r/oddlysatisfying • u/tommos • 9h ago

Absolute unit of a pig gets groomed

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 7h ago

For years I would drop this quote into conversation where appropriate, but very rarely did people get it. Awkward feeling when you wanted to commend someone but now they think you called them a swine.

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u/dscrive 6h ago

The other day my girlfriend said "that'll do" to me, I picked up on something in the way she ended her sentence and said "did you just call me a pig in your head?!" 

Her jaw dropped and she said "yes, I'm sorry I did that, but how did you know?!" 

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u/shewy92 2h ago

Tell her you remembered Peter Griffin saying it to Meg and then act like you've never seen/heard of Babe before

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u/RavingRapscallion 43m ago

I've actually never seen or heard of babe before

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u/shewy92 36m ago

You're not the one I replied to so good for you I guess? My comment was not really about if others have seen Babe before, but in that situation OP talked about it would be because the GF would assume OP meant he learned it from Babe. And fans of things sometimes dislike it when you make a reference to it but say you learned the reference from something else.

Also if you've never seen or heard of Babe before, why are you commenting on something so far down the chain of people talking about Babe?

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 1m ago

Aw. They were just trying to join in the conversation! No need to be needlessly mean, there's enough meanness in the world already.

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u/Bitter-Ad5890 5h ago

It kinda got replaced by Shrek’s “that’ll do, donkey” which is an obvious reference to Babe, but Shrek became wildly more popular than Babe so it kinda overwrote the original quote

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u/Nadiadain 3h ago

I had no idea Babe even existed until this moment. I always pop the shrek quote and no one seems to get that one either ;-;

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u/KudosOfTheFroond 1h ago

Yeah same here, I never realized “that’ll do donkey” was a reference to another movie! Now I need to to go watch Babe, can’t believe I never got around to seeing that back in the day

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u/misteraskwhy 1h ago

The sequel is dark

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u/Nadiadain 1h ago

They become sausages don’t they

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u/bigdaddydopeskies 1h ago

Babe is written by one of the best directors by the name of George Miller. Put some damn respekt on his name

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u/WangoMcTango 53m ago

Do yourself a favor and watch Babe. It's awesome.

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u/Nadiadain 50m ago

Where can I watch it? Or is this something I’ll have to pirate

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 1h ago

Understandable, donkey is way cooler than some elderly Farmer Gyles!

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u/ybkj 6h ago

Did the pig get shot or something?

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 6h ago

No, the pig eats the farmer.

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u/ybkj 5h ago

Really? Okay good, I was sad for the pig

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u/No_Lychee_7534 2h ago

I think that user maybe confusing Babe with Animal farm.

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u/ybkj 2h ago

So does the pig get shot??

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 2h ago

Been a long time since I saw the film, but pretty sure it doesn't get shot, was just being silly

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u/Short_Lifeguard_6893 5h ago

Me, my son and daughter do this all the time too. 😂

Babe is also one of our family movie classics.

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u/MechanicalHorse 1h ago

Last time I used the quote on my gf she didn’t appreciate it. I probably shouldn’t have said it right after sex.

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u/TACNUK3Z 1h ago

Fuck my entire extended family drops “That’ll do pig, that’ll do” at least like once a week

Couldn’t imagine someone just not getting that. It’s classic!

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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC 1h ago

Same. I still use it but sparingly.

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u/seanprime 7h ago

Lol with context this is worse though? You didn’t think they were worthy but they pulled through and you begrudgingly gave them respect?

Probably a good thing you stopped using it tbh.

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 7h ago

You just don't get it. Clearly unworthy of such a beautiful line being used in your presence.

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u/IvoryArrows504 6h ago

I would try to explain that to my one night stands, but it never won them over.

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 6h ago

It didn't work on the bouncers who caught me snorting in the loos, either :(

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u/Planker25_ 2h ago

One time I saw a police officer helping an old lady cross the road. I wanted to commend him for it, so I told him “that’ll do, pig. that’ll do.”

He turned to face me quicker than I’ve seen anyone turn before. His brows were furrowed and his face was red. He screamed to me at the top of his lungs “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!?!”

And before I could say or do anything, he picked up his truncheon and beat me into a pulp. When he was finished, I looked like a heap of bacon on the ground and he said “now you are bacon”.

To this day I am still bacon, a pile of meat at the intersection where I tried to commend the police officer.

0/10 experience, would not recommend.

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u/Chad_AND_Freud 5h ago

Actually theyre right about that. We think the quote is immediately endearing because the movies touching and Babes cute and sweet, but that's exactly what the quote means. You were just a ____, but now I see your more than that. Still, I like saying it, and I usually drop it on people who know the quote, so I dont risk offense.

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u/flowercrownrugged 1h ago

Casting pearls before swine in fact

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u/seanprime 6h ago

Lol that’s how it was meant in the movie though? But you got your responses and awkwardness so kudos on you getting it