[Ads-l] sarcastic "You're welcome."

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've been hearing this more and more.  Ex.: Ice-T does a TV commercial
advising that you need car-repair insurance.  At the end, though no one's
said "Thank you," he says flatly,"You're welcome."  The first few times I
saw this, I thought it was an off-putting way to end a commercial.  The
phrase has been deleted in recent runs of the ad.

Earliest I've noted. (Sheer chance, BTW):   2015
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1502/09/se.01.html  * :*

[IRAQ WAR VETERAN:] [Critics] are always going to say something derogatory
about somebody else. So, you know, we did what we did for them to be able
to...talk their trash, so you're welcome.

JL

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