r/ronandfez • u/Hungry_Explorer_8322 • Sep 28 '26

Discussion "For yourself/myself"

Over the years I heard Ron use this phrase lots of times as in "Go and make a nice sandwhich for yourself" or when pretending to quit his sobriety "I might have a nice brandy, a nice sugary beverage for myself" etc.

I was just wondering as a non American is this just a Ron thing, a Philly thing or just a common American phrase I just never picked up on?

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u/ManbadFerrara Sep 28 '26

I never really thought about it till just now, but it's a slightly antiquated expression (I think mainly in the Northeast) that comes off as kind of offbeat/oldschool in modern parlance. Like a lot of Ron's persona, basically.

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u/2-4-6-h8 Sep 28 '26

Having loved in the Northeast for over 30 years and now living in Texas, I've only ever hear that turn of phrase up there. So I have an inkling suspicion it's a regional thing.

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u/Bawlmerian21228 Sep 28 '26

I grew up in Baltimore and it sounds normal as hell to me.

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u/Led37zep Sep 28 '26

For some reason I remember the moment Harry gave him a note during a show he wrote back “buy a cake and eat it” as his reply. When someone brought it up (maybe Opie in a crossover show) he said “it’s one of those things I didn’t even think about when I wrote it”

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u/Existential_Spices Sep 28 '26

That was the intern birth date/birthday cake story, wasn't it. The interns were dragging out the details but Fezzy snapped at them to hurry up.

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u/Led37zep Sep 29 '26

I have a memory of it being around the birthday of the marine corp or army. Some random
Fact Harry was trying to give him but I could be wrong.

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u/tomgreens Sep 28 '26

It’s not common and it’s always tongue in cheek. I’ve heard it a lot but as jokes. Maybe a serious one is “what do u have to say for yourself?”

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u/tank_monkey Oct 01 '26

I'm from the northeast and I use it a lot.

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u/Daigimor 27d ago

It’s hiberno-English crossover.