# Origin of "You don't know her. She's from Canada." **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168 "2011-04-29T15:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/1 "2011-04-29T15:53:40Z")
Usage: I do too have a girlfriend. You don’t know her. She’s from Canada. Any ideas? Anyone ever heard a different country used? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/2 "2011-04-29T16:16:18Z")
I think that’s just the new internet version of “Oh, you don’t know her. She goes to a different high school. Across town.” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/3 "2011-04-29T16:19:01Z")
It’s from _The Breakfast Club_. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/4 "2011-04-29T16:36:05Z")
Oh. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/5 "2011-04-29T16:39:44Z")
Definitely _Breakfast Club_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/6 "2011-04-29T16:46:19Z")
It immortalized in song, too (some NWFW lyrics): [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5g196vURUDo/hqdefault.jpg "My Girlfriend Who Lives In Canada") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g196vURUDo) ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/7 "2011-04-29T18:06:26Z")
Since the question has been answered, I can post this Onion article: [Canadian Girlfriend Unsubstantiated](http://www.theonion.com/articles/canadian-girlfriend-unsubstantiated,1484/) ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/8 "2011-04-29T18:31:11Z")
The nerdy character in _Breakfast Club_ was being taunted by Judd Nelson. Asked if he’s ever had a girlfriend, he claims he does but she lives in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/9 "2011-04-29T18:46:57Z")
I could have sworn Cliff Claven also made this claim. ---
**Author:** ![Curious\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Curious\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Mike)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/10 "2011-04-29T19:11:32Z")
The original quote from ([http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/regent/827/script.html](http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/regent/827/script.html)) is: “She lives in Canada, met her at Niagara Falls. You wouldn’t know her.” The way I remember it, Brian says: “You wouldn’t know her, she’s from the Niagara Falls area.” Though I admit my memory stinks. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/11 "2011-04-29T22:11:07Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Oh. I didn’t think the answer would be that easy and I’ve actually seen TBC a time or two. Decent results didn’t come up in Google until added I breakfast club. TVTropes has a page on it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Renton\_lvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Renton\_lvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renton_lvr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/12 "2011-04-30T00:49:19Z")
Also Anthony Michael Hall in ‘Weird Science’- Wyatt: Well, what about your girl in Canada? Gary: She lives in Canada. She has no morals. I don’t like that in a girl. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/13 "2011-04-30T02:12:24Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Definitely _Breakfast Club_. Even before that, I’m certain that antisocial kids would make that claim when backed into a corner about their apparent lack of girlfriends. The Breakfast Club may have popularized it, but I’m certain it was around before then. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/14 "2011-04-30T04:25:36Z")
> [@Curious\_Mike](#): > > The original quote from ([http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/regent/827/script.html](http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/regent/827/script.html)) is: > > “She lives in Canada, met her at Niagara Falls. You wouldn’t know her.” > The way I remember it, Brian says: “You wouldn’t know her, she’s from the Niagara Falls area.” > > Though I admit my memory stinks. Bender has the line a bit after, “In addition to numerous girls in the greater Niagara Falls area…” ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-you-dont-know-her-shes-from-canada/580168/15 "2011-05-01T04:13:49Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Even before that, I’m certain that antisocial kids would make that claim when backed into a corner about their apparent lack of girlfriends. The Breakfast Club may have popularized it, but I’m certain it was around before then. Similarly, and having grown up on the USA/Canada border, it seemed to be a meme before the meme meme existed.