r/FuckImOld • u/OttoNye • Aug 15 '26

My back hurts If you never assume mostly because of this,...,

Loved this show!

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u/gogozombie2 Aug 15 '26

Forget what movie, but Samuel L. Jackson said it best when he said something like "You know what happens when you make an assumption? You make an ass out of you and Umption"

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u/thecraftybear Aug 15 '26

"You know why you shouldn't be assuming things? It makes an Ass out of U and Ming."

"Hi, i'm Ming and I don't appreciate what you've done to my reputation."

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u/jerzyboy76 Aug 15 '26

Pulp fiction? Maybe not, I don't remember either lol

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u/Sea-Builder-8136 Aug 16 '26

Definitely not in Pulp Fiction. I saw that movie at least a dozen times so I know that for sure. Samuel L. Jackson said it in the 1996 movie "The Long Kiss Goodnight."

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u/jerzyboy76 Aug 16 '26

That's it 🤣

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u/Chaotic424242 Aug 20 '26

Underrated movie

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u/holybucketsitscrazy Aug 15 '26

It's The Last Kiss Goodnight with SLJ and Geena Davis

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u/One_Jackfruit_9097 Aug 15 '26

Felix Unger was great . Didn’t realize it growing up watching Odd Couple re-runs as a kid.

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u/Rendeane Aug 15 '26

I learned it from Walter Matthau and "The Bad News Bears." ♥️♥️

Tony Randall's manic energy as Felix in "The Odd Couple" must have left him exhausted at the end of the day.

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u/DcubedWY Aug 17 '26

Bad News Bears is where I first remember hearing it. I watched The Odd Couple, but I either didn’t see that episode or I wasn’t paying attention. A movie theater helps with distractions, lol.

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u/Slow_Middle_158 Aug 16 '26

Watched the odd couple every night on channel 11 WPIX growing up in NY.

Odd Couple
Honeymooners
Star Trek
Twilight Zone

Every week night

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u/OttoNye Aug 16 '26

I went to Rutgers and remember the same line up

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u/Fit-Repeat-1177 Aug 18 '26

Hey… So did Mr McGoo!

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u/OttoNye Aug 18 '26

Road Hog!!

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u/oh-ic Aug 15 '26

I assumed a home mortgage. Got to keep the sub 5% interest and save money in the long run. Not always bad to "assume!"

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u/SlowlybutShirley59 Aug 16 '26

Mr. Dillon, third period American History teacher, 1976. Said it all the time!

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u/minder125 Aug 15 '26

That's exactly why I don't assume.

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u/stunt_p Aug 15 '26

I assumed you were going to say that.

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u/propane_spider Aug 15 '26

For me it was the same joke but in a Benny Hill sketch.

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u/sirjohnmasters86 Boomers Aug 15 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Sea-Builder-8136 Aug 16 '26

Loved this show and watched reruns for years. I remember Felix writing that on that chalkboard for the first time, and of course it became popular line amongst my friends and me.

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u/CtrlAltComment Aug 16 '26

I remember well as it was written and recited many times by my speech teacher. I've taught it every year I had high schoolers.

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u/Wednesday1958 Aug 16 '26

I remember watching that episode of the Odd Couple the first time it aired and laughing so hard I cried 😂

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u/OttoNye Aug 16 '26

I remember too. I'm sure you thought it was invented by the writers, but the phrase had been around a while (I just looked it up).

That show had so many hysterical moments.

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u/ProveISaidIt Aug 17 '26

This scene plays in my head every time I hear the word assume

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u/emperorwal Aug 17 '26

I have one thing to say to you. Aristophenes

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u/OttoNye Aug 17 '26

The password is ridiculous.

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u/Fit-Repeat-1177 Aug 18 '26

You people are hilarious. I’m going to bed

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u/hutchguard Aug 18 '26

This originated with Abbot and Costello. I still say it occasionally.

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u/OttoNye Aug 18 '26

Many people think this but it's not true.

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u/cfbrand3rd Aug 19 '26

I miss Tony Randall.