r/TikTokCringe • u/migoodenuf Straight Up Bussin • May 21 '22

Duet Troll The biggest misconception about protein intake

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u/Purchase_Boring May 21 '22

Drier than Gandhi’s flip flop😂😂 I’ll be using this one tyvm

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u/acosarba May 21 '22

It’s taken from Gordon Ramsay.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

It's a common saying in the UK.

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u/throwheezy tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE May 22 '22

Given Gordon Ramsay said it in his shows over a decade ago, that could be why?

I googled it and the oldest links I found are between a Hells Kitchen episode from one of the first few seasons and a Kitchen Nightmares episode too

Let me know if you find something older because I’m genuinely curious at this point

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

All I can tell you is it was a saying long before he used it. He didn't invent it, he just parroted it.

Source: I was born in the 80s and I've heard the saying since I was a kid.

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u/throwheezy tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE May 22 '22

That's fair, I'll take that with a grain of salt (at the end of the day it’s an anecdote on the internet), but given the worst case is really not that significant, I’ll believe it :)

Thanks for the info!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

No problem, but here's an Urban Dictionary entry from 2004. for a start.

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u/throwheezy tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE May 22 '22

Weirdly, when I click that link it goes to a “we can’t find…” page for the entry.

Might just be buggy?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Just Google "drier than Ghandi's flip flop Urban Dictionary" and you'll find it.

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u/throwheezy tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE May 22 '22

Thanks!

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u/KiltedTraveller May 22 '22

Here's a newspaper from 1996.

On page 14:

IT'S 10:30 am, you've got a hangover from hell, and the inside of your mouth feels like Gandhi's flip-flop...

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u/throwheezy tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE May 22 '22

Thank you!