Help me remember this quote!
November 6, 2006 2:24 PM Subscribe
What comedian/movie/tv show/book is this quote about the phrase "no worries" from?
Paraphrased it goes something like this:
I don't say "no worries" because it implies that there's no worries anywhere in the world. That's simply not true.
Google is failing me because I think my memory mangled some parts of the quote. Bonus points if you can quote it properly. Thanks!
Paraphrased it goes something like this:
I don't say "no worries" because it implies that there's no worries anywhere in the world. That's simply not true.
Google is failing me because I think my memory mangled some parts of the quote. Bonus points if you can quote it properly. Thanks!
Perhaps it's from "The Last Continent" by Terry Pratchett?
posted by pantsrobot at 4:03 PM on November 6, 2006
posted by pantsrobot at 4:03 PM on November 6, 2006
hakuna matata! it means "no worries". Lion King.
posted by CrazyJoel at 6:17 PM on November 6, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by CrazyJoel at 6:17 PM on November 6, 2006 [1 favorite]
It's just a generic Australian term of reassurance, popularized in the US by Crocodile Dundee long before Lion King.
posted by commander_cool at 6:57 PM on November 6, 2006
posted by commander_cool at 6:57 PM on November 6, 2006
Response by poster: I don't think I was clear enough. The quote I'm looking for the origin on is the one I said behind the cut:
"I don't say 'no worries' because it implies that there's no worries anywhere in the world. That's simply not true."
I know the origin of "no worries", looking for the quote above. Thanks
posted by saraswati at 7:30 PM on November 6, 2006
"I don't say 'no worries' because it implies that there's no worries anywhere in the world. That's simply not true."
I know the origin of "no worries", looking for the quote above. Thanks
posted by saraswati at 7:30 PM on November 6, 2006
Bill Bryson's In A Sunburned Country might be the source. I don't have the book with me but I remember he comments on Australia's fondness for the quote.
posted by Dagobert at 11:49 PM on November 6, 2006
posted by Dagobert at 11:49 PM on November 6, 2006
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posted by Sassyfras at 3:21 PM on November 6, 2006