Talk:happy to see someone
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[edit]i'm not much good at finding TV shows, but i heard on TV once in a movie or show a quote like "is that a foot-long [sandwich] in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?" to which he replied "actually, it is a foot-long!" later in the show he finds out the woman only likes him because he's overweight and calls her a chubby chaser. even with this, though, i wasnt able to track down the origin of the quote. there are surely many more references to this, and we could of course add Mae West's own uses of it, or at least one. —Soap— 14:09, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
- i should add that this can be used by itself, too. it doesnt require the lead-in "is that a ---- in your pocket" or anything similar. these arent citable, of course, but i heard it once out loud at work to described how a coworker's cellphone kept sliding around in his pants pocket because they were too wide, and on a 1980s TV show where a the tail on a kid's dinosaur costume was pushed into pointing forwards because the kids were crowded into a tiny space. —Soap— 21:10, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
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"Visibly aroused, such that one's package shows easily; sporting a strong erection." PUC – 21:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
- Isn't it generally "glad to see me" (rather than happy)? All the actual quotations in the given reference have "glad". —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 21:24, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
- Regardless of the form, does "happy/glad to see someone" actually mean "sporting a strong erection"? To me it's just a tongue-in-cheek question. I mean, can you say "Look at this guy! He's happy to see her!" meaning "Look at this guy! He's got a boner!"? PUC – 22:12, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
- I’ve personally only heard “happy…”. AG202 (talk) 22:16, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
Do you really mean to bring this to RFV and not RFD? Anyaway, I added a bunch of cites to the citations page. I expected to just find snow clones of Mae West's famous line, but I did manage to find a few other kinds of cites. Kiwima (talk) 03:45, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- I am more familiar with the hoary old "is that a [canoe, banana, etc.] in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" See See is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me. Equinox ◑ 18:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 01:43, 15 June 2024 (UTC)