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
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ReplyDeleteAnti-Paolo was clearly a reference to the term Antichrist. Antichrist, translated from ancient Greek, literally means "opposite of Christ".
Yes, "anti-" is a prefix used to mean the opposite of something. It's used without religious context in colloquial speech. But, the idea of the anti-christ is used in Catholicism moreso than in other flavors of Christianity, so Chandler seizes the confluence of his Catholic friend saying something is "anti" something else.
ReplyDeleteI think it's got more to do with the antipope rather than the Antichrist.
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