# The 'years young' phrase **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-years-young-phrase/1022471 **Category:** The BBQ Pit **Created:** [August 25, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-years-young-phrase/1022471 "2025-08-25T21:31:09Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 50
### Author: ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT) #### Post date: [September 8, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-years-young-phrase/1022471/50 "2025-09-08T08:52:17Z")
The TV show _Two and a Half Men_ premiered September 2003. My pit thread complaining about this dated from May 2002. Just FYI. > [@"Excuse me miss, but my baby is NOT a 'half'."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-miss-but-my-baby-is-not-a-half/108675): > > Believe it or not, she is an honest-to-God “whole” person! Yes, she is small. Yes, she sits in a car seat or a high chair, depending upon what her mother wants. But here’s the thing: she is a whole person. So when I come approach you in the middle of your shift as hostessing the local bar and grill to tell you that we need a non-smoking table for three, I don’t want to hear some stupid-ass crack as: “You mean a table for two and a half?” No, you stupid bint, I MEAN a TABLE for THREE. 3! 4-1! 1+… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-years-young-phrase/1022471)._