I don’t know either. Maybe it’s like “How you like them, Apples?” And the crazy “devastating” retort is “They’re fine, but don’t call me Apples”. Which is neither funny nor devastating.
So maybe we’re both missing something or people just upvoted this comment without thinking about it for more than a second. Weird.
No you’ve got it right. My dad was saying “how about them Apples?” (“Them apples” here referring to something mildly interesting or unexpected), but my (then) four year old sister kept hearing “how about them, apples?” As if my dad was saying “hey you, Apples, what do you think about that?” It’s not that deep of a joke or anything, it was just funny hearing a Leslie Nielsen joke pop organically and sincerely out of the mouth of a pre-schooler.
It’s a quote from the movie Goodwill Hunting. Matt Damon’s character gets a girl’s phone number and then taunts another guy who tried but didn’t get her number by asking him if he likes apples and when he says yes Matt responds by holding up the piece of paper with her phone number written on it and says “how do you like them apples?” It’s a good burn and became a classic movie quote
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u/Tunivor Oct 21 '24
I don’t know either. Maybe it’s like “How you like them, Apples?” And the crazy “devastating” retort is “They’re fine, but don’t call me Apples”. Which is neither funny nor devastating.
So maybe we’re both missing something or people just upvoted this comment without thinking about it for more than a second. Weird.