# New York Minute **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249 "2004-05-09T02:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otters\_We\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@Otters\_We\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otters_We_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/1 "2004-05-09T02:48:26Z")
Okay. Saw it. It was…okay. Action packed, lots of chases; the girls were not as bad as I thought they’d be, having never seen them act before. Eugene Levy: Okay as obsessive truant officer. Andy Richter: totally wasted(the charcter and maybe Andy too) Supposedly a villain, with the worst fake chinese accent you’ll ever hear. Why? I don’t know. Totally sucked. Darrell Hammond: underused. He was good, underplaying it. Wait til it comes to the dollar movie. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/2 "2004-05-09T03:14:26Z")
I presume you saw this film whilst wearing a long trench coat, dark sunglasses and a fake beard? ---
**Author:** ![Otters\_We\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@Otters\_We\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otters_We_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/3 "2004-05-09T03:20:44Z")
Being a female, I skipped the beard. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/4 "2004-05-09T03:45:21Z")
> [@Otters We Love](#): > > Being a female, I skipped the beard. Well if you’re not a dirty old man I’m guessing you must be a mom? ---
**Author:** ![Otters\_We\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3da27b/32.png) [@Otters\_We\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otters_We_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/5 "2004-05-09T03:47:51Z")
Yes, but you have to be dirty and old to like them? No cute teenaged guys like them? They admitted in an interview that they used to look simian. “We could’ve gone either way” one said. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/6 "2004-05-09T03:48:00Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Well if you’re not a dirty old man I’m guessing you must be a mom? Hey, she could be a dirty old woman! Let’s **not** be sexist here. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/7 "2004-05-09T07:57:12Z")
[hijack] I’ve heard the phrase NY minute so many times, but must confess to total ignorance to what it means. This seems to be a good thread to sneak in that question. BTW, I interpret it as meaning something that happens really fast - but why New York minute? [/] ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-minute/244249/8 "2004-05-09T11:44:00Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > [hijack] > I’ve heard the phrase NY minute so many times, but must confess to total ignorance to what it means. This seems to be a good thread to sneak in that question. BTW, I interpret it as meaning something that happens really fast - but why New York minute? > [/] The time it takes a traffic light to turn from Red to Green…as we have a tendency to run lights, you gotta be quick!