# "I'll be in my bunk" -- origin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875 "2010-07-07T16:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/61 "2010-07-08T05:50:44Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I could have sworn it was a line from a **Duran Duran** song, you know, that one about South America. Wild Boys? I think the “I’ll Be In My Bunk” mug would be great for Jim, since he likes to sleep a lot. I loved that line in the original series; hell, I loved almost every line from Jayne. I require significant doses of Adam Baldwin on my tv, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/62 "2010-07-08T06:00:28Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I could have sworn it was a line from a **Duran Duran** song, you know, that one about South America. Manny Peoples think that. 😃 Did I win the thread? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/63 "2010-07-08T07:03:48Z")
My first and only encounter with that was Jayne on Firefly. Other than, you know, people repeating it in forums, in which case I never got an impression that they weren’t quoting Jayne. ETA: Wow I’m surprised to see that it _was_ the first reference. I’m not sure whether to be glad (Joss Whedon is a relatively original writer) or disappointed (you made me think Joss was referencing some famous earlier quote). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/64 "2010-07-08T07:32:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I require significant doses of Adam Baldwin on my tv, dammit! Then I hope you’re a loyal _Chuck_ fan! ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/65 "2010-07-08T07:43:52Z")
I had no idea it was a pop-culture reference at all. I’m actually a little disappointed (but not much). I think it’s funny because it’s a phrase that in a literal sense is so innocuous and yet the salaciousness is immediately obvious, not because it’s from a TV show (of course explaining things in big words always kills the funny). But perhaps for the benefit of those who abhor this obnoxious SDMB catchphrase, we can come up with something less offensive, like “hold on while I rub one out” or “pardon me while I manipulate my penis until ejaculation results.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/66 "2010-07-08T07:48:32Z")
Joe Montana: “I’ll be in my room masturbating.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/67 "2010-07-08T07:51:47Z")
…manipulate my penis until it ensues? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/68 "2010-07-08T08:38:17Z")
I think I saw it in a Navy movie, maybe with Jack Nicholson. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/69 "2010-07-08T12:17:03Z")
_Firefly,_ no? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/70 "2010-07-08T12:31:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Seriously, though, has this phrase gotten to the point that people unaware of its origin use it? > > ??? By the time I saw the series… no, by the time I heard of the series,… I’d been seeing the phrase in use in the Dope for quite a while. Then again, I’m a furriner from a country where series like that one get aired at wonky hours, if ever. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/71 "2010-07-08T12:44:44Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > “pardon me while I manipulate my penis until ejaculation results.” “In a manner similar to a person who has an incestuous relationship with his own mother” ? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/72 "2010-07-08T20:27:38Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Then I hope you’re a loyal _Chuck_ fan! Oh, I am. He’s awesome in that, too. Doesn’t get enough screentime, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/73 "2010-07-08T20:51:56Z")
I can’t believe everyone is attributing this to a recent TV series. Every guy was saying this at the college I went to a couple decades ago. The typical pronunciation was: “Ah be in mah bunk.” I have no idea what the accent was supposed to be – kind of ghetto, I guess. But some guys made it sound more like Ahh-nold. I don’t like to think of the Terminator pleasuring himself. What kind of a devastating shot must that be? You’ll put your eye out! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/74 "2010-07-09T00:45:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Then again, I’m a furriner from a country where series like that one get aired at wonky hours, if ever. It got that treatment here, too. Which is a large part of why it ended up canceled after a half a season. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/75 "2010-07-10T01:56:39Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I’ve never seen _Firefly_ so I did not know the origin of this obnoxious SDMB catchphrase. Thanks to this thread I can now add it to the list of reasons why I hate Joss Whedon. Wow, that’s anti-fun ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875/76 "2010-07-12T01:43:08Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I could have sworn it was a line from a **Duran Duran** song, you know, that one about South America. Thread winner right there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-in-my-bunk-origin/545875.md?page=3)