"...said no one ever"

[Ben Zimmer]

A new Denny's commercial capitalizes on an online meme:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPC83EzU3fA
"That's too much bacon… said no one ever!"

Some background on "said no one ever":

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/said-no-one-ever

It resembles retro "not" of Wayne's World fame, but the negation is more
categorical.

--bgz

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Ben Zimmer
http://benzimmer.com/

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