# You will now tell us where you have hidden zee documents!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221 "2017-04-25T16:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![SaintMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SaintMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaintMom)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/21 "2023-07-26T17:49:50Z")

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So, wow i am dumbfounded! I remember that my brother had a tape with the whole routine many many years ago. It oddly just came up in conversation (no, really!) and i Need the answer haha. I guess its a small consolation that i seem to be in good company! My friend insists its Cheech and Chong, but to my memory our household using it predates them by a good minute!  
I appreciate everyone’s combined knowledge. Thanks so much.  
Leslie

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**Author:** ![SaintMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SaintMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaintMom)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/22 "2023-07-26T18:17:16Z")

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Awesome, i totally crack me up, too! Welcome to the very small and still shrinking, but rather fabulous club!

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**Author:** ![Jaydubba77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Jaydubba77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaydubba77)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/23 "2023-07-27T17:19:12Z")

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They used a similar bit in their Sleeping Beauty skit. All spinning wheels are orderd destroyed and you hear them asking “Ver is de veel?”.  
Back in the day my brother and I could do the whole skit!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/24 "2023-07-27T17:26:09Z")

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> [@SaintMom](#):
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> My friend insists its Cheech and Chong

Yes, it’s on their Big Bambú album.

[Tortured Old Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZEyEKsFC3c)

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/25 "2023-07-27T20:24:26Z")

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Try saying the line wearing a monocle and holding a lit cigarette between your thumb and middle finger. 🧐

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/26 "2023-07-28T00:58:38Z")

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The film department of a college I went to made an ad for the school.

A man in a trench coat runs through fog-shrouded streets. In the distance, dogs bark. He ducks into an alcove to avoid shadowy figures that are pursuing him. Just as he leaves his hiding place, he’s stopped - an East German police officer blocks his way.

“Your papers, please,” the officer says in an aristocratic German accent. Nervously, the man hands them over.

The police officer frowns. “I am afraid your papers are… _not in order_.” The man gulps in fear, and prepares to run.

“This one goes here, this one goes here, and this one goes here.” He quickly rearranges the papers, hands them back to the man with a crisp salute, then turns and vanishes into the fog.

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/27 "2023-07-28T01:52:37Z")

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Dave’s not here, man!

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**Author:** ![bobjarvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bobjarvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobjarvis)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/28 "2026-09-10T18:11:05Z")

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FINALLY!!!

Amen and hallelujah…

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221/29 "2026-09-11T13:15:59Z")

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My first thought was the character Arte Johnson used to play, the “Verrrry interesssting!” guy.

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