Friday, June 5, 2009

Chortle

Joey: "It's a moo point."

Rachel: "A moo point?"

Joey: "Yes. It's a cow's opinion. It doesn't mean a thing. It's moo."


I was watching a re-run of Friends last night and that exchange reminded me why I loved the series. I was laughing so hard and so loudly that Bruce came into the room to see what was so funny.

I think that particular bit struck my funny bone more than any others because several people in Bruce's old office used to say, "It's a mute point" when they meant "moot", and genuinely thought that was the expression. I'd never heard variations of the phrase before, but Joey's takes the cake, especially because of his delivery. I think I have a new favourite saying ...