I’ve seen people using “that’s what she said” in a very serious setting, as a way to say “good point/touché”. They had no idea it was from the Office.
I never knew it was from the office but I wouldn’t know how to use it beyond s contextual reference to sex. A serious setting including sex jokes is either a niche industry or a red flag.
I don’t think it’s from The Office. OP must have heard it there first and assumed.
But yeah, agreed. Had a coworker who was a little too comfortable making those jokes, including constant “that’s what she said” jokes. He turned out to be an entitled, abusive creep the first time a woman shut down one of those jokes. Now I see what a big red flag it is.
“that’s what she said” isn’t from the Office though. It’s way older then that. It was already a catchpharse on Saturday Night Live in the 80s. Probably older then that still.
In my language I though it was “bære den af” litrally translation, to carry it off. Turns out its “bære nag”, carry a bunch of straws. The saying means to hold a grudge. They do sound super close to each other when spoken
The sad thing for myself, a Brit that enjoyed the British version ( the original ) and can’t watch more than a minute of that other load of crap, is that this saying is attributed to that shit show when it’s been around for so much longer. It used to carry some weight when used sparingly and in the right context. Now it is so much more cheapened.
Well anyway OP, I hope you’ve learned a thing.
Edit. Gee I have only just joined this place and I had hoped it wasn’t going to be like Reddit where silly fucks downvote simply because you state an opinion. Hmmmmm, should I have known better ? To the downvoters, get a life.
If you go into the US office expecting more of the UK office, you will be disappointed.
The first season is the closest to the original, but not great.
Then it found it’s own flavour from season 2 onwards.
Might be worth dipping your toes into a random episode in season 2 or 3. If you go in without prejudice or expectations, you might discover it’s charm.
I find that a lot with US series. Season 1 is “see what sticks” and the rest of the seasons get their groove.
Thanks but I doubt that I’ll ever dip my toe in again. Due to Reddit consistently praising “Threat Level Midnight”, a few years ago I gave it a shot. It left me wondering just what the hell the attraction is. I just can’t stand it, and I can’t stand Carrel’s character, or maybe him in general. Having said that I have seen him in a couple of movies where he wasn’t playing the goof and it was fine. Each to their own, and there’s plenty to keep us all entertained out there these days. Peace and love.
Growing up I always wrote off “it’s always in the last place you look” as just another random thing adults loved to just say all the time.
So is that phrase a joke? I see people talk about how dumb/obvious it is, but I always thought it meant “it’s always in the last place you [would have thought to] look”, as in a ridiculous place you’d never consider.
However my whole family is ADHD and used to setting things in dumb spots you’d never check.
On King of the Hill, Peggy says that in an episode and it always cracks me up, because she’s an idiot.
Hate that phrase. It says nothing. Obviously it’s in the last place you look, because you stop looking! At least “It’s always in the place you least expect.” says something that feels relatable.
It’s meant to be humorous or ironic, or to express frustration.
Of course it’s in the last place you look, because once you find it you stop looking.
My interpretation of it wasn’t meaningless.
Like my search for object algorithm goes like:
- First look where I expect it to be. It’s not really missing at this point.
- Then I think of whether I can remember putting it somewhere different and check there. If it doesn’t turn up at this point, I now consider it missing.
- At this point, I’ll make a mental list of all of the places it makes sense to be and search down that list.
- If it’s still not found, then I’ll start just looking everywhere until either I find it, get distracted by something else, or give up on finding it.
I always thought of “it’s in the last place you look” in terms of the list in #3. You think of 5 places it might be, and whatever the order you check them in, it will be in the 5th location you check.
Your interpretation sounds more like it’s in terms of #4. Or maybe #3 but checking each place as you think of it instead of building up a backlog.
