"this is why we can't have nice things"

[Kire]

Where does this quote originate from??? Yes, I looked on Google, it's used too many damn times to find the source. Help plz.

[highwind]

Re: "this is why we can't have nice things"

Where does this quote originate from??? Yes, I looked on Google, it's used too many damn times to find the source. Help plz.

from the people that brought you "an apple a day keeps the doctor away!"

who knows.

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

Re: "this is why we can't have nice things"

i couldnt find it but maybe you can find a similar saying on this site:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/t.html

its a list of saying and their origins and meanings, an interesting read.

[IRC]

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My money's on it being a pop cultural reference from some tv show in the sixties like the Jeffersons.

[Sezjeuric]

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I've only ever heard it from Marge Simpson

[Perversion]

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I had no clue what you were even talking about in your post, until I realized that you were referring to the title of the thread...and then I realized that I had never heard that expression before in my life.

[Sezjeuric]

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Woops, I correct myself...


It was LISA Simpson....

She said it during THIS epsiode. Homer is playing with Linguo her grammar correcting robot, and he breaks it. She follows with, "This is why I can't have nice things."

However, I also believe this is not the original use of the quote.

Lisa: Meet Linguo, the grammar robot. I built him all by
myself. If you misuse language, he'll correct you.
Homer: Well, let's put him to the test. [slowly] Me love beer.
Linguo: *I* love beer.
Homer: Aw, he loves beer. Here, little fellow. [pours a handy
can of beer in Linguo's mouth]
Lisa: Dad, no!
Linguo: [shorting out] Error.
Homer: I'm sorry. I thought he was a party robot.
Lisa: Ugh. This is why I can't have nice things. [growls,
takes Linguo and goes upstairs]
-- "Trilogy of Error"

[IRC]

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What's sad is that in the future people will honestly think that everything comes from the Simpsons or South Park or Family Guy.

[Toaster]

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SIMPSONS DID IT.

[Big Rick Cook]

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What's sad is that in the future people will honestly think that everything comes from the Simpsons or South Park or Family Guy.

Only if the world ends and we lose the internetz.

[DarkwingChuck]

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Only if the world ends and we lose the internetz.

[Big Rick Cook]

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Hm. I see your point.

Simpsons did it, indeed.

[Biggie]

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Jeez I don't know, from couples fighting and throwing **** around.