Appendix:Snowclones/I'm going to build my own X with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the X
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From "The Series Has Landed" (1999), Futurama episode: "I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the park!".
Phrase[edit]
I'm going to build my own X with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the X and the blackjack
- (snowclone) Indicates that the speaker is not interested in joining others in a certain group or activity, and instead the speaker is going to form their own.
- 1999 May 31, hardinger j. flapdoodle, “Re: Zitten hier ook NL STOFKAPPEN?”, in alt.nerd.obsessive[1] (Usenet), message-ID <7itr2i$9oo$1@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>:
- i'll build my own NATO, with blackjack! and hookers! in fact, forget the NATO and the blackjack! ahh, screw the whole thing. i just said it because i'm jealous that i didn't think of it first...
- 1999 July 3, Leigh 13, “Re: I done did it, so deal with it....”, in alt.tv.futurama[2] (Usenet), message-ID <WTrf3.1261$F7.53536@news3.giganews.com>:
- Jim Pearson wrote...
- > Perhaps we should start our own newsgroup, with blackjack, and hookers?
- Ah, forget the newsgroup.
- (SOMEbody had to say it...)
- 2000 January 27, Re: Overflow error, “Eaglewing”, in alt.games.half-life.tfclassic[3] (Usenet), message-ID <949009217.15779.1.nnrp-07.c1ed8eca@news.demon.co.uk>:
- bastards. I'll start my own server, with blackjack, and hookers...
- 2003 May 6, Eniac, “Re: japan anime na kiosku”, in hr.rec.film.anime[4] (Usenet), message-ID <b98fa3$aq6$1@bagan.srce.hr>:
- I'm gonna build my own anime fan club,with blackjack and hookers.In fact forget the blackjack,and the hookers,a screw the whole thing.
- 2005 May 27, Frank van Schie, “Re: Eve”, in alt.games.starsiege.tribes[5] (Usenet), message-ID <HJ-dnQl5CcLSbAvfRVnyvg@casema.nl>:
- I'd buy my OWN camera! With blackjack! And hookers!
- In fact, forget the camera. And the blackjack.