What does the phrase 'stop the Q-Tip when there's resistance' mean? Chandler needs new pants made and asks friends for a contact of a good tailor. Joey raises a hand - yep, he has a tailor. Chandler feels all set. But Joey starts to share way too much of boring detail. Joey : He did my first suit when I was 15... No, wait, 16... No, excuse me, 15... All right, when was 1990? Chandler : You have to stop the Q-Tip when there's resistance! What is Q-Tip? What is the whole "You have to stop the Q-Tip when there's resistance" expression is referring to? Apparently the joke was among few that Matthew Perry, the actor who played Chandler has improvised on the set. Also that is the joke some websites say that Matthew is the most proud of. So let's try and get it! Q-Tip is a cotton swabs brand name. You know the ones you use to clean your ears after a bath. Q here stands of "Quality". Americans say "Q-tip" but often mean not a particular
Ok, that one was easy to find an answer to. So in 70ies there was that commercial about native American puddling on his canoe through the rivers of garbige people through away. And in the end of this ad he is turning his face to a camera and we can see that there is a tear in one of his eyes. So this image was very much popularaized and luaghed at in different media. And here Chandler is suggesting if he litters than the Indian is probably going to be on his way soon.
ReplyDeleteHere you can see the ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM
And here is a blogpost where you can read more abot "the crying indian image" in American pop culture.
http://grist.org/climate-energy/2011-10-04-laugh-at-the-crying-indian-all-you-want-the-jokes-on-us/
Thanks.i got it now 😃😃
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