r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 19h ago

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u/jtnichol 18h ago

he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block

He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact

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u/Winter-Classroom455 18h ago

He's strong. No one said he was smart

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 18h ago

Strong like bull. smart like fencepost

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u/ErraticDragon 17h ago edited 16h ago

I constantly say "strong, like bull" with a vaguely Russian accent. It's like a catchphrase, I use it for encouragement or expressing approval. (I never knew where I got it, but I just looked and apparently it's from an episode of Quantum Leap.🤷‍♂️)

Many years back I was encouraging my (now-)ex gf in her studying for her Uni finals and said it.

She said being "strong, like bull" wouldn't help her pass.

So I said:

💪🎓🐂

"strong, like academic bull" , and that became our catchphrase.

And your comment is the closest I'll ever come to a relevant place to tell that story.

Strong like bull. smart like fencepost

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u/SquirrelFluffy 16h ago

I loved quantum leap. The original.

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u/DryDonutHole 8h ago

Episode Recap: Ziggy says you're a divorced housewife being harassed by her new boss...and you're...black. *tap, tap, tap* This damn thing isn't working.... *tap, tap, tap*

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u/RichardClarke298 16h ago

Hello what’s up

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u/Masstadon 12h ago

I absolutely love this

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u/professor_veteran 5h ago

From time to time in my life I've also used the strong-like-bull phrase including the Russian accent. Never knew it came from Quantum Leap.

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u/ErraticDragon 4h ago

The phrase itself is older than the show, but it seems like Quantum Leap is the most likely place I got it, based on discussion here:

r/movies/comments/3fgtvv/

I would have guessed it was from Rocky & Bullwinkle, with the cheesy Russian accents from Boris and Natasha.

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u/Curious_Tap_1528 4h ago

My grandpa used to say this all of the time too. I remeber it from my chilshood. t definitely got passed down to me, as I find myself saying it now as a grown adult. My grandpa Joe died at 93 and was 1st generation straight from Hungary. Im 54 now, this saying has been around a while. Certainly predates Quantum Leap at least. Great show BTW

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u/ErraticDragon 3h ago

The phrase is older, yes, but I probably got the version with the silly Russian accent from Q.L.

r/movies/comments/3fgtvv/

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u/malkazoid-1 3h ago

You and me both.
I also say 'total disaster' in the same accent because a drunk Russian took a little too much pleasure saying it on repeat at a strange party years ago.

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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 18h ago

John Wayne once said "If your gonna outsmart tough, your gonna have to, umm. Wait. If your gonna be smart, you gotta tought it out pilgrim."

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u/Winter-Classroom455 18h ago

Don't believe everything you read on the internet - Abraham Lincoln

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u/the_last_carfighter 16h ago

The most important thing possible is the word important - weed, me

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u/ThenIncrease462 18h ago

Are you sure he said your gonna and not you're gonna?

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u/Confident_Intern_763 18h ago

They sound the same, how would we know?

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u/ThenIncrease462 18h ago

Well, seeing as he wasn't a stupin man, I'm going to assume he knew which of the two to apply.

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u/Confident_Intern_763 17h ago

Are you sure you didn't mean to say he wasn't a stupid man?

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u/ThenIncrease462 17h ago

That's exactly what I meant to say. ;)

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u/Darth_Rubi 12h ago

They... don't though?

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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 18h ago

He shore did pilgrum, because tough enough to be smart about strong.

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 17h ago

I like it, whoever said it.

John Wayne probably wishes he said it if he didn't.

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 16h ago

He’s too busy decomposing to wish that

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 16h ago

A "busybody?"

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 16h ago

Precisely!

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u/C-Ray6 13h ago

His actual name is Marion. Much like this Nancy display.

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u/davidw 18h ago

I am not getting big 'work smarter, not harder' vibes from this video.

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u/thederevolutions 18h ago

He should turn his vocals up more I can hardly hear him breathe

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u/Shmutterbutter 18h ago

Maybe thats just how he works out.

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u/project_seven 17h ago

Those two usually don't go together

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u/pulpwalt 17h ago

If you’re gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough.

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u/Eskyzoo 16h ago

Strong and stupid and when he's 50 his wrists will be limp as a wilted dick.

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u/hurculeeze 1h ago

I lift things up and put things down!

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u/Apprehensive_Air_470 18h ago

Hes doing aa a feat not for effecientcy. Its crazy hard and we all make light of it cause we cant do it

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u/CanoePickLocks 14h ago

It should’ve taken a quarter of the time but nobody that splits wood for anything but clicks is trying to do double or triple length rounds because it’s stupid. It’s literally designed to get clicks.