Comments on: Snowclones

By: Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:13:52 +0000

@nightstraveler – thanks for the heads-up on that Wikipedia link; I’ve added in a temporary link that should go to the current list (looks like the list of snowclones page is in flux…).

Also, UHF is definitely not the source of “X? We don’t need no stinkin’ X!” though, as I said, UHF brought it to my attention. It was originally from the movie Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and then misquoted (and popularized) as you said, by Blazing Saddles.

By: nightstraveler

nightstraveler — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:47:01 +0000

That wikipedia link doesn’t work and I’m pretty sure the we don’t need no sticken badges is a adaptation of a line from Blazing Saddles, not UHF.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:11:47 +0000

“X. Think about it.”

Here, ‘X’ is typically an absurd conclusion reached at through silly logic.

Examples:

(From Catch-22) “Men,” he began his address to the officiers, measuring his pauses carefully. “You’re American officiers. The officiers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it.”

(Stephen Colbert lampooning President Bush) So don’t pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he’s not doing? Think about it. I haven’t.

By: Moving Target

Moving Target — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:22:56 +0000

“I’m not an X, but I play one on TV.” I believe the original X is “doctor”, but my favorite X is “actor”.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:45:38 +0000

X is the greatest thing since Y

By: snapmouse

snapmouse — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:12:09 +0000

I for one welcome our new X overlords

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:32:06 +0000

“In Soviet Russia the X’s X YOU!”

By: Julianna

Julianna — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:50:00 +0000

Liz,
Love the whose X do you have Y to get Z around here.

A goody to be sure.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:35:04 +0000

I like “All your X are belong to us.”

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:17:28 +0000

The “Will X for Y” is usually pretty amusing on handmade signs around town (as in “Will beg for money”)

But I love the classic “Whose X do I have to Y to get a Z around here?” (as in “Whose leg do I have to hump to get a cup of coffee around here?”). In fact, I will make a concerted effort to incorporate this snowclone into my conversations on a daily basis.