Saying “That’s what she said” after everything you say.
Hey Joey I want a salami
“Yeah that’s what she said.”
Yo Billy that ice cream tastes good.
“Yeah that’s what she said.”
Yo Bobby give me another shot of the good stuff
“yeah that’s what she said.”
It’s a phrase thrust into the national lexicon by a fictional character – Michael Scott – on a television show – The Office.
That’s what she said.
Old men say it. My sixth grader says it.
Now there’s a computer program that analyzes the sentence you are writing and with 72% accuracy puts the phrase into the sentence you are writing.
Unless you are writing an episode of the Office, why do we need such a program?
According to Forbes magazine, DEviaNT is a new computer program — whose name stands for Double Entendre via Noun Transfer — was developed by two scientists at the University of Washington as an experiment in programming computers in natural languages such as English.
It’s a huge endeavor. THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
Wouldn’t it be more productive if we could create a computer that could analyze the written word and enhance it, rather than add a tired, pedestrian phrase?
What’s next? Litter the phrase “You Know” into perfectly good sentences.
How about “Uh”?
Just pepper a bunch of “you know” and “uh” and “That’s what she said” into your term paper. See how your English teacher grades you on that?
What a waste.
What would Shakespeare think?
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
What would Rodney Dangerfield think?
I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
What would Ralph Waldo Emerson say?
All mankind loves a lover.
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
What would Gen. George Patton say;
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
What would Ronald Reagan think?
A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
The Office ended this past week. Appropriately, the last word uttered by Michael Scott was “That’s What she said.”
That’s the way this phrase should retire; into syndication, uttered sporadically and with discretion.
Come up with a new phrase. Be unique and inventive.
Don’t waste my time with computer generated schlock.
That’s what she said.
And that is Crazy.™