# I need three sets of Jenga and an Xbox - Stat!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725 "2007-03-13T08:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/1 "2007-03-13T08:06:51Z")
Actually, its only the last word in the title that I’m interested in - what does it really mean, and where does it come from? Thanks Grim ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/2 "2007-03-13T08:22:48Z")
From the Latin word _Statim_ - immediately ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/3 "2007-03-13T08:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] From the Latin word _Statim_ - immediately [/QUOTE] Asked and answered - many thanks… G ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/4 "2007-03-13T08:39:25Z")
What would you ever need more than one set of Jenga for? And an X-box? Dude, that’s an obsolete system. I understand that your question was answered, but that doesn’t excuse you! ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/5 "2007-03-13T08:53:04Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] What would you ever need more than one set of Jenga for? And an X-box? [/QUOTE] To go with the bathtub of Lime Jello and the elephant…duh! ---
**Author:** ![aluminumdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@aluminumdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aluminumdisc)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/6 "2007-03-13T09:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] What would you ever need more than one set of Jenga for? And an X-box? Dude, that’s an obsolete system. I understand that your question was answered, but that doesn’t excuse you! [/QUOTE] This is a quote from a Jon Stewert story. It had somthing to do with Troops in Iraq but all I remember is the punch line. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/7 "2007-03-13T10:05:24Z")
It was from _The Daily Show_’s report on shoddy conditions at Walter Reed. Some government stooge had talked about hos nice the day rooms were or something, even while whole buildings in the medical complex with roach-infested shitholes. The comical request for Jenga and X-Box was Stewart’s sarcastic comment that frivolous recreational matters were being used to distract from legitimate medical and sanitary demands. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/8 "2007-03-13T12:56:37Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] It was from _The Daily Show_’s report on shoddy conditions at Walter Reed. Some government stooge had talked about hos nice the day rooms were or something, even while whole buildings in the medical complex with roach-infested shitholes. The comical request for Jenga and X-Box was Stewart’s sarcastic comment that frivolous recreational matters were being used to distract from legitimate medical and sanitary demands. [/QUOTE] Indeed so - I wondered whether anyone would recognise the reference!! Kudos all round. P.S. The government stooge was in fact the general bought in to command the hospital after the one who was there was fired. I believe he was fired a couple of weeks later. Grim ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-three-sets-of-jenga-and-an-xbox-stat/395725/9 "2007-03-13T14:37:09Z")
As an additional point, a friend of mine who is a final-year medical student informs me that this phrase is never actually used (I know, this is more IMHO than GQ). Instead they say “as quickly as possible please”, in the UK at least. One would have thought that this overlooks the point of having a short, easily-understood word to express the same thing, but apparently politeness is paramount (my comment, not hers) :).