In “The Soup” George asks a waitress out, and goes on about how the word “manure” isn’t that bad - “It has a ‘nure,’ which is good, and a ‘ma’ which is good… so it’s quite refreshing.”
What the fuck is a “nure?” I guess “ma” is a reference to “mom,” but it’s the weirdest thing I’ve heard Constanza say. And I think he says it in more than this episode.
newer?? as in more recent…hell I don’t know.
'I want to take one last look at the word atonement.
The first four letters of the word form the foundation; “a- t-o-n”. . . “a-ton”, “a-ton”…’
Sorry, I’ve never watched Seinfeld. But what you posted reminded me of Farrakhan’s rant.
There’s no real joke beyond it being a weird and silly thing George says.
That’s how I understood it, as well.
I just watched it, and he says it as “newer”. I didn’t check the CC.
Weird, I was just channel surfing and this very scene was playing right after I had read this thread.
He’s just savoring the word components for their aural qualities, not for any semantic value they may have.
Ma + Newer – 2 positive words that make a less appealing word when put together.
But the real joke is that this is George’s idea of good conversation.
It’s a joke about nothing.
What?
Right. He does a similar riff talking about toast when he was dating the Asian lawyer -nicknamed the Terminator. I always felt that George was some how channeling his buddy Jerry and one of his bits only in a much clunkier manner.
Question: Doesn’t George use the exact same ma-nure bit in another ep? I know he does it with Marisa Tomei but didn’t he do it with another woman?
I believe so. Recall that one of the recurring bits in the show has Jerry doing a show, someone asks him if he’ll be doing new material, and when he says ‘no’ the blow him off.
George repeating material sure would fit.
-Joe
We have a winner!
Yes, this one’s right. It’s stupid, but so is George.
Why, you could make a whole series out of that premise! :eek:
Jack Handy: Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind”. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words - “mank” and “ind”. What do these words mean ? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.
I thought he had another one where he was talking to a woman and exploring the fact that even with all the technological changes in the world, toilet paper has remained pretty much the same.
Jerry blows the theory by mentioning quilting, different colors, and lotioned tp.
So, tell me, how is it that a man like you, so bald, and so quirky and funny, how is it you’re not taken?
And that’s when she brought up having a boyfriend?
On the contrary, she is “fascinated, fascinated, Jerry!” and this prompts George to tell her he loves her.
George and his date are talking in his car.
George: Take toilet paper for example. Do you realize that toilet paper has
not changed in my lifetime? It’s just paper on a cardboard roll, that’s it.
And in ten thousand years, it will still be exactly the same because really,
what else can they do?
Siena: That’s true. There really has been no development in toilet paper.
George: And everything else has changed. But toilet paper is exactly the same,
and will be so until we’re dead.
Siena: Yeah, you’re right George. What else can they do?
George: It’s just paper on a roll, that’s it. And that’s all it will ever be.
Siena: Wow.
George: You find this interesting, don’t you?
Siena: Yes. yes, I do.
They stare at each other for a moment, then embrace.
Yeah, that’s the one with Sienna, but that was about toilet paper.
There was another episode where the girl brought up her boyfriend. A google search turned up that it was in season 6, when George was dating a waitress from Monks. They were walking through a park, and George stepped in manure.