[Ads-l] say the quiet part out loud

Wed Jul 2 05:05:20 UTC 2025

Looks like Garson and I were searching Usenet posts at the same time. I
noticed that in 1998, the first part of the quote was already morphing from
"loud" to "out loud," and in 2000, the second part of the quote ("the loud
part quiet") was getting dropped.

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https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.computer.ultima.online/c/rmlRDIv-l7g/m/RSIG-vrPXb8J
rec.games.computer.ultima.online, June 18, 1998
I think you said the quiet part out loud, and kept loud part for yourself.
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https://groups.google.com/g/alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis/c/1JmgfW_f8-E/m/3pBfCUnKFk4J
alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis, Feb. 6, 2000
Oh, dang. I said the quiet part out loud again, didn't I?
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https://groups.google.com/g/alt.books.poppy-z-brite/c/7Mv8HkkEZTw/m/6kRe_NpRmF0J
alt.books.poppy-z-brite, Feb. 22, 2000
I think I said the quiet part out loud again.
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On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM ADSGarson O'Toole <
00001aa1be50b751-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> A fan of the Simpsons highlighted the line in September 1996 in a
> message sent to the Usenet newsgroup alt.tv.simpsons.
> In 1997, 1998, and 1999 the line was noticed in multiple pop-culture
> Usenet newsgroups such as:
>
> alt.religion.kibology
> alt.fan.cecil-adams
> rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc
> alt.games.final-fantasy
>
> The scene was mentioned in a Simpsons quiz in 1998, and a short audio
> file was created in 1999.
> Please double check these citations before using any of them because I
> created this quickly.
>
> Usenet discussion message (Google Groups Search)
> Timestamp: Sep 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
> Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons
> From: Andrew Scheer
> Subject: Worst Episode
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tv.simpsons/c/BTaQDq5VhVE/m/9EJwY2_BMlEJ
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> There were so many great quotes from that episode! How could you not like
> it?
>
> Krusty: Let's just say it moved me...TO A BIGGER HOUSE!!! Oh no, I said
> the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Usenet discussion message (Google Groups Search)
> Timestamp: Mar 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
> Newsgroup: alt.religion.kibology
> From: Jaffo
> Subject: ... FOR A GOOD TIME ...
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Uh, bruce?
> I think you said the quiet part loud, and the loud part quiet.
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> Usenet discussion message (Google Groups Search)
> Timestamp: May 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
> Newsgroup: alt.fan.cecil-adams
> From: ja... at kensico.com
> Subject: afca credit card
>
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.cecil-adams/c/k-iOLQEPxRg/m/xf4LlKTez9oJ
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Muuhahaha! The Master Plan has commenced! Soon, people will be swearing
> allegience to Uncle Cece, INC.
>
> Oops, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet. Please
> disregard this message, or bodies will disappear into the night.
> Dangnabbit, i did it again.
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> Usenet discussion message (Google Groups Search)
> Timestamp: Apr 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
> Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc
> From: Joe B
> Subject: Lost In Space...You Bastards
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Oops...I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet.
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> Usenet discussion message (Google Groups Search)
> Timestamp: May 26, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
> Newsgroup: alt.games.final-fantasy
> From: Jesse Dorland
> Subject: "The Simpsons" Quiz #3 - Answers
>
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.final-fantasy/c/pIPu1KgV-tM/m/Dd1p8FeN0IUJ
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> 17. (Part 1 of 4) In the Film Festival episode, Mr. Burns tries to win
> the festival by bribing two of the judges. Which judges does he bribe?
>
> ANSWER: Krusty and Mayor Quimby
> Krusty: "Let's just say Burns' film moved me.... INTO A BIGGER HOUSE!!!
> Uh-oh! I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet!"
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> Usenet discussion message (Google Groups Search)
> Timestamp: Jan 19, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
> Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons
> From: Wav King
> Subject: New wavs here!!
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tv.simpsons/c/00amC9wf5-0/m/pAZyd0iov84J
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> MovedMe 92k Let's just say it moved me - to a bigger house! Uh oh, I
> said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet, oh dear
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM John Baker
> <0000192d2eeb9639-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Apparently there was a 2006 short film titled “i said the loud part
> quiet and the quiet part loud.”  It was written, directed and produced by
> Tara Thorne and featured Jill Barber. That is the earliest reference to the
> quote that I see (but I did not look very hard). The film did not make much
> of a splash and is not even on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
> >
> > The film, like other relatively early references, used the same wording
> that was in the TV show.  But “said the quiet part out loud” (with no
> mention of the loud part) seems to have emerged as the now standard wording.
> >
> >
> > John Baker
> >
> >
> > > On Jul 1, 2025, at 4:42 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> 00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Interesting that it took twenty years for many people to notice.
> > >
> > > JL
> > >
> > >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> This is in fact a Simpsons reference, from the episode "A Star is
> Burns",
> > >> from March 5, 1995.
> > >>
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHt481HsFU
> > >>
> > >> Jesse Sheidlower
> > >>
> > >>> On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 02:15:40PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >>> 'To utter openly and unapologetically something that would be
> expected to
> > >>> be hidden or kept quiet'
> > >>>
> > >>> I've heard this many, many times on cable news for several years -
> > >> usually
> > >>> in political contexts.
> > >>>
> > >>> 2017 _South Florida Sun-Sentinel_ (Fort Lauderdale) (Dec. 2) 11A
> > >>> [Newspapers.com]:  Sen. Marco Rubio...said the quiet parts out
> > >> loud...."We
> > >>> have to generate economic growth revenue...while reducing spending.
> That
> > >>> will mean instituting structural changes to Social Security and
> Medicare
> > >>> for the future."
> > >>>
> > >>> 2020 _Daily Oklahoman_ (Apr. 8) B2 [GenealogyBank]: It's about him
> > >>> saying the quiet part out loud regarding how many college coaches
> view
> > >>> their players.
> > >>>
> > >>> JL
> > >>> --
> > >>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> > >> truth."
> > >>>
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> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
> > >
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