# Norm! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441 "2005-02-10T18:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/21 "2005-02-11T22:27:26Z")
…and Norm’s bar tab. Sam: “It goes way back to the beginning, when we didn’t even know your name yet. Look, it says ‘Skinny guy at the end of the bar’.” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/22 "2005-02-11T22:38:51Z")
“Hey Mr. Peterson, there’s a cold one waiting for you.” “I know, if she calls, I’m not here.” “Beer, Norm?” “Have I gotten that predictable? Good.” “What’s going on Mr Peterson?” “A flashing sign in my gut that says, ‘Insert beer here.’” “What’s the story Norm?” “Boy meets beer. Boy drinks beer. Boy meets another beer.” ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/23 "2005-02-11T22:58:45Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Another departure from the theme, but still a great Norm joke: > > A guy comes into Cheers who hasn’t been there for 20 years and starts reminiscing about how things used to be – including the \ that used to be “right over there, behind Norm.” Most of my faves have been mentioned, but this reminded me of the episode where the bar was being appraised (I think) and the person notices a part of the floor has been slightly sunk in. Right where Norm sat. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/24 "2005-02-11T23:45:42Z")
Another not-quite-a-Normism: Lilith is giving Frasier a hard time for bringing their baby in too often, while he denies it. The door opens, Mr. P comes in, and the kid says his first word: _Norm!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/25 "2005-02-11T23:48:48Z")
Coach: How about a beer Norm? Norm: I’m high on life coach. Of course beer is my life. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/26 "2005-02-12T03:53:27Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > Another not-quite-a-Normism: Lilith is giving Frasier a hard time for bringing their baby in too often, while he denies it. The door opens, Mr. P comes in, and the kid says his first word: _Norm!_ 😃 The rest of the set-up to that joke, of course, being that Frasier and Lilith had been arguing about the best place for little Freddy to spend his time in order to pick up speech. “He’ll never learn to talk in a _bar_,” cries Lilith in exasperation, and then the door opens… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/27 "2005-02-12T04:06:06Z")
Wasn’t there an episode where the bar was taken over by the restaurant upstairs, and some guy comes in and everyone yells “Chester!” Or am I hallucinating? Was Norm supposed to be an alcoholic? He never seemed drunk, but the man could put away his beer. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/28 "2005-02-12T04:09:29Z")
I do remember an episode where Sam was living and tending bar in the Caribbean. In that one the guy’s name that everyone yelled was Pablo. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/29 "2005-02-12T17:11:10Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Another departure from the theme, but still a great Norm joke: > > A guy comes into Cheers who hasn’t been there for 20 years and starts reminiscing about how things used to be – including the \ that used to be “right over there, behind Norm.” That’s my fave, too. Norm WAS _Cheers_. ---
**Author:** ![Just1Lurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441/30 "2005-02-12T19:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **rjk** : > Another not-quite-a-Normism: Lilith is giving Frasier a hard time for bringing their baby in too often, while he denies it. The door opens, Mr. P comes in, and the kid says his first word: Norm! And don’t forget the payoff…Lilith looks in delight at the baby in her arms and says, “He said Mom!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm/289441.md?page=1)