# So when Benny Hill says, "Well done ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-benny-hill-says-well-done/525764>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 20, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-benny-hill-says-well-done/525764 "2010-01-20T23:42:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-benny-hill-says-well-done/525764/21 "2010-01-21T20:46:43Z")

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Man I am too young to ever have seen an episode, but even from Mad magazine and blooper shows I know that Benny Hill is an old pervert and would take that to mean the person is going to get properly laid, not necessarily by him. I would never think it would be anything but that!

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**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:** [January 21, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-benny-hill-says-well-done/525764/22 "2010-01-21T20:57:34Z")

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Folks, this is _Benny Hill_. No subtlety involved. The phrase is related to “I’d do her” that’s still current.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-benny-hill-says-well-done/525764/23 "2010-01-21T21:40:24Z")

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Yeah, whatever the other myriad meanings for do and done they’re all irrelevant here. The meaning is sexual, of course, as all we Brits knew when we watched him.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-benny-hill-says-well-done/525764/24 "2010-01-22T03:42:58Z")

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If applied to an attractive woman, sexual; if applied to a man or unattractive woman (Benny had some pretty ugly women on his show, as well as the hotties), conned or beaten-up.

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