Channel: Good Mythical More
YouTube Video ID: omICN5OKnV0
Episode Post Date: March 12, 2026
Episode Number: 2999
Transcript
What's the funniest one-liner joke? Welcome to Good Mythical More. Uh, I've been known to say this, that was my nickname in high school. I did not invent it. But you, but you've certainly made a meal outta it, but I've really tried to own it. Yep. Yep. And, um, and it's actually, um. I think it goes back, I mean, this is like maybe in the eighties is like I, I, I don't know the origin of this, but it had to be in like a movie or a book or something like in the late seventies or eighties. Okay. It's old school. So you're, you're jumping into the deep end here. Oh, yeah. In, in this More, we're going to rank the. Yeah, I like just going straightforward. The best one-liners, um, into one-liner formats. Of which this is one I think we should, you know, like that's what she said. I Googled, what's the origin of "that was my nickname in high school," and the AI overview, the second bullet point says, YouTuber Rhett McLaughlin, Rhett & Link, has used this line as a running gag on Good Mythical Morning. But it didn't say I invented it. No, but the first bullet point is. You made it into the AI Summary. Just that it is a running gag. And the second bullet point is that you say it. I'll take it. So that's. Even though it is AI, I'll take it. So the or it's not telling you the origin? No. It doesn't tell me origin. Wow. You beat out the origin and nobody even cares about that. We don't care. Uh, we've cleaned up. We should say that, uh, we squeezed a bunch of stuff on our faces mm-hmm. In the viewing order of this. And now we're magically clean because we haven't done that yet. Right? Because we haven't shot it yet. Tell us in the comments what happens in the main, so we'll go, maybe we'll decide to go watch it. Maybe we'll decide to go do it. Um, 'cause that's how it works. Wow. Congratulations, dude. Has AI ever summarized me? I don't think any, I mean. Has AI ever summarized me? I don't really think that's what happened. I don't think AI summarized me. It did. I think I was in an AI summary. So you, but when you Google, what, where did it occur from? Who invented it? Yeah. It doesn't tell you. That's why I went, *gasp* because I, It doesn't even tell you. and it was worthy of a, of a gasp. Yeah, I thought so. Okay, well I've really tried to carry the torch and I don't know who, who lit the torch, but I did not light the torch. Um, but of course I'm gonna say I like it, but, but, um, I'm trying to come up with one. Uh, but uh, but you sure are, but you sure are keeping that torch hot because you're a hot, you're quite a torch lighter. No. You would say something like, you would say something like, but that torch sure is hot. I mean. That's a hot torch. And I would say that was my nickname in high school. Hot Torch. Yeah. It's, it's gotta be something that would actually be a nickname I, but you're explaining to me. But I'm kind of the key to this. I mean, and Stevie, because like without us, you think you're saying 'em yourself and then saying that's your nickname in high school. It is better if somebody else says it. Well, the key is... It depends on someone else saying it. The thing I, okay, this applies to all of the, all of these. They're all, as far as I understand, responses to something that somebody said or something that is said in a certain situation and that, that's a type of humor that I love, which is finding the opportunity and the timing, the time to say something. In response, to get it in there. Like "that's what she said." That's what she said. You know, it's probably, let's pull that one. Probably the most popular ones. What? We've called 'em one-liners, but. It's, there's a, there should be another word for it. 'cause um, I situa, I don't situational observation, but I do think it's a one-liner because perfect example of the, it's a standardized comedic retort. And I get this from my dad, and my dad didn't, my dad didn't use any of the, my dad didn't have any catchphrases. But something like this isn't the kind of thing that. My dad would do. Somebody falls downstairs in front of him and he'll say something like, well, that's one way to do it. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, he just, he's got something ready to go and it's, and it's, it's just a, he just made, he made you feel fu he made everybody, everybody else laugh. He made you feel funny. But just by saying, just by one little observational thing, you know, like, you know, so I, I'm, this is, this isn't my family. We're gonna rank these. So I mean, are you. Are you advocating that that's what that was. My nickname in high school is stronger than That's what she said. That's what she said is, I mean, like, I, I think it probably on a daily basis, but I don't say it out loud. You think it this, that's what she said. It goes through my head. That's the thing that you're not saying out loud. Right? Yeah. Good gracious. Yeah. I look, I mean, because it's, I don't like saying that's what she said. It just seems like I, I don't want to be the one to make that joke, which is an argument for it to be lower, I think. I don't think it's number one. Do you, you don't. Do you ever say it when it's appropriate and could be funny? That's what she said. You never say it right. No. 'cause it's too, it's overdone. It's overdone, it's overdone and it's kind of like, it's, it's, it's, it's on, on the raunchy to playful scale. It's a bit raunchy. For, for just conversational. It makes someone happy. It takes something that, but this is more, but that was, that wasn't necessarily sexual and makes it sexual. But that's also the same mechanism of this, this joke. But something about this is more playful chy because put it on because it puts it on me. That was my nickname. So now I'm, I'm hot torch. Right? And so, or I'm. White lightning or whatever the thing is that's like, and sometimes it's self-deprecating. That's what she said is just basically a joke about a woman thinking, a sexual thought. And I never think about women thinking sexual thoughts. It feels, it feels a little grody. I refuse. Refuse, say it, refuse to do it. So yes, I. I do have a filter, but it's only for this. It's the only thing I decide not to say. Yep. Good. And I just laughed at myself. I was like, well, if I said that's what she said, I'd say that right now. Right. And that's a line I could start saying acronym that's more like a two liner, that these are one liners. That's what I would say if I said that's what she, no, that's what she said is what I would say. If that's something that I say, but I don't, that's a lie. But that starts with, that's what she said. And then that's all people hear. I would. I would, well then I don't know how to do it. Okay, fine. That's what she said is just played out. You know who says it a lot? My wife. You're two for two Carney. That's enough. Alright, so we're putting this one low as you've helped us determine. Thank you. Okay. Now this one, sir, this is a Wendy's. I really like this. Uh, never used it when they have explanations on the back that tell us how we're supposed to explain for anyone who doesn't know, but I'd rather not cheat by looking at that. Can we explain where you, when you use Sir, this is a Wendy's. It's when, uh, I've never heard someone say this out loud. I've seen it as a meme. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not really, it would be fun to say out loud. You should start saying that link instead of, that's what she said. You should say Services a Wendy's. Make that your thing. You should take a meme and make a meme into a out loud one liner. And then when I Google, what's the origin of, sir? This is a Wendy's. You can come up in the AI summary. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Link. Neil is really carrying the torch for, sir, this is a Wendy's say. The deeper it gets, the more that I'm involved in it, the deeper it gets, the more I'm involved in it. Sir, this is a Wendy's. Yeah, that doesn't work. This is when somebody is making a, a scene in a, in a, but I think not, they're not, the best usage of this that I have seen is when someone is getting very passionate or serious in a place that it feels out of place. Right. How would you, I don't know the, so I'm interested to, I think it's when something online is hap is someone, it's about the setting. Rhett and Link try to explain one-liners saying, sir, this is a Wendy's when somebody says something unexpected or inappropriate for the situation. Right. I'm trying to think of a really good example. This sort mean, so if say something inappropriate or unexpected. I don't know. We need an example. We're too stupid to come up with it. We're not comedians. Um, you know, when somebody is like, you link Neil. Need an example of something unexpected or inappropriate for this? I think, sir, this is a Wendy's. Yeah, it could be something I say all the time on this show and it probably work. I don't know how to do that. I don't like anytime you say, I know it happens, do something I just said on said, sir, this is a Wendy's. It could become my, I, you know what, maybe I get in this AI summary too, because you can't get this from me. I'm not gonna give you enough to, for sir, this is the Wendy's to work. I'm saying what you're saying. Is that I'm setting y'all up for this day and night left and right. Yeah, but I just, it's not my style of humor. What about Link? This is a Wendy's. Okay. All right. I like, I like that. I always thought it was, sorry, I'm being serious now. I always thought it was something about like, if people went on a bit of a bit of a rant. Yeah. Somebody's getting really angry about something like. Like you like that woman who went crazy on the plane, right? And thought and saw the person who wasn't there. Ma'am, this is Wendy. Wendy. This is a Wendy's. Wendy. I like that more than this is my nickname in high school. Well, it's not sexual. I appreciate that about it. Mm-hmm. It's a little more clever and it immediately puts you in a Wendy's, which makes me a little hungry. And if there's a sponsorship opportunity involved. We're gamed, and I have to think that the origin for this is probably somebody who did something crazy at a Wendy's, and the person behind the counter said, sir, this is a Wendy's right Origin that Stevie, I'm on it. She's gonna do that. And then I'm gonna bring in this next one, which is, I hated it. I thought it was just hated it. I didn't know it was, I hated it. Hated it, right? Hated it. Is that different than this? Read it back saying, I hated it when a waiter asked how the meal was and you have an empty plate. Oh, okay. I'm gonna start saying, hated it. That's different. This is different though. I hated it. So this is a, how was everything? I hated it. I just thought this was a really bad dad joke that I have said I have done. You've said I hated it. I, what we'll say is it was awful. I've heard, like we couldn't finish it. We couldn't, we couldn't eat, we couldn't eat it. We couldn't finish it, you know, and you know what? Not as good. My wife as I, I hate it. My wife, she don't, she says this, she does this at restaurants too, because you know, me and Jessie, we clean a plate. She likes to yuck it up and say that she will. You know, we'll be like, they'll, they'll come back. Like a lot of times a waiter will come back to us and we've already finished it and we were a little bit embarrassed. Oh. Because it was so quick. They're coming back to be like, how is, oh, it's gone. And then that's when it feels like you need to say something like, yeah, it was awful. I think she does it more than me, and I think that she gets on me. We hated it. She gets on me about dad jokes. She hates it when I say I'm five 19. She hates it. She really hates it. Mm-hmm. That's not all. And so I feel like I need to tell her that. This is over done. We proved it on a show today. I have been educated by know. Know your meme.com. Okay. Because sir, this is a Wendy's Yes. Is an offshoot of the, sir, this is an Arby's meme. Oh, Arby's lost the meme to Wendy's. That hurts first used on Twitter in 2012, although. It, it has origins from a 2008 episode of the Office, but it used to be Arm's. Yeah. I'm, I'm bored. I'm sorry. I, I yawned, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I was yawning in your face. I'm sorry. I'm, I'm just, it was unrelated. It's a penultimate more. It was unrelated. He sitting here yawning. It was unrelated. I looked at something maybe yawn Steve, maybe young. I'm sorry. I was just reading. Yeah. I thought it was pretty damn fascinating. They went to Arby's in an office episode and said, sir, this, the, the joke was, sir, this is an Arby's in the, well, I close out the tab because you were making fun of how boring it was. But I guess I can scroll down there. No, I yawn. That's what you did because I have, I hardly ever yawn on this show. Let's not go on this tangent. I haven't gone very often. Okay, in the episode, Michael Scott asked, this is Wendy, everyone, Wendy's everyone to give him phone numbers of women he could potentially date. He receives the numbers number of a Wendy's restaurant as a prank, and when he calls it, he's then met with a female employee who states, no, sir. This is a Wendy's restaurant. So it went from a Wendy's restaurant to an Arby's restaurant, back to a Wendy's restaurant, and which one was in the office? The office had Wendy's, the one that you just quoted. It was the Twitter. Steeler had Arby's. They thought, I'll take a joke from the office and I'll switch the restaurant, make it's, it'll be mine. Dumb, stupid. And then it got back and it got back to Wendy's. Mm-hmm. I'm glad it's back to Wendy's. I hate, which was my nickname in high school. Yep. Back to Wendy's. No. Then it got back. Oh, up your butt is, uh, what's up? Is it, is that a, is that a responsible? What's up? No, ask me where the bathroom is. Where's the bathroom? Up your butt. Oh, where's my pencil? Dad's back. You're dancer. He, he, he was waiting. Wow. That one he liked that one. Dad. It's, uh, is Stevie's penultimate more? Do you have anything you wanna say to her? That's a bit cruel. That was, sorry, Stevie, you're really getting, that was rough at end there. Okay. Up your butt. Um, up your butt. I mean, this is so silly and stupid. So it's where when you ask where anything is, yeah. This is so dumb. This is so kids. I'm gonna start saying it though, sir. This is, Wendy's is the best so far. Uh, the next time you ask me where something is, I'm gonna say, that's dumb up your butt. That's dumb, dude. Put it here. I don't like this, but I, but I, AMM gonna use it. I don't like that for a little bit. I'm gonna start trying it. Well, I have another one. Brag much. This is when you say something that, um, you, you're not bragging. You're con, maybe you're confessing something or you're just making a statement that's more neutral about yourself and Right. You're saying something that's not bragging. Oh, yeah. Okay. I was right after someone says something that isn't really a brag, it's just like. I went to the grocery store yesterday and I picked up up some stuff early. I wasn't finished. No, you got, nah, I think I said it at the right time. I went to the grocery store Because you just went to the grocery store yesterday and picked up some, uh, finish. I topped off your tank. That's what, that's what she said. That's what she said. I mean, hold on. Say, say different things and now I'll pick the right one. Oh, well I was trying to set up brag. Mike. Well just say something else. Um, carrots. Confuse me, sir. This is a Wendy's. Nope, that doesn't work. Uh, I feel for those who have diverticulitis up your butt. Oh, you like that? You like that. It's, again, it's a bit cruel. Brag much is just, um, this, this is what someone who doesn't have anything to add to a conversation says to draw attention to themselves. Oh, like that hurts. Okay. So you just said something that's not a brag. In other words, you're just having a conversation with me and then I'm turning it into a joke. You know, there's people who, it's like they try to make everything funny. Yeah. I hate those people, people who try to make everything funny. Sometimes you just, if you're having a normal conversation, if you can never have a normal conversation with somebody, I know what you're talking about. I, I, and I know that I try to make everything funny and sometimes I try way too hard and it's a little over eager, but it's in the context of a show. If I'm, if I'm just like, if we're hanging out, he's not funny at all, really. I, I would like to think that I can have a conversation. So there's people in normal walking life. You know what I'm saying? Who will just, you can't, you can't, you never break the shell. You can't move forward with a conversation without them just trying to do, and I feel like that's, that's where this is used. I was just, dude, I was just talking to you and now you've turned me into the buddy of your joke. I hate this, sir. I hate it. This is a Wendy's. I hate it. I have to go. I don't know what that is. I think this is, if, if somebody says something embarrassing, is that what it's says? Say something shocking and or inappropriate. I just think that's just what you say. Sometimes I have to go, gotta go. No, it, it acknowledges the fact that what someone said could be interpreted as a little inappropriate for the moment. I don't like this. Put it down. Low. Low. Now I don't like brag much either. I, I put that down there. This, that's what she said is pretty Damn. I'm a big fan of this moving up. I've never said it, but I feel like I should start when someone drops something. Anywhere is fine. That's good. I've never heard this. I like this. This sounds like something my dad would've said. Not as a joke. Just something that. He would've just said, yeah, invented. You know, I, I would like to hear this. I've never, have you ever, ever heard it? No. Not, and I, I just, I this up realize it as a joke, but I like this. Who, who, who's heard or said this? Y'all heard this? People drop something anywhere I anywhere's. Fine. I mean, is AI gonna help us? That's good, Stevie. I like that. Let me see. Saying anywhere's fine when someone drops something. Oh, I'm gonna do it tonight. This is the best one. This is the best one. Anywhere's fine. I'm gonna go out on the town and wait for somebody to drop something. That is the best one. I just hope we can remember it. A drop it something. Drop it like it's hot. Anywhere's fine. It's funny because it's anywhere's anywhere because it's as if they set it down on purpose. It's, it's, it's the, it's, it's the rhett's dad, this humor of the whole thing. There's the construction of this. There's something in my brain that just appreciates it so intensely. I'm with you on that. Wow. This is not, this is not anywhere it says that. Um, it's not the phrase, did we make this up? No. We didn't make the writers the serves as a social lubricant signaling that the dropped item is not a big deal and that the person does not need to go to the trouble to fix the mistake. That's wrong. That's just wrong. It's not what we're talking about. That's not right. I've definitely heard it before, but maybe it is. Right? Social lubricant. It, it makes light of someone's accident in a way that doesn't make them feel as bad about it. I was, uh, kind of tell me if it would've worked in this context. I was, uh, on the plane recently. And a private jet. I said a plane. I didn't say it. I thought you said, I thought you said the plane. I mean, I was on the plane. I was on a plane. Not, yeah, I, I was on a commercial plane like I always am and uh, the woman in front of me turns around and she was like, I think I just dropped my ear pod. What if I just said anywhere is fine? That wouldn't work. I think that would work. I think, I think it would totally work anywhere. Fine. Now you gotta see it. You gotta see it. No, I know in a group of people who see it and say it, but I also, I could have been like up your butt. Let me try that. Nick. Anytime you say that you are on a plane, I always picture that air freshener just sticking on. Sticking my hair. Your hair, my, I go to the bathroom on the plane, you know, number one ten one, as we say in show biz. Um, and every time I go in there, I check my hair now to make sure that I don't have that air freshener stuck in my hair every time I did it just the other day. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Anywhere is fine. Is that your nickname, and that's what she said? Take a look behind the scenes of Good Mythical Morning on Behind the Mythicality, exclusively on the Mythical Society. Join to watch now. Where is the, the one that you blew up? Oh, right here. Check on lens. So look at that, can you see that, the hole in it? The whole back is just. Oh my gosh. Of course I'm pouring it out on the thing. But like, look at that. Goodness.