# You don't say

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703 "2003-09-15T10:46:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703/21 "2003-09-16T12:25:52Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Skeezix \*  
> \*\*[Obligatory Groucho]  
> \<speaking into phone\>  
> You don’t say?  
> \<pause\>  
> You don’t say.  
> \<pause\>  
> You don’t say!  
> \<hangs up\>
> 
> So, what did he want?
> 
> He didn’t say.  
> [/OG] \*\*

Joke that gets updated every era:

“Harpo Marx/Marcel Marceau/Teller/Silent Bob called for you.”

“What did he want?”

“He didn’t say.”

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703/22 "2003-09-16T12:45:18Z")

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[Barth from You Can’t Do That on Television]

Duuuhhhhh…I…heard that!

_shakes spatula at Alistair and Moose_

[/Barth from You Can’t Do That on Television]

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703/23 "2003-09-16T13:08:37Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Ludovic \*  
> \*\*OG SMAH! \*\*

You don’t say…

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**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703/24 "2003-09-16T13:11:34Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \*  
> \*\*Okay. The new thing you don’t say is “&#@”. \*\*

**&#@**

Now what are you going to do about THAT? 😉

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-say/201703/25 "2003-09-16T13:58:27Z")

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No I don’t. Want to make something of it? Eh?

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