Why do People "Ask for a Friend?"

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

This expression, "asking for a friend," makes no sense to me. At first I'd see it once in a great while, and now it's every two seconds I see it on Facebook, or here, or everywhere.

Chicos has ads on Facebook daily, and every single one of them start with "asking for a friend."

Do you use that expression? And if so, WHY?

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

mom2four0418 · ‎04-23-2010

@sunala wrote:
This expression, "asking for a friend," makes no sense to me. At first I'd see it once in a great while, and now it's every two seconds I see it on Facebook, or here, or everywhere.

Chicos has ads on Facebook daily, and every single one of them start with "asking for a friend."

Do you use that expression? And if so, WHY?

No, and I have never heard anyone say it.

“The soul is healed by being with children.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

brandiwine · ‎03-11-2010

I've never heard or seen that phrase.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

yes, i use it.

i do hear it often.

it is meant to be funny or fun.

for example......

"is it okay to drink a gin and tonic at ten in the morning?

...asking for a friend......"

in other words, i am questiong it for myself.....but not questioning too seriously.

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"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

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"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

i am very surprised that some of you have never heard that expression before!

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"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

@sunshine45 wrote:
yes, i use it.
i do hear it often.
it is meant to be funny or fun.

for example......

"is it okay to drink a gin and tonic at ten in the morning?
...asking for a friend......"

in other words, i am questiong it for myself.....but not questioning too seriously.

@sunshine45 - great explanation! I asked for a friend hehe

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

“...asking for a friend....”

Just means they want to know THEMSELVES

but are embarrassed/coy enough not to say “I want to know.’

It’s very tongue-in-cheek.....

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

@sunshine45 wrote:

@sunshine45- hahahahahahaha

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

jeanlake · ‎03-10-2010

The poster who said it was tongue in cheek -- is right. It's hilarious. It's a joke we make about ourselves and we let others in on the joke. At work we often say SORRY, but in a quieter voice we follow up with, not sorry. It's an inside joke that everyone gets to laugh about. I have a goofy sense of humor and I love it.

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." Henry David Thoreau