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
Maybe something related to the illegal copying of various stuff (пиратство)? Like she's getting "illegal" random job for a while?
ReplyDeleteNot sure, was this "pirate" term that widely used back in 1993? And she indeed stresses out the BACK word. Guess Chandler should be responding to emotion produced there.
Deletewhat Chandler means to ask is.. "were your clients stolen by pirates, and you will be trying to get them back?" that's the joke nothing in the episode
ReplyDeleteThat is one interesting perspective. Thank you, might be so!
Deleteyes, I think that's the joke. She's talking about 'getting her clients BACK', which could just mean that she convinces them to come back, but it could sound a lot like she needs to GET them actively back from somewhere, as if they were taken from her. And who would kidnap wealthy clients off to far away places? pirates.
DeleteYeah, it feels like there should have been more story to it earlier in that episode. Will try to rewatch it and dig for the answer.
DeleteThere's nothing else in the episode about it, it's just a quick joke about her clients being taken by pirates, as said above.
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