# (Mild) If I hear 'git-r-done' one more time, I'm setting fire to Larry the Cable Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393 "2006-02-14T02:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/61 "2006-02-15T19:38:10Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > … I’ve always thought it was easier to pick up a southern accent than a northern one. Really? With all the godawful fake southern accents I’ve heard in movies and on TV, I’ve thought just the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/62 "2006-02-15T19:59:50Z")
You know, it makes me happy to hear that Dopers I love and respect love Larry the Cable guy too. He’s so hideously horribly wonderfully funny. I agree: he’s way smarter than the character, so I must have been aware at some level that it was an act. I guess I thought he was one hell of a smart redneck! And I must admit: he’s added a catchphrase for my husband and I–and it’s not Git R Done–it’s “walkin’ farts.” :eek: 😃 I think he was funniest at the end of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, when they’re ad-libbing about grandmother in the coffin. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/63 "2006-02-15T20:39:09Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Really? With all the godawful fake southern accents I’ve heard in movies and on TV, I’ve thought just the opposite. Funny; it was all the gawdawful fake _northern_ accents that I’ve heard that convinced me… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/64 "2006-02-15T20:41:56Z")
In all seriousness, what does “Git R Done” mean? Is there some context I’m missing? While I can see the other jokes mentioned as funny, this I can’t get at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/65 "2006-02-15T20:44:35Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > Funny; it was all the gawdawful fake _northern_ accents that I’ve heard that convinced me… 😉 Well, at least we can both agree that we’ve never heard any godawful fake _British_ accents … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/66 "2006-02-15T20:52:29Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Well, at least we can both agree that we’ve never heard any godawful fake _British_ accents … 😉 _and German_. Ve haf vays ov makink hugh tvitch! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/67 "2006-02-15T21:24:09Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > _and German_. > > Ve haf vays ov makink hugh tvitch! Exactly. AFAIK, all Germans always speak like that. And all Frenchmen sound like Inspector Clouseau. Oh, and **Petey** , the humor, IMHO, is all in the way it’s said. “Git-R-Done” could just as easily be typed “Get 'er done” meaning only “Get whatever needs to be done, done”. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/68 "2006-02-15T22:22:24Z")
Larry used to call in “commentaries” to the radio morning show I listened to in Baltimore, back before he was big. Thought he was a hoot then, do now. And I can read, and everything. Snotty OPs where the poster knowingly insults other posters…that, not so amusing. I, also, am amazed to hear the whole thing is an act. His radio bits sounded utterly unforced and natural, much more so than his stage act. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/69 "2006-02-15T22:28:40Z")
He’s funny, bitches! Yeaaaaaaaaah! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/70 "2006-02-16T01:30:20Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Definately the funniest of the four. I love his story about how he bought a new van and went to show it to his brother-in-law who says, “I can’t believe you didn’t buy a Mercedes Benz. My car has the little three inch wiper blades to keep my headlights clean during a rainstorm.” To which he replies, “Well, mine’s got a place where I can have sex with your sister!” > > That cracks me up just thinking about it. He does his BIL in this sing-song voice that just nails it. Now, if his comedy routine is any indication, his first wife was the rich one, then they got divorced and he recently remarried. He has a son, Max, aka Tater Tot. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/71 "2006-02-16T03:04:17Z")
> [@Petey](#): > > In all seriousness, what does “Git R Done” mean? Is there some context I’m missing? While I can see the other jokes mentioned as funny, this I can’t get at all. Jeff Foxworthy: What the hell does ‘Git R Done’ even mean? You know what it is? It’s Latin for ‘if there were a real punchline, this is where it would go’! [on Foxworthy’s roast, paraphrased but basically true] ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/72 "2006-02-16T04:10:07Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > ‘s hat. > That, or ‘’-tell-you-what’. > > God I’m so sick of this contrived asswipe and people who think he is funny. > > You suck! And your jokes are lame! > > How illiterate must one be to find this guy funny? > > If I have to hear any of your shitty jokes and trademark lines from your mouth or someone else’s, I’m going to snatch the stupid-looking hat off your head and set it on fire! Larry the Cable Guy to me is like “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”. I am absolutely ridden with guilt (“Lord - I apologize for that”) that I laugh like a hyena over both of them. I would never admit that in public though. Oh wait. 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/73 "2006-02-16T06:35:56Z")
Every. Single. Holiday. and Family function, I have to listen to both of my husband’s brothers and their wives, go on and on about this guy they know who has the misfortune of looking, sounding and acting like Larry The Cable Guy, except they act like it’s a good thing! I have chuckled a few times at the real LTCG. But this LTCG wannabe, is the most obnoxious asshole. Somebody made the comment that he kind of looks like LTCG, and he took it and ran with it. His loves to go to his friend’s jobs and embarrass them. He has this whole routine, where he walks in and acts like an irate customer and creates a scene, then he reveals that he’s just “so and so’s friend”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/74 "2006-02-16T15:56:26Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > Larry used to call in “commentaries” to the radio morning show I listened to in Baltimore, back before he was big. That’s how the character got started. He worked for a radio station in Florida and Larry was one of the characters he created to make commentary. There were others, but Larry’s the one who caught on. He then crafted the outfit and the stage persona to go with it. (Original appearances he wore a toolbelt with plumber’s crack and a bunch of coaxial cable wrapped around his neck.) ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/75 "2006-02-16T19:08:21Z")
> [@Petey](#): > > In all seriousness, what does “Git R Done” mean? Is there some context I’m missing? While I can see the other jokes mentioned as funny, this I can’t get at all. It’s all about context and delivery. That’s why it’s not funny most of the time you hear it (not to mention that it’s worn out). The thing is, with Larry’s delivery it can mean a lot of different things. Sadly, I’ve been thinking about this a quite a bit. Let me make a comparison. It’s sort of like the Italian American slang, “forget about it.” (aka. “fahgetaboutit”) Possibly it’s just Hollywood Italian American slang. I don’t know. If you’ve ever watched anything mob or mofia related, you’ve heard the saying. What’s great about it is that it applies to so many things. I would try to explain, but how about I give you this instead from the movie, “Donnie Brasco”. > [@Donnie Brasco](#): > > “Forget about it” is like if you agree with someone, you know, like “Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass, forget about it.” But then, if you disagree, like “A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac? Forget about it!” you know? But then, it’s also like if something’s the greatest thing in the world, like those peppers, “forget about it.” But it’s also like saying “Go to hell!” too. Like, you know, like “Hey Paulie, you got a one inch pecker?” and Paulie says “Forget about it!” Sometimes it just means forget about it. I wish I could use “forget about it”. I can’t. I can’t deliver it right. Honestly, I’ve never heard anyone from my home state (the land of cheddar) say it right. The same goes for “get 'er done.” Last summer I’m sitting in my race car waiting to go out on the track. People walk by and stick their heads in the car to say, “get 'er done.” Like I haven’t heard that before. Worse, it’s not funny. There’s no setup and no delivery. So the phrase isn’t funny and gets worn out. I like said… I thought about this too much… forget about it. ---
**Author:** ![stardust\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@stardust\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stardust_1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/76 "2006-02-16T20:48:53Z")
I might sound completely ignorant asking this, but what the heck does “Git-R-Done” mean? Go ahead, make fun. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/77 "2006-02-16T20:56:27Z")
> [@stardust-](#): > > I might sound completely ignorant asking this Only because you didn’t read the thread, which contains several explanations. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/78 "2006-02-17T16:02:00Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > I think he was funniest at the end of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, when they’re ad-libbing about grandmother in the coffin. Oh, honey - none of that is ad-libbed. I listen to streaming comedy on Winamp all the time, and it’s really interesting to hear all of their same bits from the last few years. You can hear them changing things and refining them. Ron White didn’t originally get “thrown out of a bar in New York City.” Initially, he was arrested in some smaller down for “drunk in public” without the Bronxites or the “take off the HAT” incident, for instance. They do the “gramma in the coffin” bit damned near identically each time, though. BTW, I’m with the people who said that Ron White, the overweight, sweaty, alcoholic, unhealthy-looking motherfucker is still incredibly sexy. It makes no sense and is SHAMEFUL and WRONG! ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/79 "2006-02-18T04:22:25Z")
> [@Hamadryad](#): > > Oh, honey - none of that is ad-libbed. I listen to streaming comedy on Winamp all the time, and it’s really interesting to hear all of their same bits from the last few years. You can hear them changing things and refining them. > > Ron White didn’t originally get “thrown out of a bar in New York City.” Initially, he was arrested in some smaller down for “drunk in public” without the Bronxites or the “take off the HAT” incident, for instance. And at one point, he got “pulled over for a DUI in Las Vegas” and was asked to do a field sobriety test. Guy’s still hilarious in concert. I saw him last January in Rupp Arena (12,000 people or so. It was amazing) and he was ON. The funniest part was when he did his bit about his buddy “blowing the towel off” of Osama bin Laden’s head in Larry’s voice, just so he could crack on Larry with the “next time you have a thought, just let it go” punchline. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393/80 "2006-02-18T04:39:56Z")
May I be the first to point out that the Fabulous Curling Babes on the United States Women’s Curling Team were encouraging each other to “get 'er done”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393.md?page=5)