# Phrases you'd NEVER thought you'd hear... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954 "2007-10-16T21:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/21 "2007-10-17T18:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] I would think then, the second least spoken phrase would be "Does the bass player _ever_ shut up? [/QUOTE] _snerk!_ Although I once did know a bass player who would just not shut up. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/22 "2007-10-17T20:19:54Z")
“ROCKIES WIN! ROCKIES WIN! ROCKIES WIN!” :eek: Or mebbe I’m a little premature yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/23 "2007-10-17T20:20:17Z")
My contribution to musically themed rare sentences: “No, the drummer and his wife have been married for 20 years now.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/24 "2007-10-17T20:34:27Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] My contribution to musically themed rare sentences: “No, the drummer and his wife have been married for 20 years now.” [/QUOTE] _heheheh_ A more serious contribution: “Same-sex marriage has been recognized in…” Massachusetts. 1 down, 49 to go. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/25 "2007-10-17T20:37:54Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] Perhaps he meant Kolchek, the Night Stalker? [/QUOTE] I think he meant his secretary, Notary Kojak. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/26 "2007-10-17T20:51:26Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Johnny Carson used to say the least spoken phrase in the English language is: “That’s the banjo player’s Porsche.” [/QUOTE] Hmmm, wonder what Steve Martin’s driving these days? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/27 "2007-10-17T21:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Hmmm, wonder what Steve Martin’s driving these days? 😛 [/QUOTE] Apparently the Humorless Comedy Movie market. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/28 "2007-10-17T21:40:38Z")
Cute can also mean ohhh, how adorable. I always thought Sean Connery as Indiana Jones’s dad in “Last Crusade” was cute in an adorable old man way. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/29 "2007-10-17T22:12:40Z")
I always thought Columbo was cute/adorable, even when I was a 21-year-old. (Back when it was a new show, sigh). I always liked the shaggy rumpled look, as well as the good humor, compassion, intelligence, and intuition he displayed. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/30 "2007-10-17T23:44:08Z")
> [@Mr Shine](#): > > So which desert wasteland has she been camping out in, that she’s never heard of Columbo? FTR, I’m 21 and I doubt more than five of my friends and acquaintances, total, have heard of Columbo. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/31 "2007-10-18T01:40:28Z")
I am shamed to admit that I don’t think I’ve ever actually watched Columbo, though I think I remember when it was still on the air. After a brief GIS, I have to admit that Peter Falk WAS rather cute as a young man. He falls into my cute categories, at least: twinkly eyes, dark curly hair, prominent schnozz. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/32 "2007-10-18T03:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] FTR, I’m 21 and I doubt more than five of my friends and acquaintances, total, have heard of Columbo. [/QUOTE] Yipes. I’m going on 29 this year and I definitely remember flipping past commercials for Columbo as a weeun in front of the glass teat. (god, I nearly typed electronic teat, goes to show) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/33 "2007-10-18T03:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Apparently the Humorless Comedy Movie market. [/QUOTE] _sigh_ Too true… _wanders off aimlessly in search of a copy of “LA Story”_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/34 "2007-10-18T13:09:44Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] My contribution to musically themed rare sentences: “No, the drummer and his wife have been married for 20 years now.” [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s [26](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E4DA1638F93BA15757C0A967948260) & counting ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/35 "2007-10-18T13:18:11Z")
Columbo’s full of the hotness, absolutely! Smart, rumpled, confident men, with a twinkle in the eye…yum! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/36 "2007-10-18T13:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] Columbo’s full of the hotness, absolutely! Smart, rumpled, confident men, with a twinkle in the eye…yum! [/QUOTE] Yeah, we’re cute, but I’m not really interested. Oh, just one more thing… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/37 "2007-10-18T16:09:47Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] Columbo’s full of the hotness, absolutely! Smart, rumpled, confident men, with a twinkle in the eye…yum! [/QUOTE] He had his glassie made with a permanent twinkle. He has several, and one of them has a malevelent glint. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/38 "2007-10-18T17:30:23Z")
[QUOTE=Tapiotar] I always thought Columbo was cute/adorable, even when I was a 21-year-old. (Back when it was a new show, sigh). I always liked the shaggy rumpled look, as well as the good humor, compassion, intelligence, and intuition he displayed. [/QUOTE] I am totally with you. He was really cute, especially the rumpled dark hair. And all the excellent personality traits too. I still have to stop if I come across a repeat on TV, just to look at him for a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/39 "2007-10-18T23:07:20Z")
Not a phrase but a concept…I know quilting is trendy and all, but the idea of this combination of slogan and product has me 😕 [“Will Work for Fat Quarters” thong](http://www.cafepress.com/buy/quilters/-/pv_design_prod/pg_1/p_storeid.8609869/pNo_8609869/id_2486383/opt_/fpt_/c_666/) I know maybe one quilter this would remotely be appropriate for. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954/40 "2007-10-19T00:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Not a phrase but a concept…I know quilting is trendy and all, but the idea of this combination of slogan and product has me 😕 [“Will Work for Fat Quarters” thong](http://www.cafepress.com/buy/quilters/-/pv_design_prod/pg_1/p_storeid.8609869/pNo_8609869/id_2486383/opt_/fpt_/c_666/) I know maybe one quilter this would remotely be appropriate for. [/QUOTE] What on earth does that even mean? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-youd-never-thought-youd-hear/422954.md?page=3)