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
As Yahoo! Answers user claims:
ReplyDeleteIt was just meant to be funny and show how clueless he was. At the time all you read about was OJ.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090820191813AA9c4kQ
As for O.J. it is appeared to be some football player who back then had murdered his ex-wife and boyfriend and he was constantly on the news... So I guess Chandler simply doesn't know what to answer to Joey and just trying to disturb his attention. No real connection then.
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Может быть, он говорит: "А не с того же самого начинал O.J.?" Т.е. начал открывать в себе новые уровни;))
ReplyDeleteChandler is simply trying to be funny here. The OJ case was household at that time; everyone, even children, had at least heard of the case and the trial. It is one of the most famous of all time, I would say. So, Chandler is just trying to be funny by pretending to not have noticed anything was "going on with OJ."
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