# Meaning of obscure internet catchphrase **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990 "2003-03-17T14:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/21 "2003-03-19T03:59:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > **I watched that twice, just to be sure. It’s “Take off every ‘zig’”.** Doh! ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/22 "2003-03-19T04:28:37Z")
The goofy translations are due to a technical limitation. The game originally was in Japanese. Typically, a Japanese sentence is shorter than English, so when they do the translation, there is not enough room for the proper English sentences so they shave out the, uh, unnecessary words. I am giving them the benefit of the doubt so that they **knew** what they were doing, though 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/23 "2003-03-19T05:58:36Z")
It’s a trap! What’s “when come back, bring pie” from? Weebl and Bob, I think? ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/24 "2003-03-19T15:56:44Z")
Nah, my aunt Hazel really likes pie and she always tells uncle Bob to grab a pie on his way home. A lot of people respond to that with “Bob’s your uncle?” ---
**Author:** ![Zelmph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/46a35a/32.png) [@Zelmph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zelmph)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/25 "2003-03-19T19:51:20Z")
Somebody set up us a [book](http://www.vangoghgoghs.com/ee/ee_041201_dummies.html) , too. All your answers are there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/26 "2003-03-19T19:59:16Z")
Heh. Loved the link, **Zelmph(!)**. I see _they_ messed up the “set up us the bomb” quote too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/27 "2003-03-19T20:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*ElwoodCuse \*\* > > What’s “when come back, bring pie” from? Weebl and Bob, I think? Yes. See [Weebl and Bob](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm). ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/28 "2003-03-19T21:13:11Z")
Gary Larson would probably sue me for [this](http://www.freecfm.com/p/psiekier/ayb_farside.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![JRR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@JRR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRR)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/29 "2003-03-19T22:39:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arcite \* > \*\*No one ever gets this line right. The goofy translation said “Somebody set up us the bomb.” Set up us, not set us up. > > I know, I know… who cares, right? But “set up us” sounds even sillier to my ears. 😃 \*\* That was my bad. I was the guy who made the weird song that goes along with the video ([http://www.mp3.com/tlmom](http://www.mp3.com/tlmom) if you’d like to get the MP3). When entering the opening dialogue into a text-to-speech program to do the voices at the beginning, I mistyped the “Somebody/Someone…” line. Nobody seemed to notice this for several months. 🙂 It’s hard to belive how long it’s been since thes silly phrase started… ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990/30 "2003-03-20T18:51:34Z")
… then [Foxtrot](http://www.freecfm.com/p/psiekier/ayb_foxtrot.gif) got into the act. I wish I would have saved the comics section of the Dallas Morning News from that day. The best I could do was to change the splash screen for our [Oracle Applications](http://www.freecfm.com/p/psiekier/ayb_oracle.gif). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-obscure-internet-catchphrase/161990.md?page=1)