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[goodcow]

Was this made popular by Full Metal Jacket, or was it already popular so Full Metal Jacket used it? If it's the former, is the phrase actually from Vietnam, or was it just made up?

 

[Koshiro]

Man, this forum asks some deep questions.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

I always thought it was just some stupid porn thing that happened to have great videos but I saw it in FMJ and was surprised.

Guess it was an actual Vietnam thing:

The importance of maintaining the reality of Vietnamland is drilled into them by the constant repetion of terms familiar to any American G.I, taught to them by a hirsute Quesadilla Hussein (The Robin Williams of Umm Qasr!)

"Me so horny, me love you long time" declaims Quesadilla.

"Me so horny, me love you long time" echoes the class of mostly middle-aged spinsters, dotted here and there by beardless youths with excitement gleaming in their eyes.

EDIT: On better searching, I've come to the conclusion it is just an FMJ quote

 

[bjork]

At my work, we have a tip jar... it's a coin bank in the shape of a big Totoro, and you put change in his mouth.

So we put a post-it on the front that says "Feed me money, me so hungry"

And when little kids read that aloud, I can't help but laugh.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

it may have originated with FMJ, but it became a cultural phenomenon because of one Luther "Luke" Campbell.

 

[goodcow]

it may have originated with FMJ, but it became a cultural phenomenon because of one Luther "Luke" Campbell.

Who?

 

[Guzim]

Yes I thought it was made popular by The 2 Live Crew.

 

[bjork]

it may have originated with FMJ, but it became a cultural phenomenon because of one Luther "Luke" Campbell.

I have the same name as him

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Who?

The Beatles of Hip Hop

 

[pnjtony]

reguardless if it was actually created by something other than FMJ, it ws made popular by that movie and when you hear it, it's most usually a sample from the scene in the movie.

 

[Property of Jumpship]

Who?

Yeah I thought he went by Luke Skywalker. Hmm....

 

[Property of Jumpship]

The Beatles of Hip Hop

Those guys need a White Album.

 

[MC Safety]

The Beatles of Hip Hop

It was a sad day when their Ringo killed and, I believe, ate their George.

RIP 2 Live Crew.

 

[bishoptl]

Yeah I thought he went by Luke Skywalker. Hmm....

He went by the moniker "Luke Skyywalker" for the longest time, then George Lucas got wind of it and made him change up. Luke switched to his RL name, released "Banned in the USA" with the full support of Bruce Springsteen, and for a year or so in the mid-90's was the poster child for Republican hate everywhere. Good times.

 

[Socreges]

I knew it from the 2 Live Crew song until I saw Full Metal Jacket, where I'm pretty sure it originated.

 

[ShadowRed]

Yeah I thought he went by Luke Skywalker. Hmm....

No it's Luther Campbell, or just Luke. Lucas sued him back when the "Me so Horney" thing was going down so he had to stop using Luke Skyywalker.

 

[Maxwell House]

I remember when this saying became popular and it was because of FMJ. The saying definitely originated from that movie. 2 Live Crew sampled it, making it even more popular, but it was popular already anyways.