# Where did this catchphrase come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531 "2009-07-28T08:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/21 "2009-07-28T23:21:18Z")
That’s the beauty of it! It doesn’t DO anything! Just kidding! 🙂 sorry, so sorry, you have a lovely place … ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/22 "2009-07-28T23:35:16Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Any takers on ‘I know it’s crazy but it just might work.’? [Been around a long time, in various guises](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyEnoughToWork) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/23 "2009-07-28T23:54:49Z")
OK, how about this one? Request for some object or action “No problem!” Request for another object or action “No problem!” Request for a yet one more object or action. “PROBLEM!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/24 "2009-07-29T00:04:36Z")
Sounds like Johnny Carson’s Midday Movie pitchman character: “No Job? No problem. No Credit? No Problem Can’t pay us? Then we got a problem” as well as “Take the 235 to the Slauson cutoff. Get out, cut off your Slauson.” And “Drive til you get to… The Fork in the Road.” ---
**Author:** ![missouri65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@missouri65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missouri65)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/25 "2009-07-29T01:57:05Z")
Here’s mine: Nyet. Nein. Non. NooOO. I’ve googled and there are a few hits for it in similar situations as I would use it, but I can’t find a source. I always say it the same, with the first three words very clipped and the “no” deep and drawn out. That makes me think I got it from somewhere. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/26 "2009-07-29T02:09:04Z")
> [@missouri65](#): > > Here’s mine: > > Nyet. Nein. Non. NooOO. > > I’ve googled and there are a few hits for it in similar situations as I would use it, but I can’t find a source. I always say it the same, with the first three words very clipped and the “no” deep and drawn out. That makes me think I got it from somewhere. Any ideas? That sounds like something Dr. Cox would have said on _Scrubs_. I can’t pinpoint which episode, but it was one where he ranted and raved at JD. (Yeah, like that helps narrow it down… 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/27 "2009-07-29T02:42:27Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > That’s the beauty of it! It doesn’t DO anything! Oh, no, not that again. Did that one ever get solved? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/28 "2009-07-29T02:46:29Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Okay, thank you, and \*\*Euytuchus \*\*too. I still have no idea what that means. No problem, I’ve never been a Pinko Floyd fan.😉 Note the following screams. Seems Eugene was not careful. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/29 "2009-07-29T05:04:20Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > Oh, no, not that again. Did that one ever get solved? Yes, yes it did. [Mystery quote: ''It doesn't do anything. That's the beauty of it.'' - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413962) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/30 "2009-07-29T14:09:22Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > I have the weirdest habit of saying “'Salright?” like Senor Wences. It’s probably not right for anyone under 60 to quote Senor Wences. Señor Wences was a guest on “The Muppet Show” in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/31 "2009-07-29T14:45:06Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Hey, I’m right there with you. I love Senor Wences. I’m occasionally known to say “Close the box,” too. 🙂 Put ze candle beck! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/32 "2009-07-29T15:23:07Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > Oh, no, not that again. Did that one ever get solved? Yes, as **Jenaroph** linked. That was just me pushing an old, old line. The real one was ‘sorry, so sorry, you have a lovely place …’ which is not an exact quote but is similar to what the road warrior girl said in Weird Science as they left the party after Wyatt and Gary stood up to them. I use it a lot in webspace, not so much irl. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531/33 "2009-07-29T15:24:15Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Put ze candle beck! Great knockers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-catchphrase-come-from/504531.md?page=1)