# The phrase "not to mention"

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**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-not-to-mention/956244 "2021-12-17T21:32:39Z")\
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Soupy Sales and Pookie:

Pookie: I went to the museum, and it was stimulating, not to mention exhilarating!

Soupy: Exhilarating?

Pookie: I told you not to mention exhilarating!

From this cute clip, at 2:08 to 2:18 🙂

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kcb87xi8cVg/hqdefault.jpg "Soupy & Pookie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcb87xi8cVg)

The music, BTW, appears to be from this record by Clark Terry:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nHKCw8sKcOo/maxresdefault.jpg "Mumbles - Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKCw8sKcOo)

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