Super lame blogger

After a two-month hiatus, I'm going to give blogging another solid go and try not to be so easily distracted. We'll see about that. This blog is about "That what she said" etiquette. Credit to Evan Thompson for his blatant overuse of the phase, which saturated the catchphrase market and created popularity through overflow. First of all, "That's what she said" is a phase that magically transforms a non-sexual comment into something perverse. Ex. (Action - opening a grill and getting steam in your eyes, you say, "Ahh, that went right in my eye." "That's what she said," -third party observer.

Timing is important. You want what the set-up man says to sink in before you deliver the punchline. Ex. of bad timing--looking at a leaning street sign. "Why is that crook--." "That's what she said!!!" Not only was the delivery pre-mature (that's what she said) (see below*), but there was entirely too much enthusiasm, as indicated by the excessive exclamation marks. Optimally, you want a certain degree of "understated, yet sly swarminess."

*As referenced above, it is poor "That's what she said" etiquette to set yourself up for the punchline. You must leave a two-second grace window for any potential "That's what she said" takers. If you are able to count to three, you may then take the bait you've conveniently laid out for yourself. The potential "That's what she said"-ers are either asleep at the wheel or have decided that the bait was worth passing up. Be selective because you have a limited number of "That's what she said's" before you earn the title of "humorless twat." "That's what she said" is not something you can just spam and hope everything it hits is a great success.

And although amusing, it is not okay to make your default drinking game rule "you have to say "That's what she said" after everything you say." Good luck. Happy perverting.