"penis ensues" and overlords

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I have noticed two trends lately. Sometimes, people will say, “penis ensues.” Evidently this is one of those SDMB-isms. Where did it come from? What does it mean? How is it used? Why is it popular?

Another trend is the “I welcome our [insert modifying term or phrase] overlords.” Where did this come from? Why is it popular?

Thanks,

WRS

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“Penis ensues” comes from an Anastaseon post where she meant to type “panic ensues” and typed “penis” instead. It’s in the Olestra-phobes thread in MPSIMS and also referenced in her “Is Freud Whispering in My Ear?” thread in the same forum.

“I, for one, welcome our _____ overlords” is a Kent Brockman quote from an old *Simpsons *episode. It’s been cliché for years now.

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Can’t help you on the first. I’ve been wondering about it myself. My WAG is that it’s some typo or something that people then adopted, like cow-orker.

The second is a Simpsons reference. [thread=294262]Here you go[/thread].

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Hey, my WAG was right!

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[list=1[li]Wow! A kind warning to Olestra-phobes! [/li]
[li]What is wrong with me? Is Freud whispering in my ear? [/li]
I, For One, Welcome Our New Cliché-Laden Overlords[/list]

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Thanks, guys!

Could you shed some light on the whole “Once. In 19XX. For 60 seconds.” thing that used to pop up?

WRS

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Seek and ye shall find.
[thread]283407[/thread]

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Not Many People Know That…

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Or what he said.

Shall we dance, Larry?

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I guess we already are! :cool:

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Thanks, guys!

That thread is hilarious!

:slight_smile:

Now I feel up-to-date. All of Mordor thanks you.

WRS

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My apologies to you and others. There’s penis ensuing everywhere. :smack:

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  1. I, for one, welcome our new batch of catchphrases.
  2. Penis will definitely ensue.
  3. When you get down to Atlanta, Anastasaeon, you should buy OpalCat a drink – she’s spent six years referenced as the reason for the third item in every list.
  4. When come back, bring new clichés.
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Yes, but what does your cat’s breath smell like?

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Penis, of course.

Not mine.

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I, for one, welcome our new feline overlords whose breath smelled like penis once, in 1960, for twenty minutes. Since they came back, I hope they brought pie. If not we may need to unleash OpalCat on them with a 1920s-style “Death Ray”.

Enjoy,
Steven

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Yes, but who did its base belong to?

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I thought cow-orker was a Dogbertism from Scott Adams’s newsletter.

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Resurrecting an old one that has died out during the Bush43 era:

On AOL we had a member who would make assertions as to the commonness of some custom or usage by beginning his statement: “Manny peoples [say/do/think]…”

This resulted in the creation of a person named Manny Peoples, who would obligingly provide fake cites for people (in lighthearted, non-serious threads, of course).

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/got nuthin’