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Them apples by ESC

Posted by Bob on June 09, 2000

In Reply to: Them apples by ESC posted by Bruce Kahl on June 06, 2000

: ESC posted this last year:

: "How do you like them apples?" means "So there! What do you have to say now? What are you going to do about it? Used ironically since the late 1920s." according to the Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings by Gregory Y. Titelman.

There was a passing fad in the '70s where a conversational lull between two men was bridged with "How 'bout them (fill in local sports team name)?" accompanied by a gesture that mimed the opening of a beer can, with a "whoosh" sound effect to simulate same. It wouldn't have the same effect if the grammar was correct, so it never was.

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