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> Yeah, I appreciated this article -- will confess I definitely thought the joke originated with The Office.

- kevin___

I'd not be a bit surprised if a double-digit percentage of viewers thought the joke originated there.




I don't know how I missed it.

I guess these days not everyone hears it growing up?

Seems I need to widen my view.


> I don't know how I missed it.

Haha, I was sure I'd read that post, but had to look for quite a while to find it again, myself, for some reason.

> I guess these days not everyone hears it growing up?

I'm actually not sure I heard it until after it was on The Office and it was suddenly everywhere, constantly. If I did, it wouldn't have been long before that. "Your mom" was big (LOL, yeah she was) when I was a kid, though.


Didn't expect my first comment to be so controversial!

I just asked a few friends if they thought it came from the show or not. The first person that responded thought it had come from the show as well. The second knew the joke hadn't originated from there, but attributed its popularity to appearing on the show.


It makes sense when you think about it. There are probably a lot more 10-12 y.o.s watching The Office vs being told racy jokes by adults.


> I don't know how I missed it

That's what she said




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