# So what did Edward G. Robinson whisper to Lauren Bacall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306 "2011-10-30T20:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/21 "2011-11-02T19:09:11Z")
“There’s no way the Republicans will nominate Cain.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/22 "2011-11-02T23:07:12Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > “I have to go, but I won’t let that come between us.” > [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Same thing Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett Johansson… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/23 "2011-11-03T02:39:16Z")
“Do you know if there’s a men’s room anywhere around here?” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/24 "2011-11-03T03:30:05Z")
“Porterzebie!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/25 "2011-11-03T04:57:15Z")
“Then it don’t matter. I’ll be all around in the dark - I’ll be everywhere. Wherever you can look - wherever there’s a fight, so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready, and when the people are eatin’ the stuff they raise and livin’ in the houses they build - I’ll be there, too.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/26 "2011-11-03T12:56:56Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > “Porterzebie!” And she whispers back, “Did you mean ‘Potrzebie’?” > **[Potrzebie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie)** > > Potrzebie (/pɒtrəˈziːbi/; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Polish pronunciation: \[pɔtˈʂɛbʲɛ\], the dative/locative case form of the noun potrzeba, "need") is a Polish word popularized by its non sequitur use as a running gag in the early issues of Mad not long after the comic book began in 1952. > Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman spotted the ... ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/27 "2011-11-03T13:38:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And she whispers back, “Did you mean ‘Potrzebie’?” > > [Potrzebie - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie) I was going by my furshlugginer memory. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/28 "2011-11-03T14:18:12Z")
"Out of what crypt they crawl, I cannot tell, "But every night I see the rubbery things, "Black, horned, and slender, with membraneous wings, "And tails that bear the bifid barb of hell. "They come in legions on the north wind’s swell, "With obscene clutch that titillates and stings, "Snatching me off on monstrous voyagings “To grey worlds hidden deep in nightmare’s well.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/29 "2011-11-04T00:18:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And she whispers back, “Did you mean ‘Potrzebie’?” > > [Potrzebie - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie) > [@BMalion](#): > > I was going by my furshlugginer memory. Hey, Brian. You can always blame it on the MS. Look at the bright side. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/30 "2011-11-04T00:30:31Z")
_No soap. Radio._ ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/31 "2011-11-04T21:20:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “Would I do this if my pal Rocky was in there?” You might, Rabbit. You might. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306/32 "2011-11-05T01:26:20Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Hey, Brian. You can always blame it on the MS. Look at the bright side. 😃 #@&%+€£¥¢! (The way I learned to curse from Mad Magazine :D) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-edward-g-robinson-whisper-to-lauren-bacall/601306.md?page=1)