve fallen victim to hearing what you expect to hear, but since I was expecting to hear “pal” … ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/5 "2017-12-18T20:09:30Z")
Just kidding: > **[Normal Powell, 2015-16 Fantasy Basketball](https://basketball.razzball.com/welcome-to-the-party-powell)** > > A look at Normal Powell's strong finish to the year, along with daily notes from the weekend during the 2015-16 Fantasy Basketball Season. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/6 "2017-12-18T20:39:52Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Everybody’s favorite Christmas movie. You know the scene. Conventional wisdom has the quote as “Welcome to the party, pal!” But I always thought he was saying “Powell”, not “pal”. Of course Bruce Willis talking out the side of his mouth doesn’t help make it any clearer. Don’t tell me I’m the only one that hears it this way? Nope. You are as wrong about “Powell” as you are in thinking Die Hard is a Christmas movie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/7 "2017-12-18T20:40:37Z")
Welcome to the **potty** , Pal! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/8 "2017-12-18T20:53:45Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Nope. You are as wrong about “Powell” as you are in thinking Die Hard is a Christmas movie. > > 🙂 Heh, yeah I couldn’t help but fan that flame a little more… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/9 "2017-12-18T20:53:56Z")
Or, as Salvador says in Borderlands 2, “Bienvenidas de la fiesta, amigo!” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/10 "2017-12-19T14:13:29Z")
Unless Powell’s car is parked directly against the building, how does the body fall into the windshield? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790/11 "2017-12-19T20:53:17Z")
Trebuchet.