AllHoppedUp
Well-Known Member
I hate hate hate the expression "cool beans". What are they? Can this expression be traced back to one person who can be aptly punished for unleashing it on the English language? I thought it was stupid the first time I heard it way back in junior high. Then I didn't hear it all through high school and college and I thought it had died. But . . .
Three years ago I was working in Seattle and I heard this chick in the office say "Cool beans!". I almost threw up right on the spot. I tried to tactfully tell her that what a bad expression that was but she didn't get it. So I told her it was dumb when it died in junior high 15 years ago and to please not bring it back. She gleefully brushed me off and is probably still walking around saying "cool beans!" to this day.
So yesterday as I'm leaving my office (different job, different city) this other chick comes up to me with a last minute request. I oblige and she thanks me by saying "Cool beans!" AAHHHHHH! Are you kidding me? You're 37 frickin' years old! This thing is worse than Jason Voorhies - just when you think it's dead and society thanks it for being so it reincarnates itself in an even more pathetic form than before.
I'm not one for stereotypes but in my experience the typical propagators of this thing are the fat friendless chicks who have a constant beam of sunshine shooting out their butt. So they're annoying to start with - constant state of cheeriness - and to add insult to injury they walk around saying "Cool beans!" Anybody feeling me on this one? Or am I fighting this battle alone?
AHU
Three years ago I was working in Seattle and I heard this chick in the office say "Cool beans!". I almost threw up right on the spot. I tried to tactfully tell her that what a bad expression that was but she didn't get it. So I told her it was dumb when it died in junior high 15 years ago and to please not bring it back. She gleefully brushed me off and is probably still walking around saying "cool beans!" to this day.
So yesterday as I'm leaving my office (different job, different city) this other chick comes up to me with a last minute request. I oblige and she thanks me by saying "Cool beans!" AAHHHHHH! Are you kidding me? You're 37 frickin' years old! This thing is worse than Jason Voorhies - just when you think it's dead and society thanks it for being so it reincarnates itself in an even more pathetic form than before.
I'm not one for stereotypes but in my experience the typical propagators of this thing are the fat friendless chicks who have a constant beam of sunshine shooting out their butt. So they're annoying to start with - constant state of cheeriness - and to add insult to injury they walk around saying "Cool beans!" Anybody feeling me on this one? Or am I fighting this battle alone?
AHU