# "Do me a solid" - does anyone actually say this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347 "2012-01-31T22:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/21 "2012-02-01T17:16:51Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/22 "2012-02-01T17:53:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/23 "2012-02-01T18:03:03Z")
> [@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? 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! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/24 "2012-02-01T18:06:12Z")
On a similar note, have you heard anyone besides Winnebago Man say, “Would you do me a kindness” ? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/25 "2012-02-01T18:18:40Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 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? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/26 "2012-02-01T18:24:14Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/27 "2012-02-01T18:25:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/28 "2012-02-01T18:41:00Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/29 "2012-02-01T19:09:07Z")
Am I the only one who thinks this is an early 70’s retro? Somebody mentioned “Mod Squad” - I’m thinking “Sanford and Son.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/30 "2012-02-01T19:30:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/31 "2012-02-01T19:39:42Z")
Do me a hard stool sample! I love it! This should be the next big american phrase. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/32 "2012-02-01T19:58:22Z")
I have never in my life heard this expression. StG ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/33 "2012-02-02T00:50:36Z")
I say that. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/34 "2012-02-02T03:31:06Z")
[Will ya do me a kindness?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4OGq-9qV7o) ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/35 "2012-02-02T03:40:37Z")
It always sounded vaguely poo-related to me. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/36 "2012-02-02T03:47:51Z")
I’ve never heard of the Regular Show…but it sounds vaguely elderly-people-bathroom-related, so I guess it fits. ---
**Author:** ![kiddio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@kiddio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiddio)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/37 "2016-01-31T17:07:40Z")
It’s been around a long time been using it since the 70s ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/38 "2016-01-31T17:45:29Z")
> [@kiddio](#): > > It’s been around a long time … Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/39 "2016-01-31T18:03:15Z")
I say it, but more often when describing a favor someone did me than ehen asking for a favor. I think it’s my way of conveying my gratitude (“Suzie did me a serious solid when I forgot my wallet and couldn’t cover lunch”) ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347/40 "2016-01-31T20:29:13Z")
I often hear it referring to someone else - “He was trying to do you a solid and you just blew him off.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347.md?page=3)