# I've got your - GENERAL QUESTION? - right here.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-your-general-question-right-here/681558>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-your-general-question-right-here/681558 "2014-02-17T19:55:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-your-general-question-right-here/681558/1 "2014-02-17T19:55:23Z")

</div>

Maybe this belongs in the Cafe Society, but I really don’t know that until I know the answer to the question, so here goes:

How far back does “I’ve got your… right here!” go? And who said it, and where and why?

Someone recently suggested perhaps it was a Nicholson quote from one of his movies, but they weren’t very sure at all.

Googling it never provided an answer.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-your-general-question-right-here/681558/2 "2014-02-17T20:01:24Z")

</div>

Earlier thread from 2003 has some info:

> **[Who started "I've got your \_\_\_\_\_\_, right here"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=162697)**
>
> “I’ve got your \_\_\_\_\_\_, right here.” I have been hearing this expression for at least a decade, with the blank filled in by various nouns, sometimes accompanied by a (sometimes rude) gesture. Does anyone know where the expression got started?