# "penis ensues" and overlords **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 9, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862 "2005-01-09T07:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/1 "2005-01-09T07:18:04Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/2 "2005-01-09T07:24:27Z")
“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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/3 "2005-01-09T07:27:21Z")
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]. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/4 "2005-01-09T07:28:30Z")
Hey, my WAG was right! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/5 "2005-01-09T07:28:38Z")
[list=1[li][Wow! A kind warning to Olestra-phobes!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294892) [/li] [li][What is wrong with me? Is Freud whispering in my ear?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294894) [/li] [I, For One, Welcome Our New Cliché-Laden Overlords](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294262)[/list] ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/6 "2005-01-09T07:47:58Z")
Thanks, guys! Could you shed some light on the whole “Once. In 19XX. For 60 seconds.” thing that used to pop up? WRS ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/7 "2005-01-09T07:53:47Z")
Seek and ye shall find. [thread]283407[/thread] ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/8 "2005-01-09T07:56:22Z")
[Not Many People Know That…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283407) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/9 "2005-01-09T07:57:24Z")
Or what he said. Shall we dance, **Larry**? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/10 "2005-01-09T08:00:46Z")
I guess we already are! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/11 "2005-01-09T08:01:06Z")
Thanks, guys! That thread is hilarious! 🙂 Now I feel up-to-date. All of Mordor thanks you. WRS ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/12 "2005-01-13T07:19:04Z")
My apologies to you and others. There’s penis ensuing _everywhere_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/13 "2005-01-13T13:54:58Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > My apologies to you and others. There’s penis ensuing _everywhere_. :smack: 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. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/14 "2005-01-13T17:41:30Z")
Yes, but what does your cat’s breath smell like? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/15 "2005-01-13T18:21:15Z")
Penis, of course. Not mine. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/16 "2005-01-13T19:48:10Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/17 "2005-01-13T20:47:13Z")
Yes, but who did its base belong to? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/18 "2005-01-13T20:47:42Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > My WAG is that it’s some typo or something that people then adopted, like cow-orker. I thought cow-orker was a Dogbertism from Scott Adams’s newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/19 "2005-01-14T03:30:06Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-ensues-and-overlords/283862/20 "2005-01-14T03:39:31Z")
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