This made a hilarious appearance in 'Allo 'Allo! when Herr Flick was convulsing on the floor after a failed assassination attempt on somebody else. When asked what was wrong with him, Helga replied "He had the fish" when everybody was served chicken.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit memes.Explanation The traffic control sergeant constantly has vices he's attempting to quit (alcohol, meth, glue). Used as an expression for more literal cases of quitting something when something big happens in a fandom.
I just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you. Explanation This line is spoken three times in the film, once after the danger has passed, and is often used when a situation calls for useless reassurance.
Surely you can't be a meme!
I am a meme. And don't call me Shirley. Explanation The second line is a universal response anytime someone begins a sentence with "Surely..."
Drinking problem. Explanation After the main character gets dumped, he becomes incapable of imbibing a glass of alcohol, instead pressing it against his forehead and spilling it all over himself.
I speak jive. Explanation A stewardess is unable to understand a black man who speaks exclusively in Jive Turkey dialogue, but another passenger - played by Barbara Billingsly, a.k.a. June Cleaver - offers assistance with this line. The meme comes up whenever someone speaks in indecipherable slang.
I have a meme for you.
A meme? What is it?
It's an idea, behaviour or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. But that's not important right now.
"...free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment."Explanation Doctor Rumack says this after blatantly lying to the passengers, while his nose grows. Is sometimes used when someone is obviously lying.
Johnny, what can you make out of this meme? "This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl..."Explanation Johnny somehow mistaking Steve's request for an interpretation of a printed weather chart for a lesson in origami, often used as a sarcastic response to "What do you make of this?"
"It looks like a big Tylenol." Explanation Johnny's Cloudcuckoolander description of a jet airliner.