You'll Get Crabs!

I read this article on here

and it talks about the favourite phrase of 2008, yes, I know its still early but we do have an early leader with "You'll get crabs!" and when someone says that to you, you really should listen

here is the article


"You'll Get Crabs!" Early Favorite Phrase Of 2008
BOSTON (CAP) - Well, the preliminary voting is done, and unlike the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, there appears to be a clear-cut favorite for most popular catch-phrase of 2008. According to exit polls conducted by the Cliche Writers Of America, "You'll get crabs!" is well on its way to cementing its place in the American lexicon.

"The phrase was first overheard by one of our members at a keg party in late 2007," said CWA President Clive Robard. "A young woman offered the warning to a friend of hers as she snuck into the bedroom with a young man.

"By the time the party concluded some hours later, the catch phrase had been uttered literally hundreds of times, covering every conceivable topic from someone picking their nose to someone who ate a cheese curl that fell on the floor," added Robard.
While there's no easy way to put a dollar value on catch phrases, the CWA does plan to register the sentence with the U.S. Patent Office on behalf of the woman who first spoke the words, Boston University sophomore Alexa Hartman. That way if Budweiser does go through with its plans to build an ad campaign around the phrase, the 20-year-old woman will be justly compensated.

"Budweiser, Kotex, Fox News - whoever it is, we just want to make sure she gets paid," said Robard.

Robard said the great thing about the new phrase is that it is versatile enough to be used both in serious situations as well as times when someone couldn't possibly contract the sexually transmitted disease. Unlike the early favorite of 2007, "No, that's my foot!" which lost out to eventual winner, "Don't tase me, bro!" Robard feels this year's phrase will have a long shelf life.

"I think we benefited a lot from the Hollywood writers' strike," said Robard. "Where we usually get favorite phrases from professionals paid to write them, this year we got one from a college coed jealous that her friend was about to get some.
"Unintentional, off the cuff, and pure gold," said Robard. "It's what catch phrases are all about."


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