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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Patience, grasshopper" ever use that old (inaccurate) meme ?
David Carradine never said that precise phrase, did he ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine ( boy am I embarrassed now lol )
edited to change Robert to David. Two big errors, lions and tiger and bears OH MY!
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Carradine, he was grasshopper!
VOX
(22,976 posts)In keeping with the developing theme...
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)What I always said to my kids was, "Patience, young grasshopper" because that's how I remember it. It was the old teacher saying it to the boy.
The reason I ask is because this phrase was used in a book for young adults about 5 years ago. The teen boy says it to a friend. I found issue with it as I just didn't think he would be old enough to remember where the phrase came from. I guess it's possible his parents said it to him but it seemed odd to think a teen would say it to a friend.
I nit pick sometimes!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Yes, it's been a long time, so you are right
on edit: I think it's still a meme for younger people, just detached from the original source.