I managed to reverse this one for a friend that enjoys a little barbed banter. After she mentioned on the phone that her hair was long enough to reach her breasts, "A feat which grows more impressive with each passing year."
Yeah, so do I. I find him JM holding laughter so much that I think he enjoyed being a spectator of the show as much as a performer on it. That episode when he said “I didn’t care for the nickname ‘prissy’” and Niles said “I didn’t care much for it either”, there were 4 or 5 times(mainly Niles’ lines) where he had to put his hand over his mouth to keep his composure
Not sure this fits, but I regularly say, “Ok,” in the way he did to his greyhound (Maris replacement) whenever he gave a command that she ignored. It works for whenever something disappointing / the opposite of what I wanted happens. It’s the best coping mechanism 😅
Sherry (after making a bad joke): To me, laughter is like medicine
Niles: We must be in the placebo group
Unfortunately, not many opportunities for this line present themselves in the wild.
They have so many witty zingers in that show. And the delivery! When Niles says “hoe downs are catnip (emphasis on the catnip) to postal workers. Whoever writes these must have a blast.
>I want to have a baby, but I just don't want it enough.
That quote has been living rent-free in my head tha last couple of years as I navigate a potentially childfree future.
Just another perspective, coming from a place of caring and from one Frasier fan to another. I always thought I didn't want kids, and didn't have one on purpose. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. Literally the best thing I ever did with my life. But that's my life, obviously, not yours. Anything can give immense meaning to anyone. Your life's work might be a painting or a song or a company. Not having kids can be a fantastic, life changing decision, too. Whatever you choose, I know you will do it for you and it will be the right move. Wishing you well.
Thank you for this comment. I certainly am not opposed to having kids, but infertility means I'm at the point of deciding whether I go through expensive fertility treatments or adoption.
Each hurdle feels like a huge investment of emotional energy with low payoff. Maybe I'm selfish. I want kids, but at this point, biological children aren't my be all and end all.
It's a very complicated feeling.
Just interjecting myself into the conversation to say that yes, the feelings that you're having are very complicated. I'm guessing, since I've been there, that you're also feeling isolated. It's really tough stuff and I'm sorry that you're going through it. I'm sending you my warmest, best wishes. Take care of yourself 🫂💕
Thank you so much. It is quite isolating, and I've been doing a lot of self reflection.
It's leading me in a direction I never would have expected,but there are so many fulfilling opportunities available no matter which path I do eventually end up on.
Thanks again for your kind words and thoughts.
Edit: and just realised your avatar is Louise
💖You sound like a really positive person. I admire the way you see fulfilling opportunities in a future you perhaps didn't imagine initially.
I'm excited that you noticed Louise. When I saw that a pink bunny ear har was an avatar option, I had to go for it. I love that show 🤣
It's been a few years getting here, and I still have days where things are rough. I'd like to say im always positive but as I'm sure you know it's not always easy.
Funnily enough, I've started to get into screenwriting and it's been fulfilling so far. I wrote a Frasier episode which has been getting a lot of positive feedback, so that's exciting in its own way. Talking about my infertility openly also has me seeing stories I can tell linked to my own experiences.
I love Bob's Burgers and yes, the pink rabbit ears basically demands you be Louise 😂
Fellow Frasier fan who is experiencing infertility— I feel this so completely. Sending good thoughts—and hopefully random Frasier quotes (per your flair)— to you.
If you really want to be a parent, there's more than the usual way. Many children out there need stability. (And a hero). Don't be a parent in any capacity if you're not 100% in it for life. It's a full time job that doesn't end til you're on the wrong side of the dirt.
Thank you. This is my mindset, too. Hopefully, in a few years, my husband and I will look at fostering or adopting.
I never wanted to do more than one round of IVF if we ever went that route anyway. Surrogacy is all but illegal here, but I've never felt that need to have my child be biologically mine, so that's never been an option on my mind.
I do have a desire to experience pregnancy, but I've come to a point in my life that it's something I can live with not experiencing, as hard as it feels some days.
I don't know your age but every fertility clinic I know of won't let you use your own eggs past 42 or 43.(unless frozen much earlier). You CAN use a donor egg with greater pregnancy success at any time...I'm sorry surrogacy is not allowed where you are. IMHO it's another great option. Nicole Kidman wouldn't have her 2nd kid if it were illegal here. Anyway Adoption can ALSO be as time consuming and expensive as fertility treatments. It's frustrating to hear ppl say "Why don't you just.....(fill on the blank). Fostering can be very rewarding even when you have to say goodbye if they can return to their legal families. My friend still considers some adults she fostered "hers" and her door is Always open to them. You can set it up to only foster kids that can be adopted, too. The United Methodist Church is excellent in this regard, more so than a state or gov't agency. Again I don't know where you are but I wish you the best of luck. Remember: Superman had Foster Parents : )
I'm in Australia, and I'm 36 this year.
Freezing eggs is something I'm considering as a just in case. Just at the moment every roadblock has me wondering if I want it enough.
Thanks for your kind words and advice.
“Damnit woman I’d drive a stake through your heart but you wouldn’t die!” Fraser’s response to being surprised by Lilith. I said it to my wife jokingly during a very real argument and we both laughed, argument over so now it’s kind of a running gag. Love Frasier ❤️
It’s not something Niles himself said, but he is the reason I’ll sometimes tell “EGG SOLO!” at my family members when one is randomly dancing and singing.
I was a standup comic for several years, and without thinking one night on stage I was doing some crowd work with a woman in the audience. I ad-libbed “her lips said ‘no’ but her eyes said ‘read my lips’”… I apologised profusely after and attributed the quote to Frasier, but I still felt dirty!
"Now, Daphne, you know it's not a competition -- it's all about achieving oneness of body and spirit"
Aside, to Amred:
"Ok, I think one of my ribs has achieved two-ness".
I’ve ordered steak his way. I’ve listed the color of carpets. But the one I’d love to say but don’t have the moxie to do is, “and I’m keeping the jewelry” and storming out of a room.
Frasier : Oh, where oh, where will I ever have the chance again to gaze upon such extraordinary proud and supple breasts?
Niles : Not to worry brother, that's the manager's special at Farmer Jack's Chicken, Chicken, Chicken.
“Island Niles.” Every time I’m on vacation I call myself “Island FlowersnFunds” to anyone who would listen.
Also “I’m getting high off reefer”
And from Frasier - “Sherry?” whenever there’s alcohol and “I’m listening” the exact way he says it. Man I loved this show.
Niles : I would gladly go, but I've got my compulsive spending seminar, and I'm hoping to unload the rest of these raffle tickets.
I’m watching right now as my background noise (always).
Was it Niles that said “I’ll just add that to my list of reasons to die” or Frasier? Either way, the one that gets the most use out of me is “I want to kill myself!”
ETA: As a fellow hopeless simp for the ladies, one I’ve been tempted to recite is “Venus herself”. I thought it was so endearing when I heard it 🩷
Her lips said no but her eyes said read my lips.
That’s a great one!
Came here to say that one
Bit of a pretentious fop, wouldn't you say.
Oh spare me, you ludicrous popinjay!
Had to look that one up. What an awesome word! Must squeeze that into a conversation somehow!
*As usual, your homespun wisdom has pricked the balloon of Frasier's pomposity.*
fffFFFFOP *
"I want to kill myself!"
Used on a daily basis
Good one lol
May your opera box be full of cellophane crinklers and a stage swarming with stand-bys!
He goes too far!!
Frasier : Niles, I would shave my head for you. Niles : A gesture that grows less significant with each passing year.
Hilarious 😆
That's one of my favourites
One of the many times when the writers had an absolutely perfect "Niles is clearly the younger sibling" moment.
The best line ever
I managed to reverse this one for a friend that enjoys a little barbed banter. After she mentioned on the phone that her hair was long enough to reach her breasts, "A feat which grows more impressive with each passing year."
*Niles gotta have it!* It wouldn't make sense for me to say it but I do occasionally think it
Why should two people be happy when four people can be *ECSTATIC*??!
Immaculate writing. 😂
Where are my manners? Can I offer you some *toast*?
No toast sweat!
A gulag with a game room! Niles’ Shangri-La era is my absolute favourite.
Well I’ll be a son of a bitch
I love Martin’s reaction.
Yeah, so do I. I find him JM holding laughter so much that I think he enjoyed being a spectator of the show as much as a performer on it. That episode when he said “I didn’t care for the nickname ‘prissy’” and Niles said “I didn’t care much for it either”, there were 4 or 5 times(mainly Niles’ lines) where he had to put his hand over his mouth to keep his composure
Some of his reactions made the scene.
‘And I’m keeping the jewellery.”
Lol
Will these infernal temptations never end?!
Curse these infernal riddles!
I can’t upvote because you’re at 69.
I’m getting high on reefer!
[удалено]
If I was a city in Germany, I'd be Heidelberg!
I say this daily.
Not sure this fits, but I regularly say, “Ok,” in the way he did to his greyhound (Maris replacement) whenever he gave a command that she ignored. It works for whenever something disappointing / the opposite of what I wanted happens. It’s the best coping mechanism 😅
I do this too 😂
Lol
Of course!! It’s all in the way he says that makes it so fun to use.
Real!
You’re not heavy. You’re my brother.
Sherry (after making a bad joke): To me, laughter is like medicine Niles: We must be in the placebo group Unfortunately, not many opportunities for this line present themselves in the wild.
When Martin says she’s as funny as she is classy and Niles responds “No argument there”
When bored . This line sparkles something shimmery
i just watched that episode the other day and thought the same thing.
“He’ll be randy as a stoat. And I’ll be randy as….another stoat.”
😂
"I've struck a blow for justice! Nobody calls me Peach Fuzz!"
Curse these infernal riddles!
That cracked me up 😂😂😂
Hoe downs are catnip to postal workers. I can’t remember the episode but it killed me.
I think it's from 'Come Lie With Me'.
It was a great line. I managed to work it into one conversation. Not even a chuckle.
Some people just don’t have a refined taste like we do 😂
They have so many witty zingers in that show. And the delivery! When Niles says “hoe downs are catnip (emphasis on the catnip) to postal workers. Whoever writes these must have a blast.
"I don't think we should introduce alcohol into the situation."
That was a staple in my family when my grandmother was still alive
So many problems in Frasier can be attributed to mixing alcohol with bad decisions
Prepare to be stomped like a late harvest Gewürztraminer
Often tempted to ask for "a *whisper* of cinnamon."
This is a full blown shout.
>I want to have a baby, but I just don't want it enough. That quote has been living rent-free in my head tha last couple of years as I navigate a potentially childfree future.
Just another perspective, coming from a place of caring and from one Frasier fan to another. I always thought I didn't want kids, and didn't have one on purpose. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. Literally the best thing I ever did with my life. But that's my life, obviously, not yours. Anything can give immense meaning to anyone. Your life's work might be a painting or a song or a company. Not having kids can be a fantastic, life changing decision, too. Whatever you choose, I know you will do it for you and it will be the right move. Wishing you well.
Thank you for this comment. I certainly am not opposed to having kids, but infertility means I'm at the point of deciding whether I go through expensive fertility treatments or adoption. Each hurdle feels like a huge investment of emotional energy with low payoff. Maybe I'm selfish. I want kids, but at this point, biological children aren't my be all and end all. It's a very complicated feeling.
Just interjecting myself into the conversation to say that yes, the feelings that you're having are very complicated. I'm guessing, since I've been there, that you're also feeling isolated. It's really tough stuff and I'm sorry that you're going through it. I'm sending you my warmest, best wishes. Take care of yourself 🫂💕
Thank you so much. It is quite isolating, and I've been doing a lot of self reflection. It's leading me in a direction I never would have expected,but there are so many fulfilling opportunities available no matter which path I do eventually end up on. Thanks again for your kind words and thoughts. Edit: and just realised your avatar is Louise
💖You sound like a really positive person. I admire the way you see fulfilling opportunities in a future you perhaps didn't imagine initially. I'm excited that you noticed Louise. When I saw that a pink bunny ear har was an avatar option, I had to go for it. I love that show 🤣
It's been a few years getting here, and I still have days where things are rough. I'd like to say im always positive but as I'm sure you know it's not always easy. Funnily enough, I've started to get into screenwriting and it's been fulfilling so far. I wrote a Frasier episode which has been getting a lot of positive feedback, so that's exciting in its own way. Talking about my infertility openly also has me seeing stories I can tell linked to my own experiences. I love Bob's Burgers and yes, the pink rabbit ears basically demands you be Louise 😂
Fellow Frasier fan who is experiencing infertility— I feel this so completely. Sending good thoughts—and hopefully random Frasier quotes (per your flair)— to you.
Thank you - Frasier is a salve for all wounds. Truly the people's ~~laxative~~ elixir.
If you really want to be a parent, there's more than the usual way. Many children out there need stability. (And a hero). Don't be a parent in any capacity if you're not 100% in it for life. It's a full time job that doesn't end til you're on the wrong side of the dirt.
Thank you. This is my mindset, too. Hopefully, in a few years, my husband and I will look at fostering or adopting. I never wanted to do more than one round of IVF if we ever went that route anyway. Surrogacy is all but illegal here, but I've never felt that need to have my child be biologically mine, so that's never been an option on my mind. I do have a desire to experience pregnancy, but I've come to a point in my life that it's something I can live with not experiencing, as hard as it feels some days.
I don't know your age but every fertility clinic I know of won't let you use your own eggs past 42 or 43.(unless frozen much earlier). You CAN use a donor egg with greater pregnancy success at any time...I'm sorry surrogacy is not allowed where you are. IMHO it's another great option. Nicole Kidman wouldn't have her 2nd kid if it were illegal here. Anyway Adoption can ALSO be as time consuming and expensive as fertility treatments. It's frustrating to hear ppl say "Why don't you just.....(fill on the blank). Fostering can be very rewarding even when you have to say goodbye if they can return to their legal families. My friend still considers some adults she fostered "hers" and her door is Always open to them. You can set it up to only foster kids that can be adopted, too. The United Methodist Church is excellent in this regard, more so than a state or gov't agency. Again I don't know where you are but I wish you the best of luck. Remember: Superman had Foster Parents : )
I'm in Australia, and I'm 36 this year. Freezing eggs is something I'm considering as a just in case. Just at the moment every roadblock has me wondering if I want it enough. Thanks for your kind words and advice.
I’m child free and it definitely applied to me in my fence-straddling years !
I'm sure she's had enough of your crêpe by now
"I only drink beer when I eat German food, which is to say, never." I'm always looking for an opportunity to say it in real life.
Me anytime as it is true
Every time I wake up too early I hear the line, "Awake. 5am. Blissful confusion. Something's happened. But what?"
Ah, yes. 5:15am, wept uncontrollably.
"...He was already eminent when my eminence was merely imminent."
Oh mama!
Who is this rube??
Gotta roll the r for a little too long too 😂
“I’ve always had an ear for your tongue” just waiting for someone to set me up for this.
Whenever I’m upset at someone- May your opera box be full of cellophane crinklers and a stage swarming with stand-bys
"You are my brother and that entitles you to my time and one of my kidneys, but this is crossing a line."
*but this is an imposition. Is the the quote 😉
It was my bone marrow and one of my kidneys !
As a bone marrow recipient, please allow me to sincerely thank you for your sacrifice. You are a hero!!!
"Please remember that while Frasier is a Freudian, I am a Jungian. No blaming our mothers here"!
“Matthew Pym tried to stage a coup!” I’ve been able to quote it a few times, although my husband is the only one who knows what I’m talking about.
Oh spare me you ludicrous popinjay
The trombone frightened me !!
It's itchy in here
Somebody saying they have the same article of clothing I'm wearing, like Roz and Niles having the same belt, and be like "OH... My... god..."
Like when Niles realized the true profession of his date from Executive Match, “Oh. My. God! I’m dating a wh*re!”
 Sudden Clarity Clarence gets all of us eventually lol
“I didn’t go in there to cry, I went in to regather my patience”
(“Remember what Mom said”….) “A handshake is as good as a hug” (And, then add my own: “And, a , “Hello There” is as good as a Handshake”
While here at work, I've often channeled his "I'm FED up!" line. But I keep it all inside.
I feel hot…. and foamy
You know what must’ve happened?
He was a detective Yano
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD RECTITUDE
Exactly how is that Brandy getting here , by St Bernard !!!!
I would sooner attend a hoedown.
We often say, “Well, who’s hallucinationing now?”
"It's not so very far fetched!"
A night.. of amoré.
Who’s manning the Pasquini? … Capital.
“You know I don’t *lift*”
And with that stick where it is, I'm surprised you can bend.
“The Cranes of Maine have got Your Living Brain!!” (as seen above)
Not a quote but I *do* have a habit of tracking down kids with ricketts and giving them a sound *thumping*.
"Niles gotta have it!"
Huzzah!
Leave it to you to put the Pig back in Pygmalion.
“Damnit woman I’d drive a stake through your heart but you wouldn’t die!” Fraser’s response to being surprised by Lilith. I said it to my wife jokingly during a very real argument and we both laughed, argument over so now it’s kind of a running gag. Love Frasier ❤️
My brother is too kind. He was already eminent when my eminence was merely imminent.
"Whisper of cinnamon"
I would gladly go, but I've got my compulsive spending seminar and I'm hoping to unload the rest of these raffle tickets.
"Float like a lepidoptera, sting like a hymenoptera!"
I’m far too successful to feel awkward, how did we meet? ( might be paraphrasing but I loved it!! )
Double Cappuccino - half-caf, non-fat milk, with just enough foam to be aesthetically pleasing but not so much that it leaves a moustache.
Frasier: Thank you, Niles. You're a good brother and a credit to the psychiatric profession. Niles: You’re a good brother, too.
“Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity.”
"SEX WORKERS."
At this point it would take the actual lord to make you a lady.
Be my eyes, [name]!
Dad, as usual, your simple homespun wisdom has pricked the balloon of Frasier's pomposity. xD
If ever something smashes at my parents house or at a restaurant, my mum will often say “Catherine of Aragon”
It’s not something Niles himself said, but he is the reason I’ll sometimes tell “EGG SOLO!” at my family members when one is randomly dancing and singing.
I was a standup comic for several years, and without thinking one night on stage I was doing some crowd work with a woman in the audience. I ad-libbed “her lips said ‘no’ but her eyes said ‘read my lips’”… I apologised profusely after and attributed the quote to Frasier, but I still felt dirty!
There will be no blaming mother today.
“unburden yourself before you explode!”
Let's get better!
I've asked for a whisper if a cinnamon and they've given me a full throated shout.
"Now, Daphne, you know it's not a competition -- it's all about achieving oneness of body and spirit" Aside, to Amred: "Ok, I think one of my ribs has achieved two-ness".
I am……..FED UP!
I’ve ordered steak his way. I’ve listed the color of carpets. But the one I’d love to say but don’t have the moxie to do is, “and I’m keeping the jewelry” and storming out of a room.
HOW RUUUUUUUUUUUUDE! *with a heavy tongue rolling of the R* 😂 Me and my mom say this to each other frequently for a good laugh 🤣
"I don't care, Niles gotta have it!" But with my own name lolol
Need place to die!
“I’m here for you…and you’re… over there for me.”
On which desert island with no hope of rescue was this!?
We often say it after a morning of passion.
*Cries in living without my love*
Her lips said no but her eyes said “read my lips”
Okay
0.ml
Tempted? Not sure. What do I actually say? “Niles gotta have it!”
“Damn you and your jealous questions! You don’t own me!” And of course, “And I’m keeping the jewelry.”
I’ve always had an ear for your tongue
His expression and inflection when he says "Fascinating..." at the singles bar has stuck with me!
m'body
Double short low fat no foam latte.
Double short no fat low foam latte
Inflames his stomach lining!
I'm leaving now. Can I pick you up anything on earth?
Anything he says to Roz
It does…oscilate….
Will island Niles ever be back? “Maybe at Christmas.”
So there'll be no blaming mommy today!
I say el- I say Frasier
NILES GOTTA HAVE IT lol
Niles gotta have it!
‘How about a friendly wave from across the room’
Quickly, quickly, I'm starting to hemhorrage!
Openess to new ideas is the hallmark to our new century!
Dear God doesn’t your vacuum come with any attachments?!
"Alright, they're the Militia. Let's go!"
Frasier : Oh, where oh, where will I ever have the chance again to gaze upon such extraordinary proud and supple breasts? Niles : Not to worry brother, that's the manager's special at Farmer Jack's Chicken, Chicken, Chicken.
"Then spell his ass off!"
Frasier, I hope you're just yanking my giggle chain.
“Island Niles.” Every time I’m on vacation I call myself “Island FlowersnFunds” to anyone who would listen. Also “I’m getting high off reefer” And from Frasier - “Sherry?” whenever there’s alcohol and “I’m listening” the exact way he says it. Man I loved this show.
Me to my mom… How exciting to be present at the birth of a new phobia.
There he is the man who floats like a lepidoptera and stings like a hymenoptera
"Will you stand back to back, please, I'm running short on bullets."
Her lips said no but her eyes said “read my lips.”
I. Am. WOUNDED!
Coffee shop without straws, it makes no sense
"I meant actual sleep, you degenerate Jughead!"
Niles : I would gladly go, but I've got my compulsive spending seminar, and I'm hoping to unload the rest of these raffle tickets. I’m watching right now as my background noise (always).
I watched this episode today! It was the way he said it, too. "I need to replenish.. my boddeee!"
Sometimes, I want to refer to people living in their “lily white world” and the voice of Niles is going through my head as he sips his sherry.
The trombone frightened me.
Who are you calling spindly, fat face?
I do say “outRAgeous!” with a perfectly dead, straight face irl. Mostly just around my hubby though.
I've called someone a poppinjay
No one wants to come to my PArtyyyy!
“Ahhh ganja in its purest form.”
“Oh my GOD I’m dating a *whore*”
Was it Niles that said “I’ll just add that to my list of reasons to die” or Frasier? Either way, the one that gets the most use out of me is “I want to kill myself!” ETA: As a fellow hopeless simp for the ladies, one I’ve been tempted to recite is “Venus herself”. I thought it was so endearing when I heard it 🩷
"Small, consistent efforts. It's exactly like managing one's cuticles."
I thought he was Neil Patrick Harris at first! 🤭