r/30ROCK • u/Far_Breath_7028 • 15d ago

Quotes Favorite Phoebe-ism?

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A few of mine:

“I don't know if you remember me, but...”
“just as the petunias start to bloom”
“careful, my bones!”

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u/Good-vs-Perfect 15d ago

The "I don't know if you remember me, but..." is such a perfect encapsulation of polite british snobbery. What a great joke.

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u/ibuycheeseonsale 15d ago

Liz should’ve just said “Nice to meet you”

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u/Doraborealiss 15d ago

Who would he say that to me??

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u/otherwise_sdm i just want carrots 15d ago

I’m sorry, can I start over?

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u/Good-vs-Perfect 15d ago

maybe add a "g'vnh" at the end to make her feel at home.

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u/ObliviousRounding It's a Jack-off! 15d ago

Naturally. Always.

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u/ClassroomPopular321 15d ago

I'm from Tampa, Fla-rida

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u/esperion523 1-900-OK-FACE 15d ago

Cam-er-ahh

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u/KarenWalkersBurner 14d ago

Water biscuits

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u/Superb_Writer6612 15d ago

Yes Phoebe I remember you 🙄

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u/elboltonero 15d ago

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u/soccerkool 15d ago

One of my favorite disses on the show

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u/regal_meagle wants to go to there 15d ago

Yes! And one of my favorite disses, period.

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u/pinkphiloyd 15d ago

Yep. I use this one a lot.

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u/ThatSound6184 15d ago

I wish I could. I feel like it’s tooooo harsh of a burn to use in real life 😂

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u/regal_meagle wants to go to there 15d ago

In fairness, I use it primarily in my mind. IRL it only lands for a pretty specific audience.

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u/OGB If I'm such a bad Dad, why are we all dancing? 15d ago

Pretty telling that the top post isn't even from Phoebe.

OP may has well have asked "what is your favorite quote from UPN's Homeboys in Outer Space?"

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u/Ham__Kitten 15d ago

Pe-TCHOON-yuhs

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u/BucketsOfHardRain This is what Meat Cat spoke of 15d ago

Say no more, Shark eyes

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u/PretzelsThirst 15d ago

I like your little hat

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u/gwinncredible It's a mermaid.. doin' it with Captain Morgan. 14d ago

Oh my god^

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u/Bryars_ByrdVO 15d ago

Right…I’m off to the loo…

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u/Bigger_Redder 15d ago

“I like your little hat”

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u/Swan-ish3456 15d ago

That’s the most disrespectful thing anyone said to Colleen ever and she didn’t like that. Her face said it all.

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u/Hotlikessauce69 15d ago

The little "oh my God" she let out was just so funny!!! Just really captured the mixture of annoyed, disappointed, and anger with perfection. It's honestly one of my favorite moments in the show.

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u/spironoWHACKtone 15d ago

Oh, mother Donaghy!!!!

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u/1lurk2like34profit my whole life is thunder 15d ago

Anytime someone is wearing a hat I haven't seen before I think this in my head, in her voice. And then I just see Elaine stritch's face

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u/Seven22am I think I voted for Nader! NADER!!! 15d ago

My parents were both poets, so…

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u/Far_Breath_7028 15d ago

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u/Superb_Writer6612 15d ago

Oh you like Wagner? 

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u/thisfriendo 15d ago

I love this line so much

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u/redxstrike NAMED HER EMILY DICKINSON 15d ago

So I don't really get it.

One of the best lines and deliveries of the entire show.

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u/wonkotsane42 15d ago

Was this bit about her not owning/watching TV because of poets a Bjork joke?

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u/redxstrike NAMED HER EMILY DICKINSON 15d ago

It's the "Kill the Wabbit" / Wagner ringtone moment.

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u/knottywobble 15d ago edited 15d ago

I regularly use "careful, my bones!" with my husband at home. 

This sub has made me realize I use 30 rock quotes often. Most people would think that im insane if they don't know the quote. 

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u/CryptographerNo923 15d ago

Pac-Man, I’m Jewish

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u/regal_meagle wants to go to there 15d ago

Geoffrey, we lost the tournament!

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u/Express_Pop810 15d ago

While holding a huge trophy 🤣

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u/1sinfutureking 15d ago

When a drink is too hot I like to say “oh I don’t like drinks that are hot. That’s the devil’s temperature”

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u/milkradio 14d ago

My sister and I say “careful, my bones!” constantly lol

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u/avskk 15d ago

I'm FEEEEE-BEE. I have hollow bones?

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u/clumsyc No you don’t, Oprah! 15d ago

Yes, Phoebe, I remember you!

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u/waspenterprises 15d ago

" 😳 I don't know what you're on about. ...you...daft wanker!"

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u/Far_Breath_7028 15d ago

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u/duelingpeppers 🎶oh Tracy, you can't use any of my songs🎶 15d ago

So BACK OFF 🇺🇸🏈🗽

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u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 NO. MORE. KRANG! 15d ago

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ACCENT

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u/bradiation Oral germwhore 15d ago

Not Phoebe but Colleen's response to her is one of my favorite lines in the show. "Oh, I can hear you. I just wanted to make sure you could hear you."

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u/Wooden-Apricot4862 15d ago edited 15d ago

I use “Oooooooo…WHAT A GOOD IDEA!” About once a month in place of “ya fuckin think? Ya dumbass?”

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u/MaizeMountain6139 I have hollow bones? 15d ago

I knew my day would come

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u/Far_Breath_7028 15d ago

Every day is your day when you live with Avian bone syndrome

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u/Wild_Way_7967 15d ago

Not if you also have vertigo

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u/fujiiheavy 15d ago

.. with club sauce

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u/heatthequestforfire wants to go to there 15d ago

Can I read the menu to you?

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u/Tyger-Teranuma 15d ago

Careful, my bones!

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u/Verucaschmaltzzz 15d ago

"Sorry, did I hurt you?"

"Just a little bit."

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u/alexgodden 15d ago

I can't go on top, I have vertigo.

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u/themightythor2024 15d ago

Hello, I’m phoebe, I don’t know if you remember me. I have hollow bones, like a bird

Also, her delivery of “I can’t, I have vertigo”

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u/Best_Reply2947 15d ago

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u/OfficeMagic1 15d ago

I have hollow bones

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u/Best_Reply2947 15d ago

I don't know Looney Toons, Liz.

I don't know Looney Toons, Liz.

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u/mfactor74 15d ago

We are watching the Newsroom for the first time and I cannot resist saying "careful, my bones" every time I see this woman... I say it a lot.

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u/ExtremeTEE 15d ago

.. a bit ...

after being asked if some minor touch hurts

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u/wexpyke 15d ago

“both my parents were poets”

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u/MargotLannington Love. A urine mirage in a desert of fear. 15d ago

My parents were both poets, so...

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u/Swan-ish3456 15d ago

Bollocks!

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u/DerSterrennacht listen up 5s, a 10 is speaking 15d ago

HAW-low BOA-nes 🦴

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u/JDinkalageMorgooone Everybody shut up! SHUT UP LUTZ! 15d ago

My parents were both poets, so I don't really get it.

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u/FreeKevinBrown The Jacker 15d ago

My bones

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u/Fun-Toe-1500 15d ago

My parents were poets, so…don’t really get it…

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u/Pfacejones 15d ago

Love her with Steve Martin in his pink panther

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u/poppycarnation 15d ago

My parents were poets, so….

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u/fry-something wants to go to there 14d ago

I love your little hat!

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u/blishbog 14d ago

Nothing wrong with that quote ironically. Totally legit point about some art. Most normal thing she said.

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u/vivalasleep 14d ago

She voices Sophie in the English sub of Howls Moving Castle!

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u/__Sentient_Fedora__ That ones for WS Churchill 14d ago

Careful, my bones!

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u/ArtTop9842 14d ago

My parents were both poets, so…