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Well, smack my ass and call me Judy!

That stoned owner of the restaurant is trying Monica's dish samples and she comments:

-These are rock shrimp ravioli in a cilantro ponzu sauce with just a touch of minced... (and before she finishes with introduction, the guy finished the food) ...ginger.
The guy:
-Well, smack my ass and call me Judy!

What is that Judy-phrase about? Is that only here to show that the guy is stoned and there is no chance for Monica's cooking to be appriciated by him now. Or it is a common saying?


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  1. Katie7 July 2011 at 00:12

    According to http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=828435

    It's one of many similar American expressions of surprise, which usually go "... my ... and call me ..."

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  2. Katie7 July 2011 at 00:14

    According to http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/48/messages/615.html

    I am thinking it is a sexual, "whose your daddy" kind of thing.

    There are endless variations of the "Well, da my da and call me da da". An early episode of South Park had Mr. Garrison saying: Well spank my ass and call me "Charlie" ", but I also remember a Jerry Lewis movie(The Nutty Professor?) from the early 60's with a Beatnik in the "Hungry Brain" nightclub seeing something surprising and saying "Well, shave my beard and call me normal" or something similar and the endless variations on the school yard "cut off my legs ...". I think any two-syllable name (or word) can be used, but if you are looking for an actual Judy maybe Judy Garland? She had that famous "call me Judy" speech. Pamela

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  3. Katie7 July 2011 at 00:18

    Same wed-site as above recommends quit similar explonation, but I will place it anyway, so to get better understanding of the origins of the phrase.


    I you google "smack me on the ass and call" you get a number of hits, but the ending changes: Charlie, Poppy, Sally ... and the intriguing Tuesday. Didn't find a Judy. Then I eliminated "smack" and got some more, based on "slap my ass..." or "spank" ... including Clarence, Daddy and Cowboy. I remember (dimly) when we were kids, someone would say something like "well, cut off my legs and call me Shorty," which had some sort of internal logic. It's all just verbal patter, with no meaningful content.

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