# Oh. Hello! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794 "2025-09-06T17:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/1 "2025-09-06T17:05:20Z")
Hi. Hello. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/2 "2025-09-06T17:06:45Z")
How’s the weather? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/3 "2025-09-06T17:12:49Z")
[Oh hello !](https://youtu.be/g6zEkhvqNzY?t=3) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/4 "2025-09-06T17:21:28Z")
Is it me you’re looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/5 "2025-09-06T17:30:19Z")
Long time no see! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/6 "2025-09-06T20:35:52Z")
[Hello.](https://youtu.be/0AcBqfMH4fU) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/7 "2025-09-06T20:55:25Z")
Nothing to say but what a day how’s your boy been? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/8 "2025-09-06T20:58:31Z")
Hey, hope you’ve been well. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/9 "2025-09-06T21:02:41Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Is it me you’re looking for? Possibly so! [![](https://248am.com/images/richie1.jpg) ](https://248am.com/images/richie1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/10 "2025-09-06T21:36:10Z")
[Hello There](https://youtu.be/QK72bHiqM-Q?feature=shared) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/11 "2025-09-07T00:38:33Z")
Hello It’s Me ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/12 "2025-09-07T00:43:07Z")
Hello there! [![](https://i.redd.it/vj7x6pwnvy041.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/vj7x6pwnvy041.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/13 "2025-09-07T01:36:36Z")
Word up, yo! Tripler How copy, over? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/14 "2025-09-07T01:47:39Z")
Hola! ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/15 "2025-09-08T16:49:18Z")
[French-only greetings drop in Montreal as ‘bonjour, hi’ gains popularity](https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/french-only-greetings-drop-in-montreal-as-bonjour-hi-gains-popularity/) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/16 "2025-09-08T17:33:53Z")
Buenas!, que acelga? que talco? tirando para no empujar? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/17 "2025-09-08T17:51:27Z")
Bonjour! Comment allez-vous? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/18 "2025-09-08T18:25:17Z")
I pictured this thread like the sort of cheesy TV opening where the actor pretends we the viewers caught them unaware. “Oh, hello there. I didn’t see you come in…” TV Tropes calls this the [Fourth Wall Greeting](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourthWallGreeting). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794/19 "2025-09-08T18:33:26Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > the actor pretends we the viewers caught them unaware. “Oh, hello there. I didn’t see you come in…” As done with a twist on SCTV: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J7UezlM1NWQ/maxresdefault.jpg "SCTV - GOT A MINUTE? - Dr. Sid Dithers on Stress") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7UezlM1NWQ)