Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355041
And I can’t easily search on it here, since all of the words which make up “You the Man Now, Dog” are under 4 letters.
Where did this phrase original? I know why it’s used, and when, but where did it come from?
If I knew it came from entertainment I’d post this in Cafe Society, but I don’t know where it comes from, so I have to post it here…
originate :smack:
It’s a quote from the movie “Finding Forrester.” See the Wikipedia article on YTMND for further details.
Thank you very much. That actually makes sense, as opposed to so many other Net memes.
Have you been to ytmnd.com*? It’s a site that lets users create weird little pages consisting of a tiled image and looped audio clip. The first was Sean Connery’s picture and the clip from Finding Forester.
Now…well, there’s all sorts of weird crap on there. Occasionaly hilarious, usually offensive.
*disabled as lots of it is non-worksafe.